Devoe's Gathright-Reed Drug Company : When this drugstore was located next to the alley today known as "Faulkner Alley" during Faulkner’s childhood and adolescence, Mr. Mac Reed had a lending library of paperback books, mostly mysteries, which Faulkner regularly checked out. Later, when Faulkner began publishing books, Mac Reed's drugstore was one of the only places in town readers could purchase Faulkner’s books.