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"Paranoia" (audio) - A slowly building short story of horror by Shirley Jackson.
Youtube ^ | 08/13/2021 | Windy Night Stories

Posted on 02/02/2024 6:53:40 PM PST by simpson96

"Paranoia" is a short story by Shirley Jackson first published on August 5, 2013 in The New Yorker, long after the author's death in 1965. Jackson's children found the story in her papers in the Library of Congress.

According to Jackson's son, the story was most likely written in the early 1940s, during World War II. So there would have been a constant sense of danger and distrust in the air, both in relation to foreign countries and in relation to the U.S. government's attempts to uncover espionage at home.

"Paranoia" (audio) - A slowly building short story of horror by Shirley Jackson.


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1 posted on 02/02/2024 6:53:40 PM PST by simpson96
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To: simpson96

Used to have a neighbor named Shirley Jackson. She was a short, slowly building horror story.


2 posted on 02/02/2024 6:56:26 PM PST by gundog ( It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: simpson96

Met a girl named Lola and took her back to my place


3 posted on 02/02/2024 6:59:38 PM PST by Smellin Salt
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The Lottery:

https://search.brave.com/videos?q=the%20lottery%20shirley%20jackson

eventually, “Life Among the Savages”:
https://search.brave.com/search?q=life+among+the+savages


4 posted on 02/02/2024 7:02:25 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: simpson96

Is there an otr ping list ?

This is almost a lost Genre of mostly wholesome entertainment.

I remember when my local tv stations produced their own entertainment shows and radio stations put out original dramas, but it has been a very long time


5 posted on 02/02/2024 8:11:56 PM PST by algore
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To: simpson96

Thanks, will litsten to it on my way home tonight


6 posted on 02/02/2024 9:54:18 PM PST by Dogbert41 (“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God” -Matthew 5:9)
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