It was Shop Local Saturday this weekend, the Vision-like good offspring of Black Friday.
2: The Little Shop
“As if by magic, the shopkeeper appeared.”
Genre fiction is full of strange little shops for various purposes - adventurer supply stores first and foremost - like the costume shop Mr. Benn frequents, the cursed antique store in Friday The 13th: The Series. Magic shops are such a feature in Buffy that Giles took one over after the latest owner fatality in season five.
The little shop that wasn’t there before and isn’t there when you go back is a staple of fantasy and horror as well. Where else are you going to get a monkey’s paw at this time of year?
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