The Lottery and Other Stories

A trove of iconic horror stories from the legendary Shirley Jackson,ΓÇ£the master of the haunted taleΓÇ¥ (The New York Times Book Review). One of the darkestmost nightmarish stories of the twentieth centuryShirley JacksonΓÇÖs ΓÇ£The LotteryΓÇ¥ created a sensation when it was first published in 1948. Now celebrating its seventy-fifth anniversarythis lucid tale of a sleepy townΓÇÖs annual lotteryΓÇöand the monstrous desires it awakensΓÇöendures as an essential classic of American fiction. The Lottery and Other Stories unites ΓÇ£The LotteryΓÇ¥ with twenty-four wonderfully strange and equally terrifying short stories from the legendary Shirley Jackson. Together they demonstrate JacksonΓÇÖs remarkable rangeΓÇöfrom the hilarious to the horriblethe unsettling to the ominousΓÇöand showcase a true master at the height of her haunting powers.