The Shop Around The Corner Novels & Stories

Shade frowned and narrowed his eyes confirming what he saw Once he was sure he turned on his heels. “Sir!” he called The shopkeeper smiled and walked towards him. “ Did you change your mind and want to buy something?” the shop keeper asked “ahhh No actually can I see the clock in that room?” Shade asked pointing towards the clock The shopkeeper frowned and looked a little take back “ Sir that……..that is my niece’s ” the shop keeper replied “ Can I….see it? if you don’t mind’ Shade asked being a little hesitant

Nothing about it resembled the place I’d been in two nights ago. I walked up to the counter. “Can I help you?” the man asked without looking up. “Yeah,” I said slowly. “There used to be a shop here before this one opened.” He looked up. “Before?” “Yeah. A woman ran it.” He tilted, confusion blistering across his brows. “This place has been a convenience store for years.” Years. Years? I stared at him like he should've realised there was an obvious mistake with his statement. “You sure?”

Across the street, a small convenience store, its front faded and its sign barely legible, seems to be the only business open. "Candy Corner," I make out, the letters peeling. A very odd store in an area that’s basically dead. Maybe a quick stop for a coffee, a bottle of water. I cross the street, my eyes still darting around, looking for any clue, any sign that this wasn't a wasted trip.

A few curtains on the far side of the road, a residential area twitched but no one stepped out. * Bianca was chatting up the boy behind the counter who looked like he could not tear his eyes off the vision before him. St Just felt a slow wave of anger course through him as he saw the way the youth’s eys rested on her curves, her breasts…Old Mrs Heinz, the woman who had run the place with her husband, peeped in from behind a door. When she caught sight of Bianca, she hobbled into the shop, standing behind the counter.

I know my clothes are messy and I look like a beggar but I cannot do anything to change them. “It is just beside the bread shop”. She answers and walks away while muttering something. She should not have been this rude to me. I only asked her about the shop. It is not like I told her to give me some of her fruits. I look towards the small shop beside the big bread shop. I walk towards it and open the door. I enter the shop and see an elderly man sitting beside the desk. There is a big window behind the table and light is coming inside through that window.

I stepped out into the hallway and felt, for the first time in three months, that my feet were standing on something I was not about to leave. ___________ Goodness… The corner shop was small and overstocked. Every shelf had too much on it. Cans were stacked in front of other cans, the bread was on top of the cereal because there was nowhere else for the bread to go. A small rotating stand near the door held keychains and lip balm and one single pair of reading glasses that had clearly been there since before I was born. A bell rang when we pushed the door open. I went straight for the crackers.

(Freda’s POV) The shop Phina brought me to was smaller than her room. It smelled odd too, like something stale had settled into the walls and refused to leave. I couldn’t help wondering what sort of job I was even supposed to find here. An old woman wandered around the shop, picking and dropping things in haste. She didn’t bother paying us any attention. It was as if we didn’t exist. I shifted my weight on my feet. Phina chuckled. “Impatient, are we? Madam Cora is always active. Even though she’s old, she always has one thing or the other to do. That’s why anyone looking for an urgent job can always get one in her shop.”

He had a feeling it would be a chance to see the town at its very best. Finding the shop Ellie had mentioned wasn’t difficult. But before he headed into The Memory Box to tell her hello, he noticed the shop next to it, the one on the corner, was vacant. Peering in the window, he could see it was a good space with lots of light and windows on two sides. It seemed odd to him that no one was using it for anything. While other parts of the town might’ve been suffering from the recession still, the square seemed to be bustling, with people coming in and out of the various stores, the donut shop sending out customers by the baker’s dozen, and the coffee house he’d visited the day before may as wel

He seemed a little puzzled, but wasn’t interested enough to know deeper. Allison fell silent. Edward Laurier was a hard man to read, so she had about as much idea as Matthew did about the current state of things. But at least Matthew seemed more confident and relaxed lately, which was a plenty good thing. Perhaps his outburst with his father had helped him more than he had imagined. As they rounded a corner, Allison slowed her pace as something caught her eye. There was a small, pleasant-looking shop, sandwiched between a bookstore and a café. The window displayed an array of tiny clothes in pastel colors and stuffed animals. There was also a white wooden cradle with a soft blue blanket in t

But tonight, I would. The shop was small, tucked on a corner street that smelled faintly of bread from the bakery next door. When I stepped inside, the air changed—sweet, heavy with the perfume of roses and lilies. A bell tinkled above the door, and an elderly woman behind the counter looked up, her face lighting with curiosity. “Good evening,” she said, her voice warm. “Looking for something special?”