Medicine for Nightmares, a bookstore at 24th Street and Treat Avenue, is having a "slightly soggy book sale" following last Friday's flood. Water that came in through a leaky skylight damaged "a huge amount of our inventory," said co-owner Josiah Luis Alderete. Alderete and around a dozen supporters from the "bookstore family" - patrons who consider the store home - threw away the books that were too damaged to save and left the rest of the wet books at the rear of the store.
Similarly, Adobe Books & Arts Cooperative, which is located two blocks away at Shotwell and 24th streets, is offering a 50 percent discount on all of its books although some are now warped and damp. The discount will last until Dec. 1, with some books at the store available at $1 or $4 or $6 right now.
On Friday at around noon, "I got a call from one of the guys who was working and he said, 'Oh, you know, there's a little leak going on.' And all of a sudden, 'Wait, it's getting bigger! It's getting bigger! It's getting bigger!'' said volunteer Johnny Fellman. Water just kept pouring through from the roof.
The store ended up closing until Monday. They lost several titles due to the flooding, and the efforts are now focused on salvaging what they can and making inventory accessible to customers.
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