The Lottery: And Other Stories

by Shirley Jackson • 1948

A trove of iconic horror stories from the legendary Shirley Jackson, “the master of the haunted tale” (The New York Times Book Review). One of the darkest, most nightmarish stories of the twentieth century, Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” created a sensation when it was first published in 1948. Now celebrating its seventy-fifth anniversary, this lucid tale of a sleepy town’s annual lottery—and the monstrous desires it awakens—endures as an essential classic of American fiction. The Lottery and Other Stories unites “The Lottery” with twenty-four wonderfully strange and equally terrifying short stories from the legendary Shirley Jackson. Together they demonstrate Jackson’s remarkable range—from the hilarious to the horrible, the unsettling to the ominous—and showcase a true master at the height of her haunting powers. I "The Intoxicated" "The Daemon Lover" "Like Mother Used to Make" "Trial by Combat" "The Villager" "My Life with R. H. Macy" II "The Witch" "The Renegade" "After You, My Dear Alphonse" "Charles" "Afternoon in Linen" "Flower Garden" "Dorothy and My Grandmother and the Sailors" III "Colloquy" "Elizabeth" "A Fine Old Firm" "The Dummy" "Seven Types of Ambiguity" "Come Dance with Me in Ireland" IV "Of Course" "Pillar of Salt" "Men with Their Big Shoes" "The Tooth" "Got a Letter from Jimmy" "The Lottery" V "Epilogue"