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Don't Go to Sleep in the Dark
Don't Go to Sleep in the Dark: Short Stories | Celia Fremlin
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�Here are thirteen harrowing tales by the indisputable mistress of horror,� the Edgar Award�winning author of The Hours Before Dawn (Chattanooga Times Free Press). Sometimes the things that go bump in the night are our own thoughts (…more)
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Bookwomble
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On the recommendations of @Cathythoughts & @LeahBergen , I bumped this one up my reading list, & I'm pleased to report that I really liked these dark short stories.
I'd expected ghostly horror stories based on the cover indications, though there was only one definitely featuring an apparition, and another in which it was a little ambiguous. The other stories were horrible rather than horror, in the way of Roald Dahl's Tales of the Unexpected ⬇️

Bookwomble - psychological rather than supernatural horror, one of which gave me definite goosebumps, and several that lay uneasily.
The stories mostly feature female protagonists in contemporary (i.e., 1960s/'70s) settings and social situations, subverting social mores and expectations, definitely feminist, though without making the MCs paragons of virtue. Desperation and despair abound, alongside Medean obsession and vengefulness. 4💀
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LeahBergen Yay! Great review! 1mo
Cathythoughts Excellent review! I love her. 1mo
Bookwomble Thank you @LeahBergen , and thank you @Cathythoughts 😊 1mo
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Happy Birthday @wanderinglynn 🎉 The tagged book is on my wishlist because I always need more scary stories in my life! #49bdaygiveaway

wanderinglynn Thanks for entering! 🥳 4mo
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A lunchtime mince pie with this gloriously dark set of short stories. I've not read fremlin before + loved the post war England feel as various women(mainly) deal with ominous fears and anxieties where a creaking floorboard could be an escaped strangler, a woman's story to her children in a high rise flat presages doom, a strange babysitter causes a mother to rush from a theatre trip, a mysterious seller of youth reveals a secret + more.Wonderful

LeahBergen Isn‘t she good?? 5mo
andrew61 Yes, I was really gripped, and I do like that post-war feel. Its a library book, so I am inclined to buy a copy to read some of them again. I'm definitely going to try more. 5mo
Tamra Oooo Fremlin! I recently purchased three, but I didn‘t see this title. 5mo
Cathythoughts Great review! Mince pies 🥰. I love her too. I‘m stacking this one. 👍🏻 5mo
Magpiegem Stacking this one because I need to know what happened with the babysitter! Great review! 😊 4mo
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