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“Stretch[es] the boundaries of the genre...It's horrifying, but there's beauty.” —The New York Times
“One of the field's most accomplished short story writers.” —The Washington Post

A gripping collection of six stories of terror—including the novella “The Visible Filth,” the basis for the upcoming major motion picture—by Shirley Jackson…

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