The pace of "The Possibility of Evil" creates a suspense that holds the readers attention. Shirley ackson does this by using certain techniques such as foreshadowing. She also creates suspense by Miss Strangeworths thoughts instead of words. One more reason that creates suspense is how Miss Strangeworth's desk is locked and neglected to be mentioned when the sitting room is mentioned . And not to mention the fact that the ladies name is Miss Strangeworth. Shirley …showed first 75 words of 397 total…

…showed last 75 words of 397 total…isn't mentioned. So, "Possibility of Evil" has a good pace of suspense and keeps suspense throughout most of the story. With all of the examples about suspense it proves that it keeps the readers attention because you don't really know what is going to happen until it happens. But, this story was good at suspense and Shirley Jackson proved that thoroughly. Suspense is a good aspect of abook or short story, especially for this one.