Aug 08 2009
The Sidewalk at IROSF
My article "The Sidewalk: Notes from an Amateur Bookseller" is available now at the IROSF. It's about my experiences last year selling books at my neighborhood's local flea market. You have to register with IROSF to read it, but it's free.
A sample:
Of course, I hadn't read every book on the table, especially most of the horror titles. Those were the ones my friends had given me in order to thin out their own collections. Whenever a prospective customer held up a horror novel and asked me what it was about, I'd always say "It's about a man"—(or a woman, depending on the customer's gender)—"who returns to his/her hometown, and there are ghosts in it and a haunted carnival."
Enjoy!
A sample:
Of course, I hadn't read every book on the table, especially most of the horror titles. Those were the ones my friends had given me in order to thin out their own collections. Whenever a prospective customer held up a horror novel and asked me what it was about, I'd always say "It's about a man"—(or a woman, depending on the customer's gender)—"who returns to his/her hometown, and there are ghosts in it and a haunted carnival."
Enjoy!
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