Shirley Jackson

Rated by 50+ girl-crushers

• I'm very late to this party, but: Shirley Jackson's WE HAVE ALWAYS LIVED IN THE CASTLE is pure dastardly brilliance. -- Eleanor Catton
• She is god. -- memo
• Finished Gone Girl, it was amazing. Now reading The Birds Nest as she is my all time heroine. -- Katie.Soze
• Marvel I have Citgo and the lottery damn you Shirley Jackson Dog dirt LOL says my demented sponsee what could it all mean that is a question -- Connell McGrath
• Without bias, the situation with is reminiscent of Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" (or, currently, ). -- The Prom Show.ca
• Won't make you jump, but all the more creepy for its normalness... The Lottery by she is one of scariest things I've ever read. -- Bella
• This I'm holding a special Shirley Jackson version of the lottery. The prize is a secret, the bag of rocks is free -- Zosia Silarska
• THAT'S RIGHT I WAS ON comment TO TALK ABOUT THE 5TH EPISODE OF GURREN LAGANN BEING COWRITTEN BY SHIRLEY JACKSON. I READ THAT SHOSTORY. -- spooky-weeb
• The Haunting of Hill House is making me fall in love with Shirley Jackson. It has everything: gothic tropes, sexual repression, tension! -- Sonya Unrein
• plays so deftly with Shirley Jackson s original novel that even the boldest changes make sense. -- Emily Hell Stephens
• Shirley Jackson stories are so queer and I wish I could spend the rest of my life curled up in her twisted little world. -- Rebecca Andruszka
• This just in: The Haunting, 1963, is on TCM. Shirley Jackson literally wrote the book. -- Lizz
• Shirley Jackson's _The Road Through the Wall_ is a modern masterpiece. A lot of convention tricks she uses thru/out the novel. Excellent. -- Jim Chambers
• Then again it is a Shirley Jackson book and she was an odd bird -- Crystal Blue
• I miss the Shirley Jackson days when all you had to worry about was your next door neighbor potentially being the devil -- jessica ferri
• "Nothing upsets me more than being hungry; I snarl & snap & burst into tears." - Shirley Jackson describing being hangry in 1959 -- kate wadkins
• I just requested We Have Always Lived in the Castle from the library. Looking forward to seeing what the deal is with Shirley Jackson. -- JeremEbola Doan
• Shirley Jackson really knew how to end a chapter. Boom. Words. Silence. Dread. -- H. Jones
• My scary Halloween read right now is Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House. Whyyy do I read it before bed? -- Kali Lux
• Sometimes I like to casually mention Shirley Jackson's short story "The Lottery" so everybody knows I went to 7th grade. -- Sean Thomason
• Shirley jackson, Sylvia Plath, Maya Angelou, Robert Frost, Billy collins r all people to look up to and all so special in different ways -- Hannah
• Facebook is advertising a lovely shirley jackson collection to me / it is the best facebook advertisement i've ever seen -- danielle
• I heard a 21st century version of Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" is being released and it's called "comment" -- Queen Elizakvetch I
• Remake of Shirley Jackson's The Lottery in which they're all kids & it's 50 years in the future and the whole thing is televised. -- James Tate Hill
• For many, modern day employment is like living Shirley Jackson's The Lottery. -- lisa rokusek
• Shirley Jackson's Merricat and Constance, for being so different from my relationship with my sister (thank the gods.) -- Libby Addison
• Crikey, Shirley Jackson s We Have Always Lived in the Castle is an extraordinary book. Weird, dense, sad and scary (and such a great title). -- Kate Phillips
• "So long as you write it away regularly nothing can really hurt you." - Shirley Jackson -- Marija ZombiGirl
• Shirley Jackson's "The Haunting Of Hill House" is terrifying. And some say women can't write horror. -- Elizabeth Black
• Just started Matheson's Hell House. Enjoying the Shirley Jackson echoes so far! -- Loraine Kanervisto
• Then again, I was reading Shirley Jackson stories this weekend so maybe they're deeper in my subconscious than I realized. -- Clarissa
• I'm in an i-love-Shirley-Jackson kinda mood...which is daughter's fault bc she was just sighing over "The Haunting of Hill House." -- Melissa Marr
• Our May selection is We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson. Happy reading, everyone! -- Sparkle Motion Books
• Shirley Jackson truly excels when she is describing the activities of her cats. -- Michelle Dean
• Someone tell me I shouldn't get the beautiful copies of all the Shirley Jackson books on the Book Depository. So. Tempting. -- starian72
• Also, how amazing is it that Shirley Jackson's books about her family/children are called RAISING DEMONS and LIFE AMONG THE SAVAGES -- Chelsea Hodson
• Did Shirley Jackson think, "I've spent two days doing laundry and wiping noses. Am I still a writer?" Or is that just me? -- Joanna Rakoff
• Celebration, Florida is charming in a setting for a possible Shirley Jackson story sort of way. -- Jason Diamond
• So long as you write it away regularly nothing can really hurt you. Shirley Jackson -- J.G. Evans
• Should i a) write willton fic b) make a willton mix c) sleep d) read more shirley jackson e) wallow in misery because my cat is ignoring me -- chilton mom ☆
• Congrats to Shirley Jackson on being our latest weekend winner! Remember to check in tomorrow to find out what our latest giveaway will be! -- Country Vitamins
• My fave blurb calls it "like Kafka by way of Holly Black and Shirley Jackson" which is so apt but of course it is also not like anything. -- Catherine Egan
• I've read a lot of books that have somehow messed me up thinking wise but the one that takes the cake is The Lottery by Shirley Jackson. -- Caleigh Scanlon
• In the country of the story the writer is king.~Shirley Jackson -- Mike Scherer
• Shirley Jackson: "Today my winged horse is coming and I am carrying you off to the moon and on the moon we will eat rose petals." -- Molly Gaudry
• So long as you write it away regularly nothing can really hurt you. Shirley Jackson -- CD/DC
• Are you someone who is excited by a movie about Dylan Thomas where Shirley Jackson shows up scored by Gruff Rhys? This movie may be for you. -- Eden
• This collection of Shirley Jackson's early fiction, unpublished stories and personal essays is a... -- Emily K. Gardner
• In the country of the story the writer is king. Shirley Jackson In my case, I am the queen! :) -- GinaYapLaiYoong
• The book is okay, but it makes me want to stop reading it and go back and ready all my Shirley Jackson. -- Samantha_Barry

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