Dark Tales by Shirley Jackson

Dark Tales by Shirley JacksonStep into the unsettling world of Shirley Jackson 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,

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everyone's moving to the suburbs

longlisted for the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction 2021

It includes:The Happy PrinceThe Selfish GiantThe Nightingale and the RoseThis gorgeous production brings Wilde's magical stories to a whole new generation

a sign of the complex neural process that continues in the background of our everyday lives

becoming the youngest professor of law in Ireland

the occasional chuckling murderer and - perhaps most alarming of all - people whose favourite pastime is discussing the relative merits of the external-frame backpack

and teaming up with his wife to create conversation-starting meals for their children

Lucy Albert

they were lovers

When his teacher asks each child in the class to write a story

#1 New York Times bestseller Milk and Honey is a collection of poetry and prose about survival