![]() ![]() ![]() I gave just over half the stories 3 stars or lower, and just under half 4 stars.Ī couple of the better shorts in this includes Like Mother Used to Make, Charles, Flower Garden, Pillar of Salt and, of course, The Lottery. There were a number of solid stories in this but I didn’t find myself really loving any enough to give it a 5 stars. Unfortunately, I didn’t enjoy this one as much as the other. ![]() This is my second collection from Shirley Jackson, the other being Dark Tales. I like the rising sense of dread that these stories bring. It’s a much subtler horror to that of ghosts and murderers, but that’s how I prefer it. I love Shirley Jackson and her way of looking into normal everyday lives and turning them sinister. ![]() Together they demonstrate Jackson’s remarkable range–from the hilarious to the truly horrible–and power as a storyteller. This collection, the only one to appear during Shirley Jackson’s lifetime, unites “The Lottery:” with twenty-four equally unusual stories. “Power and haunting,” and “nights of unrest” were typical reader responses. The Lottery, one of the most terrifying stories written in this century, created a sensation when it was first published in The New Yorker. ![]()
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