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Her mother may have been a witch? The ending also seems to imply that whatever 'terrible bad' thing she did, she gained some manner of power from. Or, it could also mean the dress contains some leftover power of her mother's that possessed her while she held it. Btw, this story has been reprinted many times, but here are two newer editions that contain it. Funny, I just re-read this as part of my upcoming review of. Matheson says in his post-notes that he wrote it because 'Born of Man and Woman' had worked so well and he wanted to see if he could do the 'children's voice trick' again. *SPOILERS* As to what's going on - well, it's ambiguous on purpose, not just for the pay-off but also to forestall questions that might arise if too many details are given.
Matheson's great. Some really punchy short stories. Some really punchy short stories. There's a short story of his I'm trying to track down which I can't remember fully, but it features a boy whose parents paint terrifying faces on his bedroom wall with luminous paint. I was reading the book, it is the newer one with Will Smith on the cover, but is still written by the original author, Richard Matheson. I was on page 170, or around that page, when suddenly he is in a cell, about to be executed, which would be a decent end to the book, I guess.
'When the Waker Sleeps') (1950) • 'Blood Son' (1951) • 'Through Channels' (1951) • 'Clothes Make the Man' (1951) • 'Return' (1951) • 'The Thing' (1951) • 'Witch War' (1951) • 'Dress of White Silk' (1951) • 'F---' (a.k.a. 'The Foodlegger') (1952) • ' (1952) • 'SRL Ad' (1952) • 'Advance Notice' (a.k.a. 'Letter to the Editor') (1952) • ' (1952) • 'Brother to the Machine' (1952) • 'To Fit the Crime' (1952) • 'The Wedding' (1953) • 'Wet Straw' (1953) • 'Long Distance Call' (a.k.a. 'Sorry, Right Number') (1953) • 'Slaughter House' (1953) • 'Mad House' (1953) • ' (1953) • 'Lazarus II' (1953) • 'Legion of Plotters' (1953) • 'Death Ship' (1953); adapted as a (1963) • 'Disappearing Act' (1953); adapted as a (1959) • 'The Disinheritors' (1953) • 'Dying Room Only' (1953) • 'Full Circle' (1953) • 'Mother by Protest' (a.k.a.
Because it happened she says. I guess I was bad. Only it was the dress. Mommas dress I mean.
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Somebody knows the truth Or another first-place winner: Not Dead, Not Even Past, the story of a small-town sheriff confronted with a string of suicides he can’t explain. Each of the victims share a disturbing trait: no matter how they died, all of them have lungs full of water. I loved working on these stories, and I truly believe that you’ll enjoy reading them just as much as I enjoyed writing them.
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Collected In: Grandma locked me in my room and wont let me out. Because its happened she says. I guess I was bad. This is my favourite Richard Matheson story. It is told from the point of view of a six year old locked up by her Grandma because she has been 'bad.' Over the course of the story we find out exactly how bad she has been.
More October Stories For the month of October, you can download Tyler Miller’s The Other Side of the Door. In celebration of my favorite month, I’m giving away my collection The Other Side of the Door. These are stories inspired by so many of my favorite writers: Ray Bradbury, Stephen King, Richard Matheson, Shirley Jackson. Stories like the award-winning Til Death Do Us, about a man who believes he’s gotten away with his wife’s murderat least until her severed finger is delivered to him in a box. Somebody knows the truth Or another first-place winner: Not Dead, Not Even Past, the story of a small-town sheriff confronted with a string of suicides he can’t explain. Each of the victims share a disturbing trait: no matter how they died, all of them have lungs full of water. I loved working on these stories, and I truly believe that you’ll enjoy reading them just as much as I enjoyed writing them.
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If she goes out and turns into a monster to claim her victims, what is the role of the dress? ***SPOILERS**** It could be what you say, Shawn. Some clues that the dress has evil power: The beginning where the girl was locked in her room: 'Because its happened she says. I guess I was bad. Only it was the dress.' Later in the scene, she talked about her grandma: 'And she says I should burn it up but I loved her so.
Since that evil is an addictive part of her, she needs to don it every night to go out and commit her destruction. Flag Abuse Flagging a post will send it to the Goodreads Customer Care team for review. We take abuse seriously in our discussion boards. Only flag comments that clearly need our attention. As a general rule we do not censor any content on the site. The only content we will consider removing is spam, slanderous attacks on other members, or extremely offensive content (eg.
Stuff just flies over my head sometimes in short stories. I didn't pick up on the buck teeth (fangs) or hands (claws) as being something other than the little girl worshiping her mother and not wanting to hear anything but how beautiful SHE thought her mother was. No wonder it was so dark in the house. How'd I ever get my English degree? My take on the story: The ending gives it away for me: 'She doesn't have to even give me supper. I'm not hungry anyway.
The unnamed girl’s mother is dead. For how long, it isn’t clear. What is clear is that the little girl is obsessed with her dead mother’s things, most especially her dress. 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.
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None of this would have mattered to me if I hadn’t been so engaged by the character. She very quickly seemed real, in part because she sounded like a real little kid. I can see why so many episodes of the Twilight Zone start with the words “From a story by Richard Matheson” flashing across the screen!
In celebration of the month of October, I’ll be sharing 31 of my favorite spooky, eerie and creepy stories, one per day. The stories will range over an array of genres: horror, suspense, science fiction, mysteries and dark fantasy. The October Country that country where it is always turning late in the year. That country where the hills are fog and the rivers are mist; where noons go quickly, dusks and twilights stay. That country composed in the main of cellars, sub-cellars, coal-bins, closets, attics, and pantries faced away from the sun.
All of these possible interpretations point to one thing: it's a strange story. Next Week: Strange Stories #11. Not sure yet!
There are a lot of stories out there about madness, either the descent into it or the daily living with it. Poe was the best with this kind of thing. Where Matheson excels is in giving a living voice to a disturbed and unlikable character. His use of diction and phrasing is keenly crafted. Too far in one direction, and the narrative would become unreadable. Too far in the other, and the reader would question whether the girl is truly unbalanced or not.
Collected In: Grandma locked me in my room and wont let me out. Because its happened she says. I guess I was bad. This is my favourite Richard Matheson story. It is told from the point of view of a six year old locked up by her Grandma because she has been 'bad.'
In celebration of my favorite month, I’m giving away my collection The Other Side of the Door. These are stories inspired by so many of my favorite writers: Ray Bradbury, Stephen King, Richard Matheson, Shirley Jackson. Stories like the award-winning Til Death Do Us, about a man who believes he’s gotten away with his wife’s murderat least until her severed finger is delivered to him in a box. Somebody knows the truth Or another first-place winner: Not Dead, Not Even Past, the story of a small-town sheriff confronted with a string of suicides he can’t explain.
Because I was grown up strong. But I was a little girl still I think I mean outside. I think I was terrible bad then.' My take on the dress: 1. The dress is a part of the mother, her monster, evil side.
Because the reader doesn’t know what’s going on for most of the story, it was very important that the main character be compellingand she is. Even though I didn’t know where the story was going, I had to keep reading to find out more about this poor kid who I felt I knew because her voice was so strong.
That country composed in the main of cellars, sub-cellars, coal-bins, closets, attics, and pantries faced away from the sun. That country whose people are autumn people, thinking only autumn thoughts. 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. There you go. It’s a difficult task selecting a single Matheson story to include in any kind of lineup. 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.
For the entire month, they’re free. What have you got to lose? Except a little sleep.
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• • • • Notable awards World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement, Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement, Science Fiction Hall of Fame (2010) Signature Richard Burton Matheson (February 20, 1926 – June 23, 2013) was an American author and screenwriter, primarily in the,, and genres. He is best known as the author of, a 1954 science fiction horror vampire novel that has been four times, as well as the movie for which Matheson wrote the screenplay, based on his novel. Matheson also wrote 16 television episodes of, including ' and '. He adapted his 1971 short story 'Duel' as a screenplay directed by a young, for the that year. Seven more of his novels or short stories have been adapted as major motion pictures —,,, (filmed as ),, Steel (filmed as ), and. Lesser movies based on his work include two from his early novels —, based on his novel Riding the Nightmare, and Les seins de glace ( Icy Breasts), based on his novel Someone is Bleeding.
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That country whose people are autumn people, thinking only autumn thoughts. 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. There you go. It’s a difficult task selecting a single Matheson story to include in any kind of lineup. 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. Dress of White Silk falls into the latter category. Weighing in around five pages, it is very short.
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The little girl decides to show Mary Jane once and for all. She’ll sneak her up into Momma’s room and show her everything. That’ll learn her. Sadly, Mary Jane isn’t all that impressed. She says some things she shouldn’t. And that’s when the shit hits the fan. There are a lot of stories out there about madness, either the descent into it or the daily living with it.
What character could you create that might have a voice this strong?.
I'm not hungry anyway. The way Matherson emphasized that ending in his wording, tells me she ate Mary Jane. 'buck teeth funny hands' could be a werewolf or a vampire. It seems obvious to me that the mother turns into a monster, and the child has inherited her tendency. For me, the big question is the role of the white dress. Here's a line that I'm puzzling the meaning of, when the daughter pretends to be the mother going out against the grandmother's wish: 'And oh stop your sobbing mother they will not catch me I have my magic dress.' I searched through the story, and I still can't figure out how the dress is going to stop her from being captured.
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Things start out well enough. The girl tells Mary Jane all about Momma, and Momma’s room, and Momma’s picture, and Momma’s dress. Maybe this is just too much of a good thing for young Mary Jane. Or maybe Mary Jane is just a bitch. Either way, she gets around to telling the girl that she doesn’t believe anything the girl has said about Momma. Mary Jane said I bet you havent no mother I bet you made it all up she said. Carols for a merry tubachristmas pdf viewer.
And I had it on me I cant remember. Because I was grown up strong. But I was a little girl still I think I mean outside. I think I was terrible bad then.' My take on the dress: 1.
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Collected In: Grandma locked me in my room and wont let me out. Because its happened she says. I guess I was bad. This is my favourite Richard Matheson story. It is told from the point of view of a six year old locked up by her Grandma because she has been 'bad.' Over the course of the story we find out exactly how bad she has been.
I think I was terrible bad then.' My take on the dress: 1. The dress is a part of the mother, her monster, evil side. To destroy the dress is to destroy the mother. That's why the grandmother cannot destroy the dress. Evil is passed on from the mother to the daughter, like the old concept, 'Sins of the father.' , particularly mentioned here and there in the Bible.
Well, not exactly. That is we know by the end of the story something pretty terrible has happened to the narrator's best friend, Mary-Jane, but we aren't sure precisely what. More importantly, we are not quite sure who is to blame.
'When the Waker Sleeps') (1950) • 'Blood Son' (1951) • 'Through Channels' (1951) • 'Clothes Make the Man' (1951) • 'Return' (1951) • 'The Thing' (1951) • 'Witch War' (1951) • 'Dress of White Silk' (1951) • 'F---' (a.k.a. 'The Foodlegger') (1952) • ' (1952) • 'SRL Ad' (1952) • 'Advance Notice' (a.k.a. 'Letter to the Editor') (1952) • ' (1952) • 'Brother to the Machine' (1952) • 'To Fit the Crime' (1952) • 'The Wedding' (1953) • 'Wet Straw' (1953) • 'Long Distance Call' (a.k.a. 'Sorry, Right Number') (1953) • 'Slaughter House' (1953) • 'Mad House' (1953) • ' (1953) • 'Lazarus II' (1953) • 'Legion of Plotters' (1953) • 'Death Ship' (1953); adapted as a (1963) • 'Disappearing Act' (1953); adapted as a (1959) • 'The Disinheritors' (1953) • 'Dying Room Only' (1953) • 'Full Circle' (1953) • 'Mother by Protest' (a.k.a. • (1954) • The Shores of Space (1957) • Shock!