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The Jar is a 1944 short story by Ray Bradbury. It was adapted for television in 1964 as an episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents. You can read it online here. It begins,
It was one of .those things they keep in a jar in the tent of a sideshow on the outskirts of a little, drowsy town. One of those pale things drifting in alcohol plasma, forever dreaming and circling, with its peeled dead eyes staring out at you -and never seeing you. It went with the noiselessness of late night, and only the crickets chirping, the frogs sobbing off in the moist swampland. One of those things in a big jar that makes your stomach jump like it does when you see an amputated arm in a laboratory vat.Bradbury was always one of my favorite authors, and I've kept a few of his books even as I purge my shelves.
Charlie stared back at it for a long time
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...I always enjoyed Alfred Hitchcock, his speech matter was wonderful.
ReplyDeleteYes, and there always seemed a bit of humor -a wink of the eye- with him.
DeleteOh yes, I remember this, it was good. Valerie
ReplyDeleteBradbury always did have a way with a tale. And he's held up well with me in my re-readings over time.
DeleteThis sounds deliciously creepy 😺
ReplyDeleteYes!
DeleteRay Bradbury was required reading in one of my high school english classes
ReplyDeleteHe wrote such interesting stories!
DeleteYou've mentioned him a lot. I've never read much of Ray Bradbury, except back in college. Maybe that means it is time to pick hi up and check him out. Hugs-Erika
ReplyDeleteI love him. Some of his stories are online, and libraries always have something by him. I don't know what I'd suggestion if I were suggesting a single book....
DeleteOh, I remember this one very well! I read it first and then saw it on Alfred Hitchcock! I do love Ray Bradbury's stories. :)
ReplyDeleteHe's priceless. We watch the Halloween Tree adaptation every year.
DeleteSounds great, thanks for the recommendation! Hugs, Jo x
ReplyDeleteThere's a lot to be said for short stories, even when not written by a master. Bradbury is a master, so there's every reason to read his :)
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