shirley jackson – Butterfly Mind

September 20, 2013September 20, 2013

Fiction, tapas-style

I always hated short stories. I considered reading a short story like going out to dinner and only ordering an appetizer. Want a real meal? Eat a goddamn novel. – Jacob Tomsky I came to the short story late. It wasn’t til this year, 2013, at the age of 38, that I finally began to … Continue reading Fiction, tapas-style

February 12, 2013February 12, 2013

The Haunting of Hill House: Holy Crap.

“We cannot say, ‘It was my imagination,’ because three other people were there too.” “I could say,” Eleanor put in, smiling, “ ‘All three of you are in my imagination; none of this is real.’ ” -Shirley Jackson, The Haunting of Hill House I just read The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson, and … Continue reading The Haunting of Hill House: Holy Crap.