Well, not a guide to stabby killers. This isn't a death-row walking tour. It's more of a guide to surviving stabby killers - my valuable contribution to the Halloween season.
This whole story starts with a turtle. It's hand-sized, brass, with a stained-glass shell and a teeny little lamp inside it. So when your husband has gone out of town on business again and you're alone in the apartment in the dark and you're thirsty but won't get out of bed because that dark reflection in the dresser mirror might be your own, but it also might be Bloody Mary, and now that you've thought the words "Bloody Mary" it's definitely Bloody Mary, and you're pretty sure she's going to jump out of the mirror and scratch your eyes out, you can turn on the turtle and have a gently colorful glow on your nightstand and see that it's really just your own reflection and maybe actually get some sleep.
I'd like to emphasize that it's stained glass. Which means it's Art. Definitely not a nightlight. Art.
