The Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley Jackson Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Year: 20052 Paperback Kindle

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One of the most terrifying stories of the twentieth century, Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" created a sensation when it was first published in 1948. 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 also includes twenty-four other stories encompassing the hilarious and the horrible, the unsettling and the ominous.

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Authors - A

• Jim Acosta
• Margot Adler
• H. P. Albarelli Jr.
• Madeleine Albright
• Steve and Karen Alexander
• Svetlana Alexievich
• Joseph Minton Amann
• Ted Andrews
• Anonymous
• Delores Ashcroft Norwicki
• Isaac Asimov
• Margaret Atwood
• John Avlon