This story is about a stranger, Dave Slatin who comes in a small village in

Woodend and very strange things happen since he is there. The stranger bought a
house in Wooden. He made the corner shop on the front of the house. Soon the
shop was busy and Dave needed an assistant. The new assistant in The Corner
Shop was Anna. In the shop was a room where only Dave came. On the door of the
room was written: "Special Orders Only: Keep Out".

On a day a strange woman came to the shop. She came for Dave. Anna was
talking with her, and she said that she is Miss. Greta Gordon. Anna was looking to
the hand of Miss. Greta Gordon. She weared a beautiful diamond ring. Then Dave
and Miss. Greta Gordon went to the special order room. After a few minutes later
Miss. Greta Gorden come back alone and without her beautiful diamond ring.
Anna noticed that the ring disappeared. A week later Anna was reading the Film
news and she saw Miss. Greta Gordon with good news. She got a big part in
Beautiful Women.

After a few month came again a Special Order customer. It was Mike Bailey.
He had a case in his hands. When he came back of the conversation with Dave, his
case were gone. Anna and her fiancé Peter went to see a football game on TV and
Anna saw Mike Baily standing. With the last goal happened an accident. Mike
Bailey kicked the ball into the goal, but not into the goal, just in the neck of
goalkeeper. The keeper broken his neck.

A few months later came again a Special Order customer. This times was
Arthur Riseman. He has a briefcase with him. Arthur Riseman gone with Dave in
the special order room and he came back without briefcase. Anna was waiting for
news of Artur Riseman, after the big news about Miss. Greta Gordon and Mike
Bailey. She wait and wait, but there wasn’t anything what look like a big news
about Arthur Riseman. Then, she went to London for answer. After she looked in a
newspaper and she saw the news about Arthur Riseman. He was the new Chairman
of a copany, but the first Chairman was dead in an airplane crash. Now, Anna had
the answer and gonna back to the Corner shop.

Dave wasn’t there, Anna opened the shop and she gonna try if the door from
the special orders room was closed or opened. It was opened. She looked around
and she saw the case from Mike Bailey and the briefcase from Arthur Riseman.
Also, Anna saw a lot of boxes, some old magazines, newspapers, broken toys and a
lot of money.

Suddenly there was a noise behind her. Dave was standing at the door. He
wasn’t angry and he wanted to marry with Anna. Dave explain everything, but
Anna didn’t know what to do. She was scared. She ran into her house and couldn’t
sleep all night.

The next day there was a fire in the Corner shop. Dave was still in the shop,
standing in front of the window laughing. He didn’t want to save himself. At that
time, Anna was ill and she was laying in bed. The doctor didn't know what was
wrong with her. Later Anna died. When the corner shop was in flames Dave with
his strange powers killed Anna.