A retelling and sequel of author Shirley Jackson's iconic "The Possibility of Evil", this short story follows the old Miss Adela Strangeworth as she goes about her daily routine. All seems normal, until nothing is.
A simple farmer receives a horse from the gods, a man sells ice creams named after missing schoolkids, the demolition of a hotel brings an old horror to light, a wounded soldier finds the real enemy is in his own camp, a family inherits a peculiar rug, and a sinister golfer makes his opponents disappear. Short stories for fans of Stephen King, H.P. Lovecraft, Roald Dahl, M.R. James, Paul Jennings, Ray Bradbury, Ernest Hemingway, & Somerset Maugham.