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[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Earliest short story I can remember is Monsters are Due on Maple Street in middle school. Didn't quite get the historical context at the time. But the theme of rampant senseless paranoia stuck with me.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Was that a short story before Twilight Zone or was it adapted into from Twilight Zone episode later?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Before Twilight Zone.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

This was the short story that came to mind for me as well. And I'm only now realizing it was about the red scare?