Gossiping and spreading rumours will destroy trust and relationships. In "The Possibility of Evil" by Shirley Jackson, Miss Strangeworth lives in a small town where tales spread quickly through the streets. Her sweet, innocent appearance makes it easy for her to befriend and gain the trust of her neighbours. What they don't realize is that, looks can be deceiving. Although Miss Strangeworth seems like a lovely old woman, her smiles hide a nasty secret. Unbeknownst to the town, she is the anonymous author of the most malicious letters that they've ever received. On colourful stationary, she dismissed Helen Crane's little girl as an idiot that should never have been born. To the elderly Mrs. Foster, who was soon due for surgery, she wrote about