I think it's consciously drawing on that sort of sure creepy tradition I mentioned Poe again because I'm probably not I'm not well read enough to probably mention anybody else. It is a it's a not explicitly supernatural but very spooky vibe that I think Poe does a lot. But other than that it really does feel like a thing that could just as easily have been a book written in 1860 or 1960 whatever.
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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