Her Suitcase Full of Ectoplasm: The Haunting of Hill House (Part 8)
Welcome back to Reading the Weird, in which we get girl cooties all over weird fiction, cosmic horror, and Lovecraftiana—from its historical roots through its most recent branches. This week, we continue with Chapter 7 of Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House, first published in 1959. Spoilers ahead. “The spirits dwelling in this house may be actually suffering because they are aware that you are afraid of them.” On the day Mrs. Montague is expected, Eleanor goes into the hills, wanting to be “secret and out from under the dark wood of the house.” Lying on soft, dry grass,...
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