AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |
Back to Blog
![]() ![]() Either way, she gets around to telling the girl that she doesn’t believe anything the girl has said about Momma. Maybe this is just too much of a good thing for young Mary Jane. The girl tells Mary Jane all about Momma, and Momma’s room, and Momma’s picture, and Momma’s dress. One day, the little girl’s friend Mary Jane comes to the house to play. She keeps the dress locked up and the key hidden. She enjoys sneaking into her mother’s room, sitting at the vanity, brushing her hair, gazing at her mother’s picture and, carefully and secretly, taking out her mother’s dress. What is clear is that the little girl is obsessed with her dead mother’s things, most especially her dress. The unnamed girl’s mother is dead.įor how long, it isn’t clear. Granma locked me in the room and wont let me out. Her grandmother (Granma) has put her there. The story opens with the little girl locked away in her room. Matheson, however, was a master craftsman, and well aware of the dangers of excess. Told from the point of view of an uneducated and clearly disturbed little girl, the tale would likely have become tiresome if stretched too far beyond that length. Weighing in around five pages, it is very short. Dress of White Silk falls into the latter category. There are so many excellent stories, some very well known, like Nightmare at 20,000 Feet or Duel, others less so but no less powerful, like Disappearing Act or The Children of Noah. It’s a difficult task selecting a single Matheson story to include in any kind of lineup. Whose people passing at night on the empty walks sound like rain - Ray Bradbury October 10: Dress of White Silk by Richard Matheson Found In: Nightmare at 20,000 Feet Opening Line: “ Quiet is here and all in me.” I’m going to come right out and say it: Richard Matheson is one of the half dozen or so finest short story writers in American history. ![]() That country whose people are autumn people, thinking only autumn thoughts. That country composed in the main of cellars, sub-cellars, coal-bins, closets, attics, and pantries faced away from the sun. That country where the hills are fog and the rivers are mist where noons go quickly, dusks and twilights stay. The October Country that country where it is always turning late in the year. The stories will range over an array of genres: horror, suspense, science fiction, mysteries and dark fantasy. In celebration of the month of October, I’ll be sharing 31 of my favorite spooky, eerie and creepy stories, one per day. Richard Kelly added 'I loved Richard Matheson's writing and. Matheson's short story 'A Dress of White Silk' was an early. ![]() ![]()
0 Comments
Read More
Leave a Reply. |