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John and Laura have come to Venice to try and escape the pain of their young daughter's death. But when they encounter two old women who claim to have second sight, they find that instead of laying their ghosts to rest they become caught up in a train of increasingly…
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2 authors picked Don’t Look Now and Other Stories as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Speaking of movies, as I’m afraid I often am, it’s not just the novels of Daphne du Maurier (like Rebecca) that have made great films; her short stories have inspired them, too. And they’re weirder and darker than her full-length works.
Don’t Look Now and Other Stories is a recent collection curated by Patrick McGrath, another excellent horror-adjacent author. It features the title story, source of Nicolas Roeg’s famously frightening 1973 film, and “The Birds,” on which Hitchcock based his notoriously gory (for 1963) film.
While the movies are swell, these brief, insidious, and ambiguous tales can make them…
From Laurence's list on collections of weird tales of the past and future.
Don’t read on your own, late at night, in a darkened room, and definitely not while listening to opera. Your own demons, your past fears, your anguish, your needs... you see what you think you see, what you want to see, but be careful what you wish for.
This is a supremely chilling short story. For me, a lot of supernatural tales don’t have dramatically satisfying endings, but this one delivers a proper punch. Everything about the setup, the unfolding of the plot (a couple is in Venice, trying to get over the death of their daughter) and the resolution…
From Stephen's list on when something is out to get you.
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