Hope you're ready for some secrets and drama, cause this episode of the Books Are Scary Pod is spilling piping hot tea on the Ockram family! Today the BAS buds are discussing F. Marion Crawford's "The Dead Smile". This short story from the early 1900s follows a pair of engaged cousins, Gabriel and Evelyn, as they prepare for the death of Sir Hugh, the patriarch of the family. However, there's a secret lurking in the walls of the Ockram house, and it's paired with a chilling, eerie smile that seems to haunt the family. Tune in to hear Emmy and Allie talk about sassy 100 year old ladies, local lore, problematic dads, foreshadowing and tone, and good old fashion scary stories. What are you waiting for?! Open wide and say AAAHHHH!

Our next episode will be over "The Machine Stops" by E.M. Forster: The-Machine-Stops.dvi (ucdavis.edu)

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Link for this week's text: The Dead Smile by F. Marion Crawford (digital-eel.com)

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