• Happy 100th Birthday, Shirley Jackson!

    Seven Pieces Celebrating a Spooky Century

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    Watch the Creepy 1969 Short Film Adaptation of “The Lottery”
    Even if you know the story already, the film is unsettling on its own.

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    Shirley Jackson Wasn’t Really a Witch . . . Was She?
    Jackson biographer Ruth Franklin on the writer’s relationship with magic.

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    The Haunting of Shirley Jackson
    Why she chose to write about mad, lonely girls and big, sinister houses

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    Dale Peck on We Have Always Lived in the Castle
    The poison in Jackson’s cup is the dark side of the imagination.

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    Retracing Shirley Jackson’s Footsteps
    A Pilgrimage to Bennington, Vermont.

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    “The Lottery” as Illustrated by Shirley Jackson’s Grandson
    An excerpt from Miles Hyman’s graphic adaptation.

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    An Excerpt from Raising Demons
    Shirley Jackson goes non-fiction.

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