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"Shottle Bop" is a fantasy short story by American writer Theodore Sturgeon, first published in 1941 in the magazine Unknown.[1] Avram Davidson has said that it is the source of all "odde shoppe" stories; and even if not that, of many.[2] The protagonist discovers a mysterious shop{{snd}}"The Shottle Bop", between Twentieth and Twenty-first Streets, on Tenth Avenue in New York City{{snd}}which has bottles containing all manner of strange things. The proprietor dislikes his pompous attitude, paralyzes him by spraying him with the essential oil from the hair of a Gorgon's head, and only releases him after extracting a grudging apology. The proprietor then mixes up a strange potion, saying it will, when drunk, "cure" him and give him a "talent". The protagonist returns home and, after initial reluctance, drinks the potion. He discovers that he can now see and talk with ghosts; although they cannot see him. When he goes back to look for the shop, it is not there. He sets himself up as a psychic investigator: a business at which he is highly successful, with the aid of unseen disembodied assistants. He taunts some of his low-life former associates with his success. They round on him; but he persuades one of them to spend the night in a haunted house, for a bet. That night, the effects of the potion wear off.[2][3] References1. ^{{cite book |title=Supernatural Literature of the World: An Encyclopedia, Volume 3, P–Z |last=Joshi |first=S. T. |author2=Dziemianowicz, Stefan R. |year=2005 |publisher=Greenwood Press |isbn=978-0-313-32777-3 |page=1088}} {{Theodore Sturgeon}}2. ^1 {{cite book |title=Magic for Sale |editor-last=Davidson |editor-first=Avram |editor-link=Avram Davidson |page=161 |publisher=Berkley Publishing Group |location=New York |year=1983 |isbn=0-441-51535-5 }} 3. ^{{citation |title=Encyclopedia of Fantasy and Horror Fiction |last=D'Ammassa |first=Don |chapter=Shottle Bop |page=319 |year=2006 |isbn=978-0-8160-6192-1}} 5 : 1941 short stories|Fantasy short stories|Horror short stories|Short stories by Theodore Sturgeon|Works originally published in Unknown (magazine) |
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