Tag: Book 3

Dockside Salvage

A Packrat's DreamDockside Salvage is probably best described as a "packrat's dream shop," at it sits on dock 9. You get there by walking down Pier Street from the three-way split at Mel's, past the market. Our town is small enough that you can see Dockside standing at the doorway of Mel's.The place was originally one of those small boat repair places, but when most of the business went south to Boothbay, many buildings like that were abandoned. We slowly became a tourist town, and people like Ira Finch purchased the empty places and made them useful again.From the outside, Dockside looks a lot like the other small warehouses and boat repair places here. There's the area where boats can be brought in and worked on. This is where Finch now keeps his mounds of packrattish stuff. Todd and Charles often work after school there moving and organizing things for…

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Mel’s Over Easy, East Bay, Maine

Mel's Over Easy It's one of those places in a small town where people gather. In the early hours of the morning, it's the fishing boat and dock workers along with the retirees that get up ridiculously early. The coffee here is always fresh no matter what time you stop in, and if you're here in the winter time, the place is where everyone goes to warm up from the cold. The door even has a little bell that jingles when customers come in. For Charles, Todd and I, it's our spot. Well, It was mine and Todd until Charles moved into the observatory. Mel sat him with us and our duo became a trio almost overnight. Mel's in her thirties. She was born in Philidelphia, and moved to East Bay with her parents when she was five. She said her dad bought the place for a good price after…