Dark Tales - Hardcover

Shirley Jackson (1916-1965) received wide critical acclaim for her short story “The Lottery,” which was first published in the New Yorker in 1948. Her works available from Penguin Classics include We Have Always Lived in the Castle, The Haunting of Hill House, Come Along with Me, Hangsaman, The Bird’s Nest, and The Sundial, as well as Life Among the Savages and Raising Demons available from Penguin.

Shirley Jackson's stories are among the most terrifying ever written ... No-one can touch her -- Donna Tartt The world of Shirley Jackson is eerie and unforgettable -- A. M. Homes One of the great practitioners of the literature of the darker impulses' -- Paul Theroux An amazing writer -- Neil Gaiman Dark Tales reveals a superior gothic writer ... Shirley Jackson's menacing gothic tales are a joy to rediscover * The Times * An excellent primer for her short fiction * The Pool *