Step into the unsettling world of Shirley Jackson this autumn with a collection of her finest,darkest short stories,revealing the queen of American gothic at her mesmerising best.There's something nasty in suburbia. In these deliciously dark tales,the daily commute turns into a nightmarish game of hide and seek,the loving wife hides homicidal thoughts and the concerned citizen might just be an infamous serial killer. In the haunting world of Shirley Jackson,nothing is as it seems and nowhere is safe,from the city streets to the country manor,and from the small-town apartment to the dark,dark woods...Includes the following stories:'The Possibility of Evil';'Louisa,Please Come Home';'Paranoia';'The Honeymoon of Mrs Smith';'The Story We Used to Tell';'The Sorcerer's Apprentice';'Jack the Ripper';'The Beautiful Stranger';'All She Said Was Yes';'What a Thought';'The Bus';'Family Treasures';'A Visit';'The Good Wife';'The Man in the Woods';'Home';'The Summer People'.
Publisher: Penguin Books LtdISBN: 9780241308493Number of pages: 208Weight: 157 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 12 mm
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Shirley Jackson's stories are among the most terrifying ever written...No-one can touch herIn each story in the collection,the everyday world becomes tinted with an odd sheen of terror...In Jackson's world,the safe house is a trap. Enter it,and you might get lost in the darkThe world of Shirley Jackson is eerie and unforgettableDark Tales reveals a superior gothic writer...Shirley Jackson's menacing gothic tales are a joy to rediscoverOne of the great practitioners of the literature of the darker impulsesAn amazing writerAn excellent primer for her short fiction
Shirley Jackson
One of the foremost authors of twentieth-century supernatural fiction,Shirley Jackson is best known for the novels The Haunting of Hill House and We Have Always Lived in the Castle,and the short story The Lottery.
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