SO2E52 The Lottery by Shirley Jackson

Classic Ghost Stories

Tony Walker

Fiction, Drama, Science Fiction

4.9 • 686 Ratings

🗓️ 11 October 2021

⏱️ 36 minutes

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In the Backwoods, they do Bad Things. or "Be A Sport, Tessie!"My reading and analysis of The Lottery by Shirley JacksonJackson's 1948 masterpiece of naturalistic horror gone bad. Small town America shows its horrific side. Folk Horror before there was folk horror. The Purge before there was The Purge. Listen, enjoy, understand and come along with me on the journey. Meet Jack too.If you want to download my own audiobooks at an insanely discounted price that ensure no cut goes to the big boys (you know who they are) and you support my work, then check out Horror Stories For Halloween by Tony Walker: https://spirit.ghostpod.org/horror-stories-for-halloweenBy the by, if you want to sign up as a Patreon, that would be good. https://www.patreon.com/barcudIf you want to just buy me a coffee to keep me awake (though these days I don't need much help to do that) then hit here: https://ko-fi.com/tonywalkerGet a free audiobook and ebook here: https://bit.ly/dalstonvampireSupport the showVisit us here: www.ghostpod.orgBuy me a coffee if you're glad I do this: https://ko-fi.com/tonywalkerIf you really want to help me, become a Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/barcudMusic by The Heartwood Institute: https://bit.ly/somecomeback Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Everybody dies, don't they?
0:10.5	Everybody come back, isn't that?
0:14.4	You tried to get into the locked drawer today, didn't you?
0:17.1	How do the dead comeback, mother?
0:20.0	What's the secrets of dead comeback? mother? What's the secret?
0:21.5	The Lottery by Shirley Jackson.
0:26.1	The morning of June 27th was clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full summer day.
0:32.9	The flowers were blossoming profusely and the grass was richly green.
0:43.3	The people of the village began to gather in the square between the post office and the bank, around 10 o'clock. In some towns there were so many people that the lottery took two days and had to be started on June 26th,
0:50.3	but in this village where there were only about 300 people, the whole lottery took only
0:55.6	about two hours, so it could begin at 10 o'clock in the morning, and still be through in time
1:00.3	to allow the villages to get home for noon dinner.
1:03.7	The children assembled first, of course.
1:06.5	School was recently over for the summer, and the feeling of liberty sat uneasily on most of them.
1:12.4	They tended to gather together quietly for a while before they broke into boisterous play,
1:17.3	and their talk were still full of the classroom and the teacher, of books and reprimands.
1:22.9	Bobby Martin had already stuffed his pockets full of stones, and the other boys soon followed his
1:27.6	example, selecting the smoothest and roundest stones.
1:31.7	Bobby and Harry Jones and Dickie Delacroix, the villagers pronounced his name Delacroix.
1:37.3	Eventually, he made a great pile of stones in one corner of the square and guarded it against
1:41.8	the raids of the other boys.
1:43.9	The girls stood aside,
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