Anne Arundel County Public Library Novels & Stories

Ann walked up the stairs to a labyrinth of hallways, she visited this part of the house frequently, and was familiar with the location of the library. She pushed the door open to reveal the large Arnold library, it boasted many tall and huge shelves of book arranged in rows. She had been requested by lady Arnold to bring any book she could find on embroidery. Lady Arnold had been very concerned when she saw the flower Miss Anna had tangled on her material.

The Harlow County Archive was on the second floor of the public library, which was itself a modest building on the east end of Main Street that had been expanded twice and maintained well and smelled, on the inside, like the specific combination of old paper and institutional carpet that Eli associated with every library he had ever been in.

he replied and Arlene’s face fell in disappointment. “But not to worry, I will probably come up with something before the weekend runs out,” he added and her face got lit up immediately. Arlene squealed with joy, she stood up with her bag slouched on her shoulder and attempted to hug Derek when she heard the librarian cough from her cabinet. “No PDA in the library please,” she said, and Arlene smiled shyly then she waved at Derek before walking towards the exit.