We Have Always Lived in the Castle

by Shirley Jackson

Everyone else in my family is dead.

Alright next time, lead with that

Blackwoods had always lived in our house, and kept their things in order; as soon as a new Blackwood wife moved in, a place was found for her belongings, and so our house was built up with layers of Blackwood property weighting it, and keeping it steady against the world.

could

I had to move down one side of Main Street, cross, and then move up the other side until I reached the black rock, when I would win.

And The horror story is just undiagnosed OCD

I felt someone watching me

I would not forget my magic words; they were MELODY GLOUCESTER PEGASUS, but I refused to let them into my mind.

More like we have always had OCD bro what is this

I found a nest of baby snakes near the creek and killed them all; I dislike snakes and Constance had never asked me not to.

Girl-