About This Story
All of the bookstores in this story did, at one time, exist. I worked for two of them. Both are gone now.
This story can be considered a kind of tribute to The Book Exchange in Durham, North Carolina. Someday, some writer who’s better than me will tell the true story of The Book Exchange. Read that, if you can find it. Mister Pergerson was an amazing person.
That’s me, at The Book Exchange in 2008.
The Peter Pumpkin Press in the story is based on the real-life Peter Pauper Press, who at one time printed some strange and beautiful little books. I don’t think they ever did human skin, though.