31 Nights of Halloween - Night 15: Strange Little Books, or, Terror at the Checkout!

Measuring 5 1/4 inches by 3 1/2 inches (or 13.335cm x 8.89cm), these arcane mini-tomes haunted the racks near grocery store checkout counters, crowded in amongst the gum and candy and beef jerky. Shockingly, they often had decent content, considering their size and impulse-purchase purpose. The strange and paranormal had a clammy claw-grip at the five-and-dime.