shirley jackson

"NO LIVE organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream." With an opening sentence like that, how can you not read this book? And it just gets better from there. First published in 1959, The Haunting...

A friend alluded without details to Shirley Jackson including references to public libraries in some of her stories. I know only The Haunting of Hill House, "The Lottery," and one or two others. If you know of some good relevant passages, without having to hunt for them, maybe reply here. I...

We need more ghost stories. They have a subtlety that gore cannot match. A good ghost story doesn't need to batter you over the head - it poisons you instead. After reading Stephen King’s excellent analysis of Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House in Dance Macabre, I went out and bought...

I noticed "We Have Always Lived in the Castle" in a bookshop the other day and was curious. Upon investigations, many people appear to rate her highly but I don't see much talk of her work on these forums. Has anyone read much of her work? And what are your thoughts?