The Library: The DPA/Marquette Institute Mythos

By Josh Hilden

THE LIBRARY

(Novella)

 

In this novella, five friends enter an abandoned library in Detroit and find themselves unable to leave.

• Language: English
• Publisher: GWSP
• Release date: Mar 28, 2024
• ISBN: 9798224446414

Josh Hilden

Josh is a native of the Metro Detroit region of Michigan and currently calls Dayton, Ohio home. He cut his writing teeth in the role-playing game (RPG) industry working for companies such as Palladium Books and Third Eye Games. Josh married his wife Karen in 1996. They have six children and two grandchildren. Josh writes in a variety of genres, but the majority of his books are in the realms of science fiction and horror.

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This is a work of fiction. Similarities to real people, places, or events are entirely coincidental.

THE LIBRARY

First edition. March 28, 2024.

Copyright © 2024 Josh Hilden.

Written by Josh Hilden.

The Library

A Mythos Novella

Josh Hilden

Copyright © 2024 Josh Hilden

Gorillas with Scissors Press LLC

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Table of Contents

Chapter one

Chapter two

Chapter three

Chapter four

Chapter five

Chapter six

Chapter seven

Chapter eight

Chapter nine

Chapter one

I think this was a really bad idea, Dani said.

She was the last of the group to squeeze past the rusted and broken gate and enter the ancient cavernous building. Her three friends had already pushed their way past the gate before she could work up the nerve. Ben, Andy, and Mark were always the ones to initiate the little group’s shenanigans. At sixteen years old the four of them had been on some amazing and harebrained adventures.

You said that when we got into the storm drains in Sterling Heights, Andy said laughing. And that turned out okay.

Okay? she asked incredulously. She was half way through the gap in the gate. Ben got attacked by a giant rat and we all ended up with the flu! Then Mark thought he had dysentery and was convinced he was going to die! she hissed.

All four of the teenagers froze, and then devolved into hysterical laughter.

And when we were sneaking him back into his house he hurled in the neighbors birdbath! Andy said doubling over and wiping his eyes.

Then he started yelling ‘fly to me my feathered children and feed!’ until we dragged him into the shed and shut him up! Ben added, tears running down his cheeks.

Hey! Mark hissed, those birds still fucking love me!

His three friends were all reduced to lumps of laughing and wheezing humanity for a full minute after that.

Alright, Andy said wiping his eyes and regaining control of himself. Are we ready to see what we can see? he asked giving his classic Vincent Price grin and voice combo to the rest of them.

Your dad never should have shown you all of those stupid movies, Mark muttered. The tall