not surprised

It is unfortunate that they are going out of business, but if you had ever been to the store it really comes as no surprise. Pretty much just thrown together and stuck in the corner of a shopping center (you could very easily drive right by it). They had a very specific niche--sci-fi, Harry Potter and Harry Potter wanna-bees, some horror, gothic stuff, etc. More like someone trying to push their passion onto someone else. Very narrow niche with prices that were not competitive with B and N. I imagine it was the rent that probably put them over the edge.

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Out of Business

The Books and Authors section of the RTD has an ad on page 4 that announces the "Store Closing Sale" for Creature 'n Crooks Bookshoppe in Carytown. According to the web site ( http://www.cncbooks.com/ ) the owner will continue with an online sales and a blog...