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Violence
Some
Some disturbing violence in the horror stories
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
None
No sexual content
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
Some
Sustained psychological horror; Bradbury's October Country is a beautiful and disturbing place
What this book is about
Bradbury's collection of dark fantasy and horror stories establishes his most distinctively macabre register: childhood terror, small-town darkness, and the strange beauty of the grotesque. Stories like 'The Jar,' 'The Skeleton,' and 'The Small Assassin' show Bradbury at his darkest and most inventive.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
Horror story content
Psychological dread throughout
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