The Lottery by Shirley Jackson is my first time reading one of her works. When I had first heard the title, I assumed "the lottery" was about an actual lottery. But I was wrong. I think what stayed with me is the normality with which the town participates in this cold "tradition". Children collecting stones, families being chosen. Those details are lodged in my chest. It reminds me a little of Speak No Evil, actually.
Writing from the heart, drawing from the depths, healing in the process.