the lottery

      Explicit

The terrible title game of chance in this Shirley Jackson story takes place on June 27

Trivia about the lottery

  • Tessie Hutchinson draws the unlucky ticket in this enigmatic Shirley Jackson story
  • This Shirley Jackson short story about a stoning is subtitled "The Adventures of James Harris"
  • The "prize" in this 1948 short story is death by stoning
  • Tessie Hutchinson is the unfortunate "winner" in this 1948 short story about a deadly village ritual
  • (Hi, I'm Dan Cortese.) I discovered the truth about my late mother in a TV movie version of this Shirley Jackson story