“The Lottery,” by Shirley Jackson
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Fiction, from 1948: “The people had done it so many times that they only half listened to the directions; most of them were quiet, wetting their lips, not looking around.”
    • LacanoodleOPM
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      3 months ago

      This is one of those stories I always forget I’ve read, funnily enough somehow just doesn’t stick (although I do like it every time)