One of the most terrifying stories of the twentieth century, Shirley Jackson's
The Lottery created a sensation when it was first published in The New Yorker in
1948. Power and haunting, and nights of unrest were typical reader responses.
Today it is considered a classic work of short fiction, a story remarkable for
its combination of subtle suspense and pitch-perfect descriptions of both the
chilling and the mundane.
The Lottery and Other Stories, the only collection of stories to appear during
Shirley Jackson's lifetime, unites The Lottery with twenty-four equally unusual
short stories. Together they demonstrate Jackson's remarkable range--from the
hilarious to the horrible, the unsettling to the