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' 'Of course, no one would want to say anything about a girl like this that's missing.' ' Malice, paranoia and creeping dread lie beneath the surface of ordinary American life in these chilling miniature masterworks of unease. This is the first piece in a three-part series featuring Shirley Jackson’s lectures on writing. Shirley Jackson was born in California in 1916.

Here are authors ranging from Kathy Acker to James Baldwin, Truman Capote to Stanislaw Lem and George. ' 'Of course, no one would want to say anything about a girl like this that's missing.' ' Malice, paranoia and creeping dread lie beneath the surface of ordinary American life in these chilling miniature masterworks of unease. A chilling bildungsroman about a college student who comes completely unglued, her novel Hangsaman was inspired by the real-life disappearance of Paula Jean Welden, who went out for a hike one.

The Missing Girl by Shirley Jackson