guest room


Since Salem is such a popular tourist area, I often have houseguests. This is one of the guest rooms in my saltbox. Although it is the smallest, my overnight visitors find it quite cozy. They enjoy snuggling up under an eiderdown quilt in front of a roaring fire. In the cedar chest, you will find 25 stories to read before the lights go out.
Note: All the stories in this room were written around the year 2001. I'm not sure of the exact date.

The Best of Intentions - A medical student meets a scientist at a local coffee shop, and the two discuss the possibility of going back in time to assassinate Adolf Hitler.
The Brothers Guilford - Basil Guilford falls in love for the first time, but his brother, Cyril, stands in the way of his happiness.
Calendar Girl - A serial killer is preying on the small village of Puritan Falls, murdering a beautiful young woman for each month of the year.
The Comeback - Five legendary rock stars unite for a comeback tour that is destined to make rock 'n' roll history.
Coulrophobia - Psychiatrist Lionel Penn treats a patient with a severe case of coulrophobia: the fear of clowns.

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The Curse of Narcissus - A beautiful peasant girl is fortunate enough to marry the lord of a manor, but her foolish vanity leads her to betray his love.
Date with a Stranger - Ivanna, a young girl from the ghetto, glimpses a face in the crowd: a handsome stranger who will show her what the future holds.
Decorating for the Holidays - After two teenage boys repeatedly vandalize his property, a retired homeowner decides to strike back.
Dedication - A deejay goes to his thirtieth high school reunion, hoping to meet the girl he loved in his youth.
Dinner and a Murder - Two mystery lovers journey to a Victorian house in Pennsylvania that offers an extravagant murder mystery weekend.

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A Familiar Face - When a mysterious woman moves in next door, Erin Malone is determined to learn her identity.
For Love of Chocolate - A woman survives a lonely childhood and an unhappy marriage with the help of chocolate.
For Sale or Lease - When their brownstone is about to be torn down, Hildy and Gaylord Stokes go house-hunting.
The Fortuneteller - When a carnival fortuneteller looks into a young man's future, she is terrified by what she sees.
A Game of Chance - A gambler makes a deal with the devil and gets a second chance at happiness, providing he never gambles again.

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The Gargoyles - A spoiled child grows up to be a vindictive man who wants to have revenge on what he believes are wrongs done to him.
The Ghost Channel - An employee of a cable channel devoted to ghosts and hauntings has the brilliant idea of taking a cameraman and two psychics down to the wreckage of the Titanic.
The Ghost of Connaught Manor - After going through an emotionally trying divorce, a rock star takes refuge in an old house in Ireland where he encounters an attractive ghost.
Going Up? - A woman who works on the thirtieth floor of an office building sees a frightening old man in the elevator every time she boards it.
Happy Ending - A computer genius develops a program that can alter the ending of movies. But a client chooses to use the program for more sinister reasons.

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Hidden Portrait - A woman purchases a religious painting and discovers there is a portrait of a dead girl beneath it.
The Hitchhiker - A man picks up a young hitchhiker who vanishes as he approaches the local cemetery.
Home for Christmas - A four-year-old child asks Santa to bring her father home from Afghanistan for Christmas.
In Search of Silence - An overworked businessman, on the verge of a nervous collapse, will do anything to get some peace and quiet.
June-December Romance - When a beautiful young woman marries a much older man, she has visions of being a wealthy widow. The only problem is her husband refuses to die.

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