With deft and bitter genius, Shirley Jackson’s “The Summer People" teases layers of privilege from an unwitting wealthy couple. When the snobby Allisons stay at the lake house longer than expected, relations with the rural folk get ominous.
In anticipation of my forthcoming horror story collection BACKWATERS: 12 MURKY TALES, I am sharing my thoughts on horror, weird, and bizarro short stories that have influenced, impressed, and stuck wiIn anticipation of my forthcoming horror story collection BACKWATERS: 12 MURKY TALES, I am sharing my thoughts on horror, weird, and bizarro short stories that have influenced, impressed, and stuck with me....more