“We Live in the Castle” is an American gothic novel, a real psychological thriller. It was selected by Times magazine as one of the 10 best novels of the yea...

The heroine of the story has a happy day - she is getting married. She and her beloved agreed that he would pick her up, and now she is ready, waiting at hom...

Another translation of the story The Tooth. Translation by T. Tulchinskaya

Returning home on the night bus, Miss Harper dozed off. She was awakened by the voice of the driver, who announced his arrival at his destination. When the b...

The dog is strangling the neighbor's chickens, and you have to decide what to do with it. It’s hard for the housewife to listen to how neighbors, acquaintanc...

Louise ran away from home. She settled in a town nearby, and her life is gradually settling down. Every year, her relatives ask her to return - on the radio,...

The first published story by Shirley Jackson (1938). A miniature about a girl with suicidal tendencies.

Shirley Jackson (1919–65) wrote several books, including Hangsaman, Life Among the Savages, and We Have Always Lived in the Castle. For the last twenty ye...

In the luxurious mansion of the Halloran family, the owner of which recently died under rather suspicious circumstances, strange events are taking place. The...

From the once large Blackwood family, only two young sisters and their sick uncle remained - everyone else died mysteriously. After the tragedy, Constance an...