There is some strong evidence that people in the town do not particularly care for the Black Woods. Mary Cat obviously doesn't like him, but he is also obviously gold diggin. She's always like she's ascribing a whole lot of sentience and independence to her their cat Jonas. And even though you're getting everything from from Mary Cat, it's pretty obvious that he's here to either free load or just find the money and kind of abscond with it.
Shirley Jackson's We Have Always Lived In The Castle shares some qualities with her best-known short story The Lottery; both feature small New England towns that are the site of some unfortunate mob action. Join us for a conversation about non-supernatural creepiness, unreliable narrators, and early flights.
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