TY - BOOK AU - Ortberg,Mallory AU - Ortberg,Mallory AU - Ortberg,Mallory AU - Ortberg,Mallory AU - Ortberg,Mallory AU - Ortberg,Mallory AU - Ortberg,Mallory AU - Ortberg,Mallory AU - Ortberg,Mallory AU - Ortberg,Mallory AU - Ortberg,Mallory TI - The merry spinster: tales of everyday horror SN - 9781250113429 AV - PS3615.R72 A6 2018 U1 - 813/.6 23 PY - 2018/// CY - New York PB - Holt Paperbacks, Henry Holt and Company KW - Horror fiction KW - gsafd KW - Short stories N1 - The daughter cells -- The thankless child -- Fear not: an incident log -- The six boy-coffins -- The rabbit -- The merry spinster -- The wedding party -- Some of us had been threatening our friend Mr. Toad -- Cast your bread upon the waters -- The frog's princess -- Good fences make good neighbors N2 - A collection of darkly playful stories based on classic folk and fairy tales updates familiar favorites with elements of psychological horror, emotional clarity, and feminist mischief ER -