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The Magic of Shirley Jackson

by Shirley Jackson · 1966

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Contains:

Bird's Nest

Colloquy

Come Dance with Me in Ireland

Daemon Lover

Elizabeth

Flower Garden

Life Among the Savages

Lottery

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My Life with R. H. Macy

Of Course

Pillar of Salt

Raising Demons

Renegade

Tooth

Genre
horrorhorrorMore like thisLess of thishumorhumorMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1960s1960sMore like thisLess of thisNew EnglandNew EnglandMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Form
short storiesshort storiesMore like thisLess of this

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