Streets of Blood by Barry Napier

Author:Barry Napier [Napier, Barry]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Supernatural Thriller, Fiction
Published: 2013-05-28T00:00:00+00:00

Matt’s first reaction when he reached the street was to go back to the hotel, grab his ax, and head for the house he had seen in his dream. But he had learned during the course of his time chasing Mr. Dark that going into the unknown unprepared could often end badly. It was best to be equipped with as much information as possible. That line of thought steered Matt towards Steeple’s library.

The Steeple Public Library was a small but charming building tucked away on one of the less populated blocks of Main Street. When Matt entered just after two thirty, it was basically deserted. A mother sat with her child in the toddler area, reading Oh, the Places You’ll Go. Three people sat at the small row of computers along the far wall while several others wandered the stacks in search of something to read.

Matt approached the desk and waited for the librarian to look up from her magazine. She eyed him, clearly annoyed, and made a show of slamming the cover shut, which might have had the desired effect if it had been a thousand-page hardcover instead of a thin gossip rag.

“Yes?” she said. “Can I help you?”

“Yes. Do you have any microfilm, preferably on local news and events?”

The librarian rolled her eyes. She looked to be in her late twenties and apparently did not care much for inquisitive people. “Micro what?” she said. “Is that like those little short movies on YouTube?”

Matt sighed, feeling old enough to move into his current place of employment.

“I’m looking for old local newspapers,” he said. “Going back fifty or a hundred years.”

“Well, they’re not on any movie,” she said. “We have a digital archive. On the comp. Pute. Ter.”

That last was delivered as if she was speaking into Matt’s ear trumpet. She reached to her left, pulled something from a stuffed paper tray, and handed it to him. “Directions are on there. User name and password are both SteepleVA.”

“Thanks.”

“M-hmm,” she said, rudely turning her attention back to her magazine.

Matt walked to the small row of computers that sat on individual desks along the far wall of the library. There were eight in all, clunky old machines with CRT monitors covered with dust and grease. For all the girl’s condescension, they were barely steps more advanced than a microfilm reader. Matt took the one closest to him and logged in to the database. He realized that there were numerous places to begin, so he started in the most obvious place. He typed in “Varner House, Varner Property” and was amazed at the results that popped up.

There weren’t any recent articles about the Varner House. The newest one he could find was from 1998. The article told the story of a group of teens who had visited the Varner House on Halloween night. They had gone there to get high and been busted by the cops. The article offhandedly mentioned that the Varner House was popular among the younger crowds in Steeple due to its history.

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