"The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson

A great reading and discussion of this creepy story by A.M. Homes on The New Yorker Fiction podcast.

"A Perfect Day for Bananfish" by J.D Salinger

Richard Ford mentions in his intro to the Granta selection that he was unable to include the following story because of the anal-retentiveness of the Salinger Estate. One wonders if they're still so finicky post-mortem. A brief Google-search confirms this may be the case.

So who knows how long the reading I've made of this story will stay on here until J.D's legal rottweiler (Pam Malpas) decides to drop me a line.

Looking forward to getting some mail from the esteemed Harold Ober Associates Incorporated,  425 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10017.

(Pam, please address all correspondence to theshortstorybookclub AT gmail.com. Cheers.)

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