Marjorie-not-MarjorieBy Shelley Jackson, whose book “Riddance; or, the Sybil Joines Vocational School for Ghost Speakers & Hearing-Mouth Children” was published this month. Marjorie had been preoccupied for some time with an activity the exact nature of which eluded her, though it took all her concentration. She was standing outside a house. But afterward, when you had more time, you could look at things the way light did, sufficient to every detail. Filling a house with heed.

Source: New York Times October 31, 2018 18:11 UTC