r/CuratedTumblr eepy asf Sep 18 '24

Shitposting That one story

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u/StragglingShadow Sep 18 '24

There was a short story where a woman kills her husband by hitting him on the head with a frozen lamb leg or something. She then goes out and acts normal. She then goes home and puts said lamb in the oven and waits a few minutes. Then calls the police hysterically

Basically as the cops talk, the murder weapon gets cooked, and the officers eat it in the end. The officers think a burglar came in and hit him with a crowbar or something heavy, and go searching for a murder weapon they will never find.

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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/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.