#to make sure evil doesnt prevail!'' but in trying to prevent conflict she just causes it
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i got shirley jackson’s dark tales for christmas and ough short horror stories my beloved
#honestly just one of my favorite forms of horror- if not favorite form of media- of all time#jackson didnt do it but im so glad ''monkeys paw'' is a common saying/meme bc ive read the original story and i LOVE it#its so fucked up#im literally only one story in dark tales (''the possibility of evil'') and it was so good. idk if id call it horror but goddamn#like i know ppl like miss strangeworth irl and yeah thats what theyre like oh my god shes so hatable and i love it#i love how its subtle but u can tell shes a bitch because of how she talks to people even before the reveal#like how she notices that mr lewis looks anxious and miserable and still makes a snarky comment about him forgetting#to remind her of her weekly tea. when hes literally a grocery store worker. (one she knows personally but like still)#and then on TOP of that its revealed that SHES the reason he and everyone else is miserable??? and she knows this???#and shes like ''oh its a wonderful thing that i write letters insulting people and spreading rumors bc its my job#to make sure evil doesnt prevail!'' but in trying to prevent conflict she just causes it#and she literally KNOWS its fucked up bc she never credits the letters and tries to deliver them when no one can see#and talks abt how disgusting and awful itd be if ppl learned it was her#and its her own pride that fucks her over bc she looks at kids w disdain and ignores them while still acting ''nice''#that she doesnt notice when one of them calls after her and says she dropped her things#and the final line is just so GOOD#mmgmgmgmgmmggm i love short stories short stories my beloved#they do something good to my brain i like it#echoed voice
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