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Hints, Whispers, and Local Legends: “Mackintosh Willy” by Ramsey Campbell

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There’s Always a Bigger Fish: “Good Country People” by Flannery O’Connor

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Caught in a Landslide, No Escape From Reality: “Three Days” by Tanith Lee

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Divine Materialistic Invasion: “The Rocking-Horse Winner” by D.H. Lawrence

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The Guilt Keeps Us Human: “You Can Go Now” by Dennis Etchison

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Survival of the Gothiest: “My Dear Emily” by Joanna Russ

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Hug Your Land Octopus: “Born of Man and Woman” by Richard Matheson

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Unwanted Spectral Advances: “How Love Came to Professor Guildea” by Robert Hichens

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Parasocial Gothic: “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner

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We’re All Stuck in the Attic: “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

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The Status Quo Is Death: “Schalken the Painter” by J.S. Le Fanu

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