You Don’t Know What You Have Until It Leaves You In the Stacks — She watches him in the library, his velvet hair falling into his face. He’s writing a paper, or maybe a song. Lips pursed, eyebrows arched in concentration. He’s achingly beautiful. He doesn’t notice until she’s standing right before him. “Tess.” Her name on his lips sends a tremor up her…

For the first time since I’ve lived here, I have an extremely overdue book.

A Tale of Time Travel — He’s late. The sun is getting hot on the window seat. Sadie knows she doesn’t have much time. They like to share “the nook” each week. The nook is a cut-out in the library large enough for two bean bags and a small shelf. Sadie thinks it was supposed to…

A Secret Corner for James — I found a little corner in the back of the library. I don’t think anyone knows about it. Or at least no one seems to go there. That is until she showed up. I’ve been spending time in this little corner for the last few months. My mom says the…

Sadie’s Nook — There is a little nook in the back of the library. I found it first. Truly I did. I’d been hiding out in the nook since my mom first took me to the library at age five. It is a little cut-out in the library large enough for two bean…

In the U.S. it is National Library Week. —

Stepping into a Memory — The place always smelled of old books and burnt coffee. It has been decades but he remembers that much. He can almost see her now, tucked into the shelves in the back, her hair falling out of its red ribbon, chin propped on elbows, nose in a novel, eyes glittering…