From the Department of Only In Fiction

Strange moments of juxtaposition that make you feel like you're living in a novel:
It had been the kind of day that meant I never quite got to look at the post. After dinner I opened the various packages on the kitchen table.

The first thing I opened was a secondhand copy of "The Inner Hebrides and their Legends" by Otta F. Swire, and I opened it to a random page and read,

"...the third of May, when the Devil and his angels were cast out of heaven (and therefore 3rd May is a day...