Edgar Allan Poe wrote a brilliantly sinister short story about a man who wakes up in the night and sees a shadow against the curtains that looks just like a knife‑wielding murderer come to kill him in his sleep. The twist: it really is a knife-wielding murderer come to kill him in his sleep.
The murderer has a plan for this. He freezes, knowing his victim will convince himself he is simply looking at a shadow, that something this frightening can’t actually be happening, that your worst fears never really come true.
Written by Barney Ronay
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2020/jan/03/cricket-australia-bushfires-climate-change under the title “Cricket may seem insignificant while Australia burns but it shines some light | Barney Ronay”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
