“The Lottery,” by Shirley Jackson
www.newyorker.com
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.”
  • @[email protected]M
    2•6 months ago

    I could’ve sworn I had read this before, but I can’t be certain. Getting an odd sense of deja vu here. Maybe heard it on the podcast in the background and didn’t concentrate well enough?