I follow Valancourt Books on Twitter and they said this was one of their all time scariest stories. I can see why. The way Michael McDowell can write a character you really like and have them fall victim to another person‘s jealousy in the witchiest of backwater swamp ways is something that while typing this still gnaws at my thoughts. Also, I picked it because years ago one of my favorite Litsy experiences was reading and discussing 👇🏼