The Forbidden Book Section Of The Library Short Story

Allison creaked across the old wooden floors of the library owned by her godfather, Mr. Linden. She wheeled the cart of new horror stories and stacked them on the dusty shelves. People believed that the books in “The Forbidden Book Section” of Mr. Linden’s library were haunted because they would never make it back to the shelves.

The only noise in the quiet library was the sound of Mr. Linden’s deep, painful coughing. “Are you feeling okay?” Allison asked.

“Oh shucks! I forgot to take my morning pill,” Mr Linden said softly.

Allison went to the pill cabinet and quickly filled a glass of water so he could take his medicine. She felt entitled to take care of Mr. Linden as he grew older and had more trouble walking on his own and taking care

He showed interest in reading from their new selection of horror stories that was recently shipped in. Allison warned him about “The Forbidden Book Section” of the library and he threatened to steal one of the books if she refused to let him look at that section. Mr. Linden was sound asleep in his rocking chair and you could hear his heavy snoring from across the library. Allison walked in front of the young boy and took diminutive steps as they came nearer to the horror stories. “The story is called Once Alive, Once Dead. I have been wanting to read this story for what feels like centuries,” the boy exclaimed. Allison felt a sudden connection with this boy. She quickly pushed his soft, pale hand away from the shelve as his long nails scratched her arm. “STOP! You can’t check this book out because I don’t want you to be in danger!” Allison shouted with emotion. The boy raised one of his eyebrows as a confused look grew upon his face. He took a deep breath and clenched his fists with anger. He couldn’t believe that a girl his age was not letting him check out a library book. “I dont understand! It is just a book!” he

Since nothing dangerous happened, Allison is wondering why Mr. Linden was strict about her not reading it. The book was full of suspense and thrill. She stops when she comes across a page that has a tiny green leaf tucked inside. As she looks at the leaf, she notices the size of the leaf immensely changing. Allison tries to pull the leaf out of the book and realizes that her hand is starting to swell. In a matter of seconds, her fair skin is turning the color purple of Mr. Linden’s eggplants in his garden.

“ What is happening to me!” Allison screamed.

The swelling went up to her shoulder as she began to have a difficult time breathing. Allison noticed that she sounded like Mr. Linden after he struggles to walk up a flight of stairs. As Allison takes her last breath, she coughs out her remaining words.

“ I love you Mr. Linden,” Allison whispered.

Her last thoughts were what Mr. Linden’s life would be like without her.

The next morning Mr. Linden was awoken by a pungent smell. He slowly got out of bed and walked towards Allison’s room. As he opens the door, the forbidden book next to Allison’s pale body lays beneath his eyes.

“He had warned her about the book. Now it was too late.”