Sinclair Lewis' Desk

Origin
Sinclair Lewis was an American writer and playwright from Minnesota, who often had trouble fitting in with his peers, evidenced by his unsuccessful attempt at running away to join the Mexican-American War when he was thirteen. As he grew, he began to make a career of writing, and finally stepped into the spotlight with his small-town life novel entitled Main Street. He would go on to write many more stories throughout his life, and would become the first American writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1930. Unfortunately, he suffered from a strong addiction to alcohol, and would eventually die from a heart attack and alcohol complication.

Inspired the Disney film “Fun and Fancy Free”.

Effects
The desk makes whoever sits at it have a growing, nagging sense of loneliness, growing until they try to find some way to release it (running away, substance abuse, fighting, etc.). These methods never work, however, and from excess they will end up killing themselves unless the desk is neutralized.