How Great Storytelling Lingers in the Mind

Shirley Jackson's ominous foreboding; thought stickiness; living rent-free in your head; Amanita phalloides, the death-cup mushroom; introspection; meaning

Image generated by Stable Diffusion, using the opening paragraph below from Shirley Jackson

A great writer can create a reading experience so sticky that it embeds itself in your thought, making it di…