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A review by kevin_shepherd
The Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley Jackson
5.0
Twenty five short stories here and not a bad one in the bunch:
The Lottery
Flower Garden
Come Dance with Me in Ireland
Men with Their Big Shoes
Trial by Combat
Pillar of Salt
Like Mother Used to Make
Colloquy
The Intoxicated
The Daemon Lover
The Villager
My Life with R.H. Macey
The Witch
The Renegade
After You, My Dear Alfonse
Charles
Afternoon in Linen
Dorothy and My Grandmother and the Sailors
Elizabeth
A Fine Old Firm
The Dummy
Seven Types of Ambiguity
Of Course
The Tooth
Got a Letter From Jimmy
Pigeonholing Shirley Jackson as a “horror writer” is a gross underestimate of her depth and range. Yes, Jackson could scare you (The Lottery, The Witch...), but she could also move you with a remarkably powerful social statement (Flower Garden, After You, My Dear Alfonse...) or, my personal favorite, make you laugh hard enough to wet yourself (My Life with R.H. Macey, Dorothy and My Grandmother and the Sailors...). Five Big Stars.
The Lottery
Flower Garden
Come Dance with Me in Ireland
Men with Their Big Shoes
Trial by Combat
Pillar of Salt
Like Mother Used to Make
Colloquy
The Intoxicated
The Daemon Lover
The Villager
My Life with R.H. Macey
The Witch
The Renegade
After You, My Dear Alfonse
Charles
Afternoon in Linen
Dorothy and My Grandmother and the Sailors
Elizabeth
A Fine Old Firm
The Dummy
Seven Types of Ambiguity
Of Course
The Tooth
Got a Letter From Jimmy
Pigeonholing Shirley Jackson as a “horror writer” is a gross underestimate of her depth and range. Yes, Jackson could scare you (The Lottery, The Witch...), but she could also move you with a remarkably powerful social statement (Flower Garden, After You, My Dear Alfonse...) or, my personal favorite, make you laugh hard enough to wet yourself (My Life with R.H. Macey, Dorothy and My Grandmother and the Sailors...). Five Big Stars.