Brimstone Wedding, The

AI Rating: 1/10 - Ruth Rendell's 1995 short story "The Brimstone Wedding" is a classic psychological thriller about obsession, murder, and dark family secrets in middle-class British life. An elderly narrator recounts his twisted infatuation with a woman and her grim past. No progressive political messaging, social justice themes, identity politics, or diversity/inclusion priorities; it's pure character-driven suspense focused on human frailty, with zero preaching or modern ideological overlays.