"Hill House neither sleeps nor dreams... Hill House watches. Hill House waits."

#Lunchtime reading: sneaky advance peek at Elizabeth Hand's A Haunting in the Hill, a return to Shirley Jackson's remarkable world, coming this autumn.

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“No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream.” —Shirley Jackson

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The morning of June 27th was clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full-summer day; the flowers were blossoming profusely and the grass was richly green. —“The Lottery"

#ShirleyJackson. Today is "The Lottery" day.

Book 21. 2023: The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson. Classic spooky story. #books #horror #justread #fiction #reading #ShirleyJackson

The super natural goings on in #TheHauntingOfHillHouse aren't really what scares the reader in this classic haunted house novel. The truly frightening element is watching the effect the hauntings have on the relationships of the other characters and Eleanor's (the main protagonist) descent into madness. #ShirleyJackson

“The last time I glanced at the library books on the kitchen shelf they were more than five months overdue, and I wondered whether I would have chosen differently if I had known that these were the last books, the ones which would stand forever on our kitchen shelf.”

Shirley Jackson, We Have Always Lived in the Castle, 1962.

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After running across some damn hilarious reactions to "that moment" in the series (if you've seen it, you'll know what I'm referring to) on Youtube, I'm itching to rewatch this.

NGL -- I didn't expect this adaptation to be so emotionally draining, especially since I didn't actually like the original story (apologies to all Shirley Jackson fans). But I appreciate the way each character's explored in their individual episode, showing how childhood trauma affected them throughout their lives until it was too late (spoiler alert!) for them to reconcile with Nell and especially their father. Also: Mr. and Mrs. Dudley own my heart.

And all that without sacrificing the gothic horror elements and all those awesome ghosts.

Anyway, I need to watch 'The Pale Blue Eye' first (for a Poe worshiper, I'm sadly slow in the uptake where adaptations are concerned).

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@stevesilberman. I know everyone doesn't turn to literature to explain things, but #ShirleyJackson's "The Lottery" is resonating deeply. #bannedbooks https://www.marshall.edu/library/bannedbooks/shirley-jacksons-the-lottery/

Thanks #MartinCounty for helping me figure out what book to read next. I was going to follow up #PercivalEverett's #Erasure with #ShirleyJackson's #TheBirdNest, but I guess it'll be #Picoult's #TheStoryteller. #litstudies https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/03/10/ron-desantis-book-bans-martin-county-jodi-picoult/

Thanks #MartinCounty for helping me figure out what book to read next. I was going to follow up #PercivalEverett's #Erasure with #ShirleyJackson's #TheBirdNest, but I guess it'll be #Picoult's #TheStoryteller. #litstudies https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/03/10/ron-desantis-book-bans-martin-county-jodi-picoult/

How Great Storytelling Lingers in the Mind: Shirley Jackson's ominous foreboding; thought stickiness; living rent-free in your head; Amanita phalloides, the death-cup mushroom; introspection; meaning

https://brainpizza.substack.com/p/lingering-narratives-capturing-the

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#365Stories in 2023 - 27/365
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"The Lottery" (1948)
by Shirley Jackson

One summer morning, the residents of a village gather for their annual lottery, in which all must participate.

Jackson uses images of small town festivities to lure the reader in, gradually revealing that something is amiss on the way to an unhappy ending for one resident, and providing commentary on tradition, conformity, and our capacity for violence.

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Did you miss the panel w/ #ShirleyJackson 's relatives from the online event Reading Shirley Jackson in the 21C? Now you can watch it on YouTube https://shirleyjackson21stcentury.wordpress.com/2023/01/13/the-house-that-jackson-built-panel-one-the-jackson-hyman-family/ #gothic #horror #LitStudies #humanities #genre #literature #reading #books @bookstodon

Niche post about We Have Always Lived in the Castle by #shirleyjackson : I just read it and was struck by how many Disney princess movie tropes it contains, along with, you know, a little mass murder and mob violence. You've got two young sisters living in a "magical" house, doltish villagers, a blustering self-important male character, an animal sidekick, an eccentric elder, it's all there. I started picturing it animated in the style of Snow White or Beauty and the Beast. 😆

The New England #Historical Soc on #ShirleyJackson 's stint as a clerk at Macy's: https://newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/tag/shirley-jackson #gothic #reading #books #bookstodon #LitStudies

Was anyone else subjected to the short film #TheLottery based on the story by #ShirleyJackson in elementary school? I remember my class watching it once a year for several years, starting in the 4th or 5th grade, and was pretty scarred by it for life.

I found it on YouTube and wondered how it held up. I think this answers that.

Watching this Romancing the Gothic talk about dangerous houses in Shirley Jackson's work, by Dr Dara Downey #gothic #uncanny #shirleyjackson

https://youtu.be/mRmXw4SxpIs

Watching this Romancing the Gothic talk about Dangerous Houses in Shirley Jackson's work, by Dr Dara Downey #gothic #uncanny #shirleyjackson

https://youtu.be/mRmXw4SxpIs

"Shirley, don't forget—no murder before chapter five"

Note-keeping habits of Shirley Jackson, born on this day in 1916, from the collection "Let Me Tell You"

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It's the birthday of Shirley Jackson! In her honor, I am looking skeptically at my neighbors, encouraging friends to investigate haunted houses, and stocking up on poisons. A wonderful day!

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