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I was really into decades-old fiction for #scarathlon: I very much enjoyed Dracula with Dracula Daily and revisiting Mary Stewart with the #sundaybuddyread crew. The tagged book of short creepy tales by Shirley Jackson provided such wonderful little bite-sized diversions that I think it was my fav book experience overall. But wow! Look at all those books read under the fearless leadership of @Clwojick : 24446 points for #SpookyGhostClub 🧛‍♀️🎃🖤

I‘m joining #outstandingoctober in the hopes that it will give me that little bit of third quarter energy I need to work on some #trappedinaspookyhouse books like the tagged! So far, 2 stories down in this one, and a few audiobooks that I still need to review - but I‘d like to read all 5 from @TheAromaofBooks and the extra three I moved from that list to #castthedie @PuddleJumper we‘ll see how it goes 😊🎃 #scarathlon

Took this with me on vacation (Vermont) and it was the perfect book to read! Full of creepy stories that are just the right size! Loved it❤️
#TbrDeckofcards

Thanks @DinoMom
Such a nice surprise!
Tagged current read.
#spookyseason #athingaday

My list for #trappedinaspookyhouse are all books I own and should have read already ☠. I've asked for my match to pick 5, and they will all go on my tbr... which will leave me with 15 that I'll use for #castthedie (after I eliminate 2 that I'm not feeling, hah!). I *think* the tagged is what I'm most excited about... but we'll see!

Why yes, I AM already gearing up for #scarathlon, why do you ask? 😏

I‘m jumping into my October reads a day early with this collection of short stories. I‘ve read and enjoyed the first three and, as usual, Shirley Jackson never disappoints. 🌹

Dark Tales for dark hearts🖤
#ShirleyJackson

Oh Shirley Jackson! She is the queen of old houses and mysterious endings. This collection of short stories did not disappoint. I usually like clean endings that I don‘t have to wonder about, but I enjoyed the wondering with this book. All five ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Books that I look forward to read this year. My target this year is 50 books. There are 26 books here so lots of wiggle room 🤓 #readinglist2021

Very disappointed. I guess the stories were the subtle kinda creepy but as a whole I don't really care for them.

I like to listen to LeVar Burton Reads when I fold laundry and decided on this creepy Shirley Jackson story about two friends who get pulled into a picture. It was definitely creepy and a bit mind bending. The background music added to the podcast was a great effect. Of course LeVar's commentary afterwards was deep and inspired. Laundry is an adventure with a kitten, who is always up to shenanigans. #votedearlyreadathon

My Halloween night: hiding with the lights off from the few potential trick-or-treaters that may be out there, eating a portion of the gigantic shrimp fried rice I picked up today (it was a craving), reading another few stories in this book & watching Enola Holmes on Netflix & Saturday Night Live. Not a bad way to spend an evening.

Excellent. Just my kind of scary—so very grounded in the everyday and in the real and utterly limitless terror of our own minds. What a master at building tension and anticipation, then taking unpredictable turns and leaving you gasping and unsettled. #Screamathon #Gothtober (Grey Morality) #CreatureFeaturethon 4 Theme Reads, 13 Other Reads...all adds up to 451 points for #TeamHarkness #Scarathlon2020

The finished Thai Yellow Curry Shrimp Soup with Jasmine Rice. With the yellow curry, coconut milk, lime juice, shrimp & veggies it was exactly what I wanted & hit the spot.
I thought I‘d go with a spooky story or two from this book tonight. I wish I had one more weekend day left but back to the grind tomorrow. 😔
Link to 🥣soup recipe is 👇🏻

This was a perfect story for October and LeVar is fantastic as always! I look forward to a new episode each week ☺️

My first #Screamathon read for October...and my first Jackson experience. Each short story left me smiling and the dark twists of each tale. She knows how to do spooky and eerie - can‘t wait to read more of her work!

My #Screamathon reads will include selections from my (overloaded) Kindle, as well. My new routine has me stationary cycling in the morning, which is perfect for reading. (I know we‘re not yet in October, but we‘re just so close I‘m jumping into my #SpookyReads.) 👻💀🎃📚🍂🍁

Brilliant short stories. The writing, edginess, suspense, the detail.. the feeling of being left stunned after each one.
I did like The Haunting of Hill House , but these stories are on another level for me. I think Shirley Jackson is a bit of a genius ... how did she think up all these scenarios??!!!! Loved this book of stories.

#86 of my year. This is a new to me author and I have heard many great things about her masterful horror stories. Let‘s see if what they say is true 🧐

Well, I was going to read. 🤷‍♀️

This is a fine collection of stories by an author who has great talent in making the mundane unnerving, nightmarish, unsettling. Some make me gasped, others make me wondered at their ambiguity..still, the best of her collection I‘ve read so far, and in quoting Dorothy Parker.. “Shirley Jackson is unparalleled as a leader in the field of beautifully written, quiet, cumulative shudders.”

#ScreamathonReadingChallenge #Screamathon RC

I don't read per season but this one is perfect for October, Dark stories which will make me laugh for being so dark or so twisty. Also it's lovely that dear husband read it before, so I just have to sum up the story I'm currently reading for him to know what's funny :)

My favourite cat cover for the #ChillingPhotoChallenge, from the Queen of Horror Shirley Jackson.
#scarathlon #teamslaughter @Clwojick

Shirley Jackson writes such strange, unsettling stories. Many of them just end and I had no idea what just happened. Others had me laughing at their craziness. These are highly entertaining and I‘m now a short story fan. This book is perfect to read in October.

Latest library book haul. I took a class on folklore during my sophomore year in college which fed my love, and fascination with fairytales, folklore, and mythology. Going to sit on the porch with these lovelies. 🤴🏾🧙🏼‍♀️🧞‍♀️👸🏽🧜🏽‍♂️🧚🏽‍♀️👸🏽

A collection of short stories all with a dark theme. A very macabre collection with some haunting elements. Perfect for a Halloween #Scareathlon. Plus it has a #blackcat on the cover which matches today's #ChillingPhotoChallenge #TeamSlaughter @Clwojick

This is more a “pile of choices” for October than a strict TBR. I really want to get to some more Shirley Jackson as I loved both We Have Always Lived in the Castle and The Haunting of Hill House so much.

I will definitely be reading The Other as it‘s my pick for our #NYRBBookClub. 😄

#OctoberTBR #FallIsBooked
#SpookyTBR #ScreamathonPhotoChallenge #Screamathon

Why yes, I gave in at the last minute this weekend and signed up for my 3rd Halloween swap AND #Scarathlon lol. 😂 Can't wait to see what team I'm on!! #AllHallowsReadSwap

Great time talking about the horror of Jackson, Oates, Butler & other talented women writers at a Halloween horror convention this weekend.... left with a list of suggested reads by contemporary women in horror! #fun #authorpanel #womeninhorror

Top is day 1 bottom is day 2 and 3 of #24B4Monday so in total it was just over 20 hours. One of my best times for these readathons. I also got three books finished and made good progress in three more.
@andrew65 @TheReadingMermaid @jb72

A great collection of spooky, eerie, and unsettling tales. A lot of the endings are open. Fair warning for those that like to have an ending to your story. I liked it because it helped to make them more unsettling. What happened in the end to the man that walked into the woods?!

The books I bought today match the walls of my library so well! 😂 Didn‘t even plan it or realize they complimented each other so well in the store.

I have started reading Dark tales in earnest. I love a short story collect and I‘m 4 stories in, and enjoying these. Not really horror, they have a twilight zone feel, that I really like.
I also want to welcome to Litsy a friend, @Empathicwoman she is a wonderful lady 😊

Rainy day means a dark tale before work. Very ready for the weekend. 🖤🖤

Ok #TeamCthulhu here are my picks for #HGPBC what do you guys think? What reaches out and grabs you? HAHAHAHAHAHA 👻😈👻

@MaleficentBookDragon @jillannjohn @BookwormAHN

Great read for Women in Horror Month! Taught “The Possibility of Evil” in my Crafting Strong Women workshop yesterday and was reminded, once agin, of Jackson‘s twisted genius! #shortstories #5stars #womeninhorror

I would recommend these stories to just about everyone considering that most of these stories have a PG rating in the horror genre.

Please read my full review here:
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Current autumn spooky reads.

By the way: do Americans go trick or treating and celebrate Halloween today, the Saturday before, because "it's really not so convenient on a school night" or is this just an English thing?

#halloween #spookyreads #shortstories

#BlackCatChallenge #OctoberPutASpellOnYou

#BlackCat on the cover and hopefully something #Bloodcurdling inside 😉🐱😱
@Clwojick @vkois88 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Ok so im not gonna lie, when you posted this the other day @bridge12 i was secretly hoping it was for me just because of the paper! 😂 Now thats its here, im so glad its for me because im sooo excited for this book!! Thank you so much Bridget! I dont have it and ive never read it! You nailed it! Thank you again! 😊
#justabookswap

Eerie, creepy, psychological thrillers. When you start a story, you have no idea where she‘s going to take you, but you have to appreciate her sharp, snappy twist endings! Each one could easily be a Twilight Zone episode.

#ManicMonday #letterj

Super stoked with my #Shortstoryswap 😄 these books look so beautiful and I've been meaning to read Shirley Jackson for ages! Thank you so much @ephemeralwaltz ❤🧡💛

Pulled into reading some short stories by Shirley Jackson!! “Paranoia” is the current short story being emailed in installments by http://theseasonofstories.com . I looked into my *The Lottery* to see if it was in there, but it is not. It‘s in the tagged book (*Dark Tales*). Jackson is perfect atmospheric reading for today‘s overcast weather with rain expected later on!

A collection of Jackson‘s short stories. Some were really great while others were rather lacklustre. I don‘t know if I would call them “dark” to be honest. Her writing is good but I don‘t think any of these stories will stay with me like “The Lottery” or “We Have Always Lived in the Castle” have. I am not discouraged from reading more but wouldn‘t probably recommend this one to people.

Picked up a few gems at a local thrift shop. Really looking forward to reading “Dark Tales” by Shirley Jackson.