Shed Sheds", which argues that a "place of retreat" is a "male necessity" which provides men with solace, especially during their retirement. In contrast, in the novel "Cold Comfort Farm" by Stella Gibbons, Aunt Ada Doom saw "something nasty in the woodshed" and retreated to her bed for half a century. To woodshed, or 'shed, in jazz jargon, is "to shut oneself up, away from the world, and practice long and hard, as in 'going to the woodshed'." The word is recorded in English since 1481, as "shadde", possibly a variant of shade. The word shade comes from the Old English
Something Wicked This Way Comes (novel) UK Horror soundtrack producer Sam Haynes has released two Halloween themed albums influenced by the novel, "The Incredible Dark Carnival" and "Something Wicked". The band Creature Feature released a song titled "The Greatest Show Unearthed", which references the novel and takes heavy inspiration for the lyrics. The band Vernian Process released a song titled "Something Wicked", which shares the novel's setting. The novel was made into the 1983 Disney film "Something Wicked This Way Comes", with Bradbury as the screenwriter. In a later interview, Bradbury said that he considered the film one of the better adaptations of his works. Bradbury's