Once in a while I will get the vague inclination to revisit the twisted-yet-mundane classic stories of writer Shirley Jackson. That was her great literary power, after all: taking the mundane and then twisting it into a pretzel-panorama of abject terror and human vulnerability against uncanny forces.
Have a peek at this review of a compendium of the late Ms. Jackson’s short stories and see if you are a candidate for an imminent revisit or introduction to her often mesmerizing oeuvre.
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