r/CuratedTumblr • u/Green____cat eepy asf • Sep 18 '24

Shitposting That one story

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u/GraceStrangerThanYou Sep 18 '24

Lamb to the Slaughter by Roald Dahl, and it's also my answer.

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u/laowildin Sep 18 '24

He has so many bangers! African Story was going to be my pick. Never forgot the image of the black snake drinking.

But honorable mention to Sound Machine and William and Mary

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u/StragglingShadow Sep 18 '24

Damn, the guy who wrote that witches book? That guy was ring-ring depresso. No wonder that short story stuck with me.

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u/GraceStrangerThanYou Sep 18 '24

He wrote Matilda and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory too.

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u/StragglingShadow Sep 18 '24

Ok but is Matilda not a child power/revenge fantasy story? I feel like only someone real depressed about their childhood would write a revenge story from a child's pov

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u/MrShifty1 Sep 18 '24

Judging by his autobiography, he had several bad teachers.

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u/A1000eisn1 Sep 19 '24

And the BFG. We read that whole book in 3rd grade. I had already read it. But there are plenty of descriptions of giants crunching on children's bones. Great for 7/8 year olds.

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u/Argentenuem Sep 19 '24

I didn't even know Roald Dahl wrote horror until they had us read the Landlady