Dark Tales by Shirley Jackson Paperback Book 9780241308493

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 bestTheres 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 smalltown apartment to the dark dark woodsIncludes the following stories The Possibility of Evil Louisa Please Come Home Paranoia The Honeymoon of Mrs Smith The Story We Used to Tell The Sorcerers 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