About the Author
Shirley Jackson (1919–1965), a celebrated writer of horror, wrote many stories as well as six novels and two works of nonfiction.
Table of Contents
PrefaceCOME ALONG WITH ME
FOURTEEN STORIES
Janice
Tootie in Peonage
A Cauliflower in Her Hair
I Know Who I Love
The Beautiful Stranger
The Summer People
Island
A Visit
The Rock
A Day in the Jungle
Pajama Party
Louisa, Please Come Home
The Little House
The Bus
THREE LECTURES, WITH TWO STORIES
Experience and Fiction
The Night We All Had Grippe
Biography of a Story
The Lottery
Notes for a Young Writer