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The Works of Shirley Jackson

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Just An Ordinary Day contains the following stories:


Unpublished Stories

"The Smoking Room"
"Don't Kiss Strangers"
"Summer Afternoon"
"Indians Live In Tents"
"The Very Hot Sun in Bermuda"
"Nightmare"
"Dinner for a Gentleman"
"Party of Boys"
"Jack the Ripper"
"The Honeymoon of Mrs. Smith"
"The Sister"
"Arch-Criminal"
"Mrs. Anderson"
"Come to the Fair"
"Portrait"
"Gnarly the King of hte Jungle"
"The Good Wife"
"Devil of a Tale"
"The Mouse"
"My Grandmother and the World of Cats"
"Maybe It Was the Car"
"Lovers Meeting"
"My recollections of S. B. Fairchild"
"Deck the Halls"
"Lord of the Castle"
"What a Thought"
"When Barry Was Seven"
"Before Autumn"
"The Story We Used to Tell"
"My Uncle in the Garden"

Uncollected Stories

"On the House"
"Little Old Lady in Great Need"
"When Things Get Dark" 
"Whistler's Grandmother"
"Family Magician"
"The Wishing Dime"
"About Two Nice People"
"Mrs. Melville Makes a Purchase"
"Journey with a Lady"
"The Most Wonderful Thing"
"The Friends"
"Alone in a Den of Cubs"
"The Order of Charlotte's Going"
"One Ordinary Day, with Peanuts"
"The Missing Girl"
"The Omen"
"The Very Strange House Next Door" (aka "Strangers in Town)
"A Great Voice Stilled"
"All She Said Was Yes" (aka Cassandra, Not a Tear, and Vicky)
"Home"
"I.O.U."
"The Possibility of Evil" 
"Edgar"




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