The Seduction of Perry, A Gothic Tale of Books, Set in Chicago in the 1990s

A novella set in Chicago during the 1990s, pre-Internet, pre-smart phones, "The Seduction of Perry," a work of pure fiction, is about the almost lost world and culture of books, and how books shape us, inform our thinking, and become part of our most secret, intimate feelings and desires. It is also a parable about evil in our environment, how it seduces us with its strange "normalcy," and often unnoticeable presence.