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Shirley Jackson


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The late Shirley Jackson is the author of the classic short story, "The Lottery," a dark, unforgettable tale of the unthinking and murderous customs of a small New England town. She is also the author of several American Gothic novels, such as We Have Always Lived in the Castle and The Haunting of Hill House. Her atmospheric stories explore themes of psychological turmoil, isolation, and the inequity of fate.
 

Genres: Horror, Literary Fiction
 
New Books
October 2023

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Stories for Winter
 
Non fiction series
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Novels
   The Road through the Wall (1948)
     aka The Other Side of the Street
   Hangsaman (1951)
   The Bird's Nest (1954)
     aka Lizzie
   The Witchcraft of Salem Village (1956)
   The Sundial (1958)
   The Haunting of Hill House (1959)
     aka The Haunting
   And Baby Makes Three (1960)
   We Have Always Lived in the Castle (1962)
   Famous Sally (1966)
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Collections
   The Lottery (1949)
   9 Magic Wishes (1963)
   The Magic of Shirley Jackson (1966)
   Come along with Me (1968)
   Three Stories (1991)
   From Our Porch Swing (poems) (1992)
   Masterpieces of Shirley Jackson (1996)
   Just an Ordinary Day (1996)
   Shirley Jackson Collected Short Stories (2001)
   Shirley Jackson: Novels and Stories (2010)
   Let Me Tell You (2015)
   Dark Tales (2016)
   The Shirley Jackson Collection (2020)
   Stories for Winter (2023) (with others)
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Chapbooks
   One Ordinary Day, with Peanuts (1979)
   Charles (1990)
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Novellas and Short Stories
   Men with Their Big Shoes (1947)
   The Summer People (1950)
   A Visit (1950)
   The Missing Girl (1957)
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Non fiction
   The Letters of Shirley Jackson (2021) (with Laurence Hyman)
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Omnibus editions
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Anthologies containing stories by Shirley Jackson
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Short stories
The Bus
Dorothy and My Grandmother and the Sailors
After You, My Dear Alphonse (1943)
Afternoon in Linen (1943)
Come Dance with Me in Ireland (1943)
Colloquy (1944)
A Fine Old Firm (1944)
Trial By Combat (1944)
The Villager (1944)
Charles [short story] (1948)
The Daemon Lover (1948)
The Lottery [short story] (1948)
Pillar of Salt (1948)
The Renegade (1948)
Seven Types of Ambiguity (1948)
The Tooth (1948)
The Dummy (1949)
Elizabeth (1949)
Flower Garden (1949)
Got a Letter from Jimmy (1949)
The Intoxicated (1949)
Like Mother Used to Make (1949)
My Life with R. H. Macy (1949)
Of Course (1949)
The Witch (1949)
The Lovely House (1950)
Root of Evil (1953)
Bulletin (1954)
One Ordinary Day, with Peanuts [short story] (1955)
The Omen (1958)
A Great Voice Stilled (1960)
The Beautiful Stranger (1968)




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