#RIPXVIII Shirley Jackson
- Author: Shirley Jackson
- Title: Dark Tales (208 pg) 2016
- Genre: Short stories ( 17 stories)
- #RIPXVIII @perilreaders (Instagram)
- I must take a break from sciene fiction, Australian non-fiction
- and enjoy some “scary stuff” to get me into the Halloween mood!
- This bookcover just captured my attention.
- It shouts: “Read me!”
- Today Tracy @Bitter Tea and Mystery posted some short story reads
- …and I just had to join her.
- Shirley Jackson never disappoints in my opinion
- She always finds….something sinister in suburbia!
- As soon as I finish these stories…I’ll add the table on contents
- …to this post with my impression of the ‘scary tales”.
Biography about Shirley Jackson by Ruth Franklin… is not to be missed!
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Love the inspiration, I look forward to reading more about these spooky tales!
Backround information revealed in Jackson’s biography
explains her strange affinity with the “macabre”.
The woman was figting her own demons. Hope to finish these stories
this weekend.
Good luck!
I have only read The Lottery, but hope to be reading soon We Have Always Lived in the Castle
That is the only short story I’ve read too The Lottery…time to see what more she has to say in her stories!
I think these sinister stories will be very disturbing, much more than the ones I am reading. And that cover is really nice. I will wait for your impressions of the stories and hope that you find them good reads.
Love the cover…just love it! Ms Jackson is know for her “subtle” terror so let’s see what she has to offer during this Halloween season! One thing I do miss after all these years on the Netherlands is Halloween candy, go figure!