A city woman moves to a small village. Though she tries to fit in, soon her pet dog is accused of killing chickens, and the neighbors cheerfully suggest increasingly cruel ways to "cure" the dog of that habit-- even her children relish the idea.
Although this story is listed in Ashley & Contento's Supernatural Index, there isn't anything supernatural in it.
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 1948 | Harper's Magazine, November 1948 | Harper & Brothers | MAGAZINE | ||
| April 1949 |
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The Lottery, or, The Adventures of James Harris | Farrar, Straus | Collection | 69 |
| 1950 | The Lottery, or, The Adventures of James Harris | Gollancz | Collection | |8 | |
| January 1950 |
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The Lottery, or, The Adventures of James Harris, Demon Lover | Lion Books | Collection | 56 |
| 1960 |
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The Lottery: Adventures of the Demon Lover | Avon | Collection | 55 |
| 1960 |
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The Lottery: Adventures of the Demon Lover | Avon | Collection | 55 |
| November 1965 |
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The Lottery | Avon | Collection | 55 |
| 1967 |
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The Lottery | Avon | Collection | 55 |
| March 1969 |
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The Lottery: Adventures of the Demon Lover | Avon | Collection | 55 |
| 1970 | The Lottery | Popular Library | Collection | ||
| May 1971 |
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The Lottery: Adventures of the Demon Lover | Bard / Avon Books | Collection | 55 |
| 1975 |
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The Lottery | Popular Library | Collection | 55 |
| 1980 |
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La loterie | Librairie des Champs-Élysées | Collection | 100 |
| 1980 |
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The Lottery, or, The Adventures of James Harris | Robert Bentley | Collection | 69 |
| 1982 | The Lottery and Other Stories | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | Collection | |8 | |
| August 1988 |
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The Lottery: Adventures of the Daemon Lover | Robinson | Collection | 55 |
| October 1988 |
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Haunting Women | Avon | Anthology | 5 |
| 1989 |
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Die Teufelsbraut: 25 dämonische Geschichten | Diogenes | Collection | 87 |
| 1991 |
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Die Teufelsbraut: 25 dämonische Geschichten | Diogenes | Collection | 87 |
| February 1991 |
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The Lottery and Other Stories / The Haunting of Hill House / We Have Always Lived in the Castle | Quality Paperback Book Club | Omnibus | |8 |
| April 1994 |
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La loterie | Presses Pocket | Collection | 100 |
| June 1996 |
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The Masterpieces of Shirley Jackson | Raven Books / Robinson Publishing | Omnibus | 51 |
| July 2000 |
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The Lottery and Other Stories | Modern Library | Collection | 66 |
| March 2005 |
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The Lottery and Other Stories | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | Collection | 69 |
| October 2009 |
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The Lottery and Other Stories | Penguin Books | Collection | |8 |
| October 2009 |
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The Lottery and Other Stories | Penguin Books | Collection | |8 |
| October 2009 |
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The Lottery and Other Stories | Penguin Books | Collection | |
| May 2010 |
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Shirley Jackson: Novels and Stories | The Library of America | Omnibus | 57 |
| September 2019 |
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The Lottery and Other Stories | Picador USA | Collection | |
| October 2020 |
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The Shirley Jackson Collection | The Library of America | Omnibus | 57 |