title: What Did Miss Darrington See?: An Anthology of Feminist Supernatural Fiction
author: Jessica Amanda Salmonson
description: A woman bumps into her imaginary childhood companion at the airport; telepathy bridges the 5000 miles and a generation gap that separate a rural German housewife and a Chicago college student; an overweight black girl soars to freedom in her dreams; a conservative Edwardian woman is urged to marry by her future daughter, a flapper; the Virgin Mary invites the caresses of a black man; a hyena tries to pass as a debutante; a middle-aged professional meets, and learns to accept and cherish, the needy child within her. Salmonson, a seasoned writer and anthologist of fantasy and the supernatural, gathers 24 stories, written between 1850 and 1988, by U.S., English and Latin American women. While occasionally archaic or conventional in format, the selections are a superb introduction to the vast, often obscured supernatural genre in its varied permutations: Gothic romance, ghost story, allegory, etc. This searching documentation of female alienation and suppression persuasively demonstrates how supernatural fiction intentionally subverts patriarchal notions, and links the literature to the constancy of feminist social and political struggle. <br />Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.
zlib_text: 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Copyright © 2021 by Matilda Martel
  
  
  All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in
  any form, including electronic or mechanical, without written permission from
  the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical
  articles or reviews.
  
  
  This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, and
  incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a
  fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or
  actual events is purely coincidental.
  
  
  This book is licensed for your personal enjoyment only.
  
  
  Cove Design by [Covergirl Design](http://Covergirldesign.com)
  
  
  Want a free Ebook? Join my mailing list to get my monthly
  [newsletter!](http://www.matildamartel.com/mailinglist/)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ![](../images/00004.jpeg)
  
  
  ![](../images/00002.jpeg)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # Summary
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Darla Jones knows all 