Shirley Jackson (December 14, 1916, San Francisco, California - August 8, 1965, Bennington, Vermont) was an influential American author. A popular writer in her time, her work has received increasing attention from literary critics in recent years. She has influenced such writers as Neil Gaiman, Stephen King, Nigel Kneale and Richard Matheson. 
Easton Press Shirley Jackson books
The Haunting of Hill House - Horror Classics - 2006
Writer Shirley Jackson
Born Shirley Hardie Jackson in San Francisco to Leslie and Geraldine Jackson, Shirley and her family lived in the community of Burlingame, California, an affluent middle-class suburb that would feature in Shirley's first novel The Road Through the Wall. The Jackson family then relocated to Rochester, New York, where Shirley attended Brighton High School and graduated in 1934. For college, she first attended the University of Rochester (from which she was "asked to leave") before graduating with a BA from Syracuse University in 1940. After college, she participated in numerous amateur theater productions, collected small ceramic statues of snails, and learned to play the mandolin. Her obsession with snails continued throughout her adult life. The collection was bequeathed to Willow Junior High School upon her death where it is displayed today in the cafeteria on those days when snails are the entree.
While a student at Syracuse, Shirley became involved with the campus literary magazine, through which she met future husband Stanley Edgar Hyman, who was to become a noted literary critic. For Stanley J. Kunitz and Howard Harcraft's Twentieth Century Authors (1954), she wrote:
I very much dislike writing about myself or my work, and when pressed for autobiographical material can only give a bare chronological outline which contains, naturally, no pertinent facts. I was born in San Francisco in 1916 and spent most of my early life in California. I was married in 1940 to Stanley Edgar Hyman, critic and numismatist, and we live in Vermont, in a quiet rural community with fine scenery and comfortably far away from city life. Our major exports are books and children, both of which we produce in abundance. The children are Laurence, Joanne, Sarah and Barry: my books include three novels, The Road Through The Wall, Hangsaman, The Bird's Nest and a collection of short stories, The Lottery. Life Among the Savages is a disrespectful memoir of my children.
Although Jackson claimed to have been born in 1919 in order to appear younger than her husband, biographer Judy Oppenheimer determined that she was actually born in 1916.
In addition to her adult literary novels, Jackson also wrote a children's novel, Nine Magic Wishes, available in an edition illustrated by her grandson, Miles Hyman, as well as a children's play based on Hansel and Gretel and entitled The Bad Children. In a series of short stories, later collected in the books Life Among the Savages and Raising Demons, she presented a fictionalized version of her marriage and the experience of bringing up four children. These stories pioneered the "true-to-life funny-housewife stories" of the type later popularized by such writers as Jean Kerr and Erma Bombeck during the 1950s and 1960s.
In 1965, Shirley Jackson died of heart failure in her sleep at the age of 48. Shirley suffered throughout her life from various neuroses and psychosomatic illnesses. These ailments, along with the various prescription drugs used to treat them, may have contributed to her declining health and early death. However, at the time of her death, Jackson was overweight and a heavy smoker. After her death, her husband released a posthumous volume of her work, Come Along With Me, containing several chapters of her unfinished last novel as well as several rare short stories (among them "Louisa, Please Come Home") and three speeches given by Jackson in her writing seminars.
In a promotional blurb by Hyman for Jackson's debut novel, The Road Through the Wall (1948), he described Jackson as someone who practiced witchcraft. Hyman believed this image of Jackson would help promote sales of novels and film rights. She later wrote about witchcraft accusations in her book for young readers, The Witchcraft of Salem Village (1956).
Her other novels include Hangsaman (1951), The Bird's Nest (1954), The Sundial (1958) and The Haunting of Hill House (1959), regarded by many, including Stephen King, as one of the important horror novels of the 20th Century. This contemporary updating of the classic ghost story has a vivid and powerful opening paragraph:
No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream. Hill House, not sane, stood by itself against its hills, holding darkness within; it had stood so for eighty years and might stand for eighty more. Within, walls continued upright, bricks met neatly, floors were firm, and doors were sensibly shut; silence lay steadily against the wood and stone of Hill House, and whatever walked there, walked alone.
This passage also serves as an excellent example of Jackson's literary style: Never strident or sensationalist, her narrative voice is calm, emotionally detached and exquisitely precise in imagery and word choice.The Haunting of Hill House
The
Haunting of Hill House is a renowned novel published in 1959. It is
considered one of the greatest works in the horror genre and a classic
of supernatural fiction. The novel has also been adapted into various
films and television series, with one notable adaptation being the
Netflix series of the same name in 2018. The story revolves around a
paranormal investigator, Dr. John Montague, who assembles a group of
people to explore the mysteries of Hill House. The group includes
Eleanor Vance, a shy and sensitive young woman; Theodora, a lively and
artistic individual; and Luke Sanderson, the future heir to Hill House.
As the characters spend time in the ominous mansion, strange and
unsettling events begin to occur.
The house itself is described as having a dark and malevolent history, and it becomes increasingly evident that Hill House has a profound effect on those who enter its doors. Eleanor, in particular, becomes the focal point of the supernatural occurrences, and the narrative explores her psychological unraveling as she grapples with the mysterious forces at play. Shirley Jackson masterfully weaves elements of psychological horror with the supernatural, creating a chilling atmosphere that plays on the fears and vulnerabilities of the characters. The ambiguity of whether the haunting is external or a manifestation of the characters' own fears adds to the overall sense of unease.
One of the notable aspects of The Haunting of Hill House is Jackson's skill in creating tension and horror without relying on explicit violence or gore. Instead, she employs subtle psychological nuances, leaving much to the imagination of the reader. The novel's influence extends beyond literature, impacting the horror genre in various media. It has served as inspiration for films, television series, and other literary works. Shirley Jackson's ability to delve into the psychological depths of her characters and to create an atmosphere of lingering dread has solidified The Haunting of Hill House as a classic in horror literature.
The Lottery
The
Lottery is a short story first published in The New Yorker magazine on
June 26, 1948. The story is widely considered a classic of American
literature and is known for its exploration of dark themes and its
shocking twist. The narrative is set in a small, seemingly idyllic
American town on a summer day. The townspeople gather in the town square
for the annual lottery, a tradition that has been passed down through
generations. The mood is initially festive, with families coming
together for the event. However, as the lottery progresses, a growing
sense of unease pervades the atmosphere.
The process of the lottery is revealed gradually, building suspense. Each family draws a slip of paper from a black box, and the family that draws a slip with a black dot on it is chosen for the second round of the lottery. Within that family, each member then draws again, and the one who selects the slip with the black dot is singled out. The story takes a horrifying turn when the selected person, in this case, a woman named Tessie Hutchinson, protests the fairness of the lottery. The townspeople, including her own family, turn on her. In a chilling and ritualistic manner, the townspeople stone Tessie to death as part of the lottery tradition.
The Lottery is known for its stark portrayal of blind conformity, the cruelty that can arise from tradition, and the darker aspects of human nature. Shirley Jackson's masterful storytelling and her ability to create a sense of ordinary horror within a seemingly normal setting contribute to the lasting impact of the story. Upon its publication, The Lottery generated significant controversy and discussion, with readers expressing shock and horror at the story's conclusion. Over the years, the narrative has become a staple in literature classes, prompting discussions about tradition, conformity, and the darker aspects of society. Shirley Jackson's The Lottery remains a powerful and thought-provoking exploration of the human condition.Shirley Jackson books
The Road Through the Wall (1948)
Hangsaman (1951)
The Bird's Nest (1954)
The Sundial (1958)
The Haunting of Hill House (1959)
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (1962)
Shirley Jackson: Four Novels of the 1940s & 50s (2020)Short fiction Collections
The Lottery and Other Stories (1949)
The Magic of Shirley Jackson (1966)
Come Along with Me: Part of a Novel, Sixteen Stories, and Three Lectures (1968)
Just an Ordinary Day (1996)
Shirley Jackson: Novels & Stories (2010)
Let Me Tell You: New Stories, Essays, and Other Writings (2015)
Dark Tales (2016)Short stories
About Two Nice People, Ladies' Home Journal, July 1951
Account Closed, Good Housekeeping, April 1950
After You, My Dear Alphonse, The New Yorker, January 1943
Afternoon in Linen, The New Yorker, September 4, 1943
All the Girls Were Dancing, Collier's, November 11, 1950
All She Said Was Yes, Vogue, November 1, 1962
Alone in a Den of Cubs, Woman's Day, December 1953
Aunt Gertrude, Harper's, April 1954
The Bakery, Peacock Alley, November 1944
The Beautiful Stranger, Come Along with Me (1968)
Birthday Party, Vogue, January 1, 1963
The Box, Woman's Home Companion, November 1952
Bulletin, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, March 1954
The Bus, The Saturday Evening Post, March 27, 1965
Call Me Ishmael, Spectre, Fall 1939
A Cauliflower in Her Hair, Mademoiselle, December 1944
Charles, Mademoiselle, July 1948
The Clothespin Dolls, Woman's Day, March 1953
Colloquy, The New Yorker, August 5, 1944
Come Dance with Me in Ireland, The New Yorker, May 15, 1943
Concerning … Tomorrow, Syracusan, March 1939
The Daemon Lover ['The Phantom Lover'], Woman's Home Companion, February 1949
Daughter, Come Home, Charm, May 1944
Day of Glory, Woman's Day, February 1953
Dinner for a Gentleman, Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life, September 2016
Don't Tell Daddy, Woman's Home Companion, February 1954
Dorothy and My Grandmother and the Sailors, The Lottery and Other Stories (1949)
The Dummy, April 1949
Elizabeth, The Lottery and Other Stories (1949)
Every Boy Should Learn to Play the Trumpet, Woman's Home Companion, October 1956
Family Magician, Woman's Home Companion, September 1949
Family Treasures, Let Me Tell You, (2015)
A Fine Old Firm, The New Yorker, March 4, 1944
The First Car Is the Hardest, Harper's, February 1952
Flower Garden, The Lottery and Other Stories (1949)
The Friends, Charm, November 1953
The Gift, Charm, December 1944
The Good Wife, Just an Ordinary Day (1996)
Got a Letter from Jimmy, The Lottery and Other Stories (1949)
A Great Voice Stilled, Playboy, March 1960
Had We But World Enough, Spectre, Spring 1940
Happy Birthday to Baby, Charm, November 1952
Home, Ladies' Home Journal, August 1965
The Homecoming, Charm, April 1945
The Honeymoon of Mrs Smith, Just an Ordinary Day (1996)
The House, Woman's Day, May 1952
I Don't Kiss Strangers, Just an Ordinary Day (1996)
Indians Live in Tents, Just an Ordinary Day (1996)
An International Incident, The New Yorker, September 12, 1943
I.O.U., Just an Ordinary Day (1996)
The Island, New Mexico Quarterly Review, 1950, vol. 3
It Isn't the Money, The New Yorker, August 25, 1945
It's Only a Game, Harper's, May 1956
Jack the Ripper, Just an Ordinary Day (1996)
Journey with a Lady, Harper's, July 1952
Liaison a la Cockroach, Syracusan, April 1939
Like Mother Used to Make, The Lottery and Other Stories (1949)
Little Dog Lost, Charm, October 1943
A Little Magic, Woman's Home Companion, January 1956
Little Old Lady, Mademoiselle, September 1944
The Lottery, The New Yorker, June 26, 1948
Louisa, Please Come Home, Ladies' Home Journal, May 1960
The Lovely House, New World Writing, n.2, 1952
The Lovely Night, Collier's, April 8, 1950
Lucky to Get Away, Woman's Day, August 1953
The Man in the Woods, The New Yorker, April 28, 2014
Men with Their Big Shoes, Yale Review, March 1947
The Missing Girl, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, December 1957
Monday Morning, Woman's Home Companion, November 1951
The Most Wonderful Thing, Good Housekeeping, June 1952
Mother Is a Fortune Hunter, Woman's Home Companion, May 1954
Mrs. Melville Makes a Purchase, Charm, October 1951
My Friend, Syracusan, December 1938
My Life in Cats, Spectre, Summer 1940
My Life with R.H. Macy, The New Republic, December 22, 1941
My Son and the Bully, Good Housekeeping, October 1949
Nice Day for a Baby, Woman's Home Companion, July 1952
Night We All Had Grippe, Harper's, January 1952
Nothing to Worry About, Charm, July 1953
Of Course, The Lottery and Other Stories (1949)
The Omen, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, March 1958
On the House, The New Yorker, October 30, 1943
One Last Chance to Call, McCall's, April 1956
One Ordinary Day, With Peanuts, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, January 1955
The Order of Charlotte's Going, Charm, July 1954
Paranoia, The New Yorker, August 5, 2013
Pillar of Salt, Mademoiselle, October 1948
The Possibility of Evil, The Saturday Evening Post, December 18, 1965
Queen of the May, McCall's, April 1955
The Renegade, Harper's, November 1949
Root of Evil, Fantastic, March–April 1953
The Second Mrs. Ellenoy, Reader's Digest, July 1953
Seven Types of Ambiguity, Story, 1943
Shopping Trip, Woman's Home Companion, June 1953
The Smoking Room, Just an Ordinary Day (1996)
The Sneaker Crisis, Woman's Day, October 1956
So Late on Sunday Morning, Woman's Home Companion, September 1953
The Sorcerer's Apprentice, McSweeney's #47, 2014
The Story We Used to Tell, Just an Ordinary Day (1996)
The Strangers, Collier's, May 10, 1952
Strangers in Town, The Saturday Evening Post, May 30, 1959
Summer Afternoon, Just an Ordinary Day (1996)
The Summer People, Charm, 1950
The Third Baby's the Easiest, Harper's, May 1949
The Tooth, The Hudson Review, 1949, vol. 1, no. 4
Trial by Combat, The New Yorker, December 16, 1944
The Very Strange House Next Door, Just an Ordinary Day (1996)
The Villager, The American Mercury, August 1944
Visions of Sugarplums, Woman's Home Companion, December 1952
What a Thought, Just an Ordinary Day (1996)
When Things Get Dark, The New Yorker, December 30, 1944
Whistler's Grandmother, The New Yorker, May 5, 1945
The Wishing Dime, Good Housekeeping, September 1949
The Witch, The Lottery and Other Stories (1949)
Worldly Goods, Woman's Day, May 1953
Y and I, Syracusan, October 1938
Y and I and the Ouija Board, Syracusan, November 1938Children's works
The Witchcraft of Salem Village (1956)
The Bad Children: A Play in One Act for Bad Children (1958)
Nine Magic Wishes (1963)
Famous Sally (1966)Memoirs
Life Among the Savages: An Uneasy Chronicle (1953)
Raising Demons (1957)
Special Delivery: A Useful Book for Brand-New Mothers (1960)
Easton Press Shirley Jackson books
The Haunting of Hill House - Horror Classics - 2006
The Lottery and Other Stories - 2012
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She is best known for her acclaimed short story, "The Lottery" (1948), which suggests there is a deeply unsettling underside to bucolic, small town America. In her critical biography of Shirley Jackson, Lenemaja Friedman notes that when "The Lottery" was published in the June 28, 1948 issue of The New Yorker, it received a response that "no New Yorker story had ever received." Hundreds of letters poured in that were characterized by, as Jackson put it, "bewilderment, speculation and old-fashioned abuse."
In the July 22, 1948 issue of the San Francisco Chronicle Jackson offered the following in response to persistent queries from her readers about her intentions:
Explaining just what I had hoped the story to say is very difficult. I suppose, I hoped, by setting a particularly brutal ancient rite in the present and in my own village to shock the story's readers with a graphic dramatization of the pointless violence and general inhumanity in their own lives.
Jackson's husband, Stanley Edgar Hyman, has written in his introduction to a posthumous anthology of her short stories that "she consistently refused to be interviewed, to explain or promote her work in any fashion, or to take public stands and be the pundit of the Sunday supplements." That she thought it meant something, and something subversive, moreover, she revealed in her response to the Union of South Africa's banning of "The Lottery": "She felt," Hyman says, "that they at least understood."
In the July 22, 1948 issue of the San Francisco Chronicle Jackson offered the following in response to persistent queries from her readers about her intentions:
Explaining just what I had hoped the story to say is very difficult. I suppose, I hoped, by setting a particularly brutal ancient rite in the present and in my own village to shock the story's readers with a graphic dramatization of the pointless violence and general inhumanity in their own lives.
Jackson's husband, Stanley Edgar Hyman, has written in his introduction to a posthumous anthology of her short stories that "she consistently refused to be interviewed, to explain or promote her work in any fashion, or to take public stands and be the pundit of the Sunday supplements." That she thought it meant something, and something subversive, moreover, she revealed in her response to the Union of South Africa's banning of "The Lottery": "She felt," Hyman says, "that they at least understood."
Writer Shirley Jackson
Born Shirley Hardie Jackson in San Francisco to Leslie and Geraldine Jackson, Shirley and her family lived in the community of Burlingame, California, an affluent middle-class suburb that would feature in Shirley's first novel The Road Through the Wall. The Jackson family then relocated to Rochester, New York, where Shirley attended Brighton High School and graduated in 1934. For college, she first attended the University of Rochester (from which she was "asked to leave") before graduating with a BA from Syracuse University in 1940. After college, she participated in numerous amateur theater productions, collected small ceramic statues of snails, and learned to play the mandolin. Her obsession with snails continued throughout her adult life. The collection was bequeathed to Willow Junior High School upon her death where it is displayed today in the cafeteria on those days when snails are the entree.While a student at Syracuse, Shirley became involved with the campus literary magazine, through which she met future husband Stanley Edgar Hyman, who was to become a noted literary critic. For Stanley J. Kunitz and Howard Harcraft's Twentieth Century Authors (1954), she wrote:
I very much dislike writing about myself or my work, and when pressed for autobiographical material can only give a bare chronological outline which contains, naturally, no pertinent facts. I was born in San Francisco in 1916 and spent most of my early life in California. I was married in 1940 to Stanley Edgar Hyman, critic and numismatist, and we live in Vermont, in a quiet rural community with fine scenery and comfortably far away from city life. Our major exports are books and children, both of which we produce in abundance. The children are Laurence, Joanne, Sarah and Barry: my books include three novels, The Road Through The Wall, Hangsaman, The Bird's Nest and a collection of short stories, The Lottery. Life Among the Savages is a disrespectful memoir of my children.
Although Jackson claimed to have been born in 1919 in order to appear younger than her husband, biographer Judy Oppenheimer determined that she was actually born in 1916.
In addition to her adult literary novels, Jackson also wrote a children's novel, Nine Magic Wishes, available in an edition illustrated by her grandson, Miles Hyman, as well as a children's play based on Hansel and Gretel and entitled The Bad Children. In a series of short stories, later collected in the books Life Among the Savages and Raising Demons, she presented a fictionalized version of her marriage and the experience of bringing up four children. These stories pioneered the "true-to-life funny-housewife stories" of the type later popularized by such writers as Jean Kerr and Erma Bombeck during the 1950s and 1960s.
In 1965, Shirley Jackson died of heart failure in her sleep at the age of 48. Shirley suffered throughout her life from various neuroses and psychosomatic illnesses. These ailments, along with the various prescription drugs used to treat them, may have contributed to her declining health and early death. However, at the time of her death, Jackson was overweight and a heavy smoker. After her death, her husband released a posthumous volume of her work, Come Along With Me, containing several chapters of her unfinished last novel as well as several rare short stories (among them "Louisa, Please Come Home") and three speeches given by Jackson in her writing seminars.
In a promotional blurb by Hyman for Jackson's debut novel, The Road Through the Wall (1948), he described Jackson as someone who practiced witchcraft. Hyman believed this image of Jackson would help promote sales of novels and film rights. She later wrote about witchcraft accusations in her book for young readers, The Witchcraft of Salem Village (1956).
Her other novels include Hangsaman (1951), The Bird's Nest (1954), The Sundial (1958) and The Haunting of Hill House (1959), regarded by many, including Stephen King, as one of the important horror novels of the 20th Century. This contemporary updating of the classic ghost story has a vivid and powerful opening paragraph:
No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream. Hill House, not sane, stood by itself against its hills, holding darkness within; it had stood so for eighty years and might stand for eighty more. Within, walls continued upright, bricks met neatly, floors were firm, and doors were sensibly shut; silence lay steadily against the wood and stone of Hill House, and whatever walked there, walked alone.
This passage also serves as an excellent example of Jackson's literary style: Never strident or sensationalist, her narrative voice is calm, emotionally detached and exquisitely precise in imagery and word choice.
The Haunting of Hill House
The
Haunting of Hill House is a renowned novel published in 1959. It is
considered one of the greatest works in the horror genre and a classic
of supernatural fiction. The novel has also been adapted into various
films and television series, with one notable adaptation being the
Netflix series of the same name in 2018. The story revolves around a
paranormal investigator, Dr. John Montague, who assembles a group of
people to explore the mysteries of Hill House. The group includes
Eleanor Vance, a shy and sensitive young woman; Theodora, a lively and
artistic individual; and Luke Sanderson, the future heir to Hill House.
As the characters spend time in the ominous mansion, strange and
unsettling events begin to occur.The house itself is described as having a dark and malevolent history, and it becomes increasingly evident that Hill House has a profound effect on those who enter its doors. Eleanor, in particular, becomes the focal point of the supernatural occurrences, and the narrative explores her psychological unraveling as she grapples with the mysterious forces at play. Shirley Jackson masterfully weaves elements of psychological horror with the supernatural, creating a chilling atmosphere that plays on the fears and vulnerabilities of the characters. The ambiguity of whether the haunting is external or a manifestation of the characters' own fears adds to the overall sense of unease.
One of the notable aspects of The Haunting of Hill House is Jackson's skill in creating tension and horror without relying on explicit violence or gore. Instead, she employs subtle psychological nuances, leaving much to the imagination of the reader. The novel's influence extends beyond literature, impacting the horror genre in various media. It has served as inspiration for films, television series, and other literary works. Shirley Jackson's ability to delve into the psychological depths of her characters and to create an atmosphere of lingering dread has solidified The Haunting of Hill House as a classic in horror literature.
The Lottery
The
Lottery is a short story first published in The New Yorker magazine on
June 26, 1948. The story is widely considered a classic of American
literature and is known for its exploration of dark themes and its
shocking twist. The narrative is set in a small, seemingly idyllic
American town on a summer day. The townspeople gather in the town square
for the annual lottery, a tradition that has been passed down through
generations. The mood is initially festive, with families coming
together for the event. However, as the lottery progresses, a growing
sense of unease pervades the atmosphere.The process of the lottery is revealed gradually, building suspense. Each family draws a slip of paper from a black box, and the family that draws a slip with a black dot on it is chosen for the second round of the lottery. Within that family, each member then draws again, and the one who selects the slip with the black dot is singled out. The story takes a horrifying turn when the selected person, in this case, a woman named Tessie Hutchinson, protests the fairness of the lottery. The townspeople, including her own family, turn on her. In a chilling and ritualistic manner, the townspeople stone Tessie to death as part of the lottery tradition.
The Lottery is known for its stark portrayal of blind conformity, the cruelty that can arise from tradition, and the darker aspects of human nature. Shirley Jackson's masterful storytelling and her ability to create a sense of ordinary horror within a seemingly normal setting contribute to the lasting impact of the story. Upon its publication, The Lottery generated significant controversy and discussion, with readers expressing shock and horror at the story's conclusion. Over the years, the narrative has become a staple in literature classes, prompting discussions about tradition, conformity, and the darker aspects of society. Shirley Jackson's The Lottery remains a powerful and thought-provoking exploration of the human condition.
Shirley Jackson books
The Road Through the Wall (1948)Hangsaman (1951)
The Bird's Nest (1954)
The Sundial (1958)
The Haunting of Hill House (1959)
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (1962)
Shirley Jackson: Four Novels of the 1940s & 50s (2020)
Short fiction Collections
The Lottery and Other Stories (1949)The Magic of Shirley Jackson (1966)
Come Along with Me: Part of a Novel, Sixteen Stories, and Three Lectures (1968)
Just an Ordinary Day (1996)
Shirley Jackson: Novels & Stories (2010)
Let Me Tell You: New Stories, Essays, and Other Writings (2015)
Dark Tales (2016)
Short stories
About Two Nice People, Ladies' Home Journal, July 1951Account Closed, Good Housekeeping, April 1950
After You, My Dear Alphonse, The New Yorker, January 1943
Afternoon in Linen, The New Yorker, September 4, 1943
All the Girls Were Dancing, Collier's, November 11, 1950
All She Said Was Yes, Vogue, November 1, 1962
Alone in a Den of Cubs, Woman's Day, December 1953
Aunt Gertrude, Harper's, April 1954
The Bakery, Peacock Alley, November 1944
The Beautiful Stranger, Come Along with Me (1968)
Birthday Party, Vogue, January 1, 1963
The Box, Woman's Home Companion, November 1952
Bulletin, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, March 1954
The Bus, The Saturday Evening Post, March 27, 1965
Call Me Ishmael, Spectre, Fall 1939
A Cauliflower in Her Hair, Mademoiselle, December 1944
Charles, Mademoiselle, July 1948
The Clothespin Dolls, Woman's Day, March 1953
Colloquy, The New Yorker, August 5, 1944
Come Dance with Me in Ireland, The New Yorker, May 15, 1943
Concerning … Tomorrow, Syracusan, March 1939
The Daemon Lover ['The Phantom Lover'], Woman's Home Companion, February 1949
Daughter, Come Home, Charm, May 1944
Day of Glory, Woman's Day, February 1953
Dinner for a Gentleman, Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life, September 2016
Don't Tell Daddy, Woman's Home Companion, February 1954
Dorothy and My Grandmother and the Sailors, The Lottery and Other Stories (1949)
The Dummy, April 1949
Elizabeth, The Lottery and Other Stories (1949)
Every Boy Should Learn to Play the Trumpet, Woman's Home Companion, October 1956
Family Magician, Woman's Home Companion, September 1949
Family Treasures, Let Me Tell You, (2015)
A Fine Old Firm, The New Yorker, March 4, 1944
The First Car Is the Hardest, Harper's, February 1952
Flower Garden, The Lottery and Other Stories (1949)
The Friends, Charm, November 1953
The Gift, Charm, December 1944
The Good Wife, Just an Ordinary Day (1996)
Got a Letter from Jimmy, The Lottery and Other Stories (1949)
A Great Voice Stilled, Playboy, March 1960
Had We But World Enough, Spectre, Spring 1940
Happy Birthday to Baby, Charm, November 1952
Home, Ladies' Home Journal, August 1965
The Homecoming, Charm, April 1945
The Honeymoon of Mrs Smith, Just an Ordinary Day (1996)
The House, Woman's Day, May 1952
I Don't Kiss Strangers, Just an Ordinary Day (1996)
Indians Live in Tents, Just an Ordinary Day (1996)
An International Incident, The New Yorker, September 12, 1943
I.O.U., Just an Ordinary Day (1996)
The Island, New Mexico Quarterly Review, 1950, vol. 3
It Isn't the Money, The New Yorker, August 25, 1945
It's Only a Game, Harper's, May 1956
Jack the Ripper, Just an Ordinary Day (1996)
Journey with a Lady, Harper's, July 1952
Liaison a la Cockroach, Syracusan, April 1939
Like Mother Used to Make, The Lottery and Other Stories (1949)
Little Dog Lost, Charm, October 1943
A Little Magic, Woman's Home Companion, January 1956
Little Old Lady, Mademoiselle, September 1944
The Lottery, The New Yorker, June 26, 1948
Louisa, Please Come Home, Ladies' Home Journal, May 1960
The Lovely House, New World Writing, n.2, 1952
The Lovely Night, Collier's, April 8, 1950
Lucky to Get Away, Woman's Day, August 1953
The Man in the Woods, The New Yorker, April 28, 2014
Men with Their Big Shoes, Yale Review, March 1947
The Missing Girl, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, December 1957
Monday Morning, Woman's Home Companion, November 1951
The Most Wonderful Thing, Good Housekeeping, June 1952
Mother Is a Fortune Hunter, Woman's Home Companion, May 1954
Mrs. Melville Makes a Purchase, Charm, October 1951
My Friend, Syracusan, December 1938
My Life in Cats, Spectre, Summer 1940
My Life with R.H. Macy, The New Republic, December 22, 1941
My Son and the Bully, Good Housekeeping, October 1949
Nice Day for a Baby, Woman's Home Companion, July 1952
Night We All Had Grippe, Harper's, January 1952
Nothing to Worry About, Charm, July 1953
Of Course, The Lottery and Other Stories (1949)
The Omen, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, March 1958
On the House, The New Yorker, October 30, 1943
One Last Chance to Call, McCall's, April 1956
One Ordinary Day, With Peanuts, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, January 1955
The Order of Charlotte's Going, Charm, July 1954
Paranoia, The New Yorker, August 5, 2013
Pillar of Salt, Mademoiselle, October 1948
The Possibility of Evil, The Saturday Evening Post, December 18, 1965
Queen of the May, McCall's, April 1955
The Renegade, Harper's, November 1949
Root of Evil, Fantastic, March–April 1953
The Second Mrs. Ellenoy, Reader's Digest, July 1953
Seven Types of Ambiguity, Story, 1943
Shopping Trip, Woman's Home Companion, June 1953
The Smoking Room, Just an Ordinary Day (1996)
The Sneaker Crisis, Woman's Day, October 1956
So Late on Sunday Morning, Woman's Home Companion, September 1953
The Sorcerer's Apprentice, McSweeney's #47, 2014
The Story We Used to Tell, Just an Ordinary Day (1996)
The Strangers, Collier's, May 10, 1952
Strangers in Town, The Saturday Evening Post, May 30, 1959
Summer Afternoon, Just an Ordinary Day (1996)
The Summer People, Charm, 1950
The Third Baby's the Easiest, Harper's, May 1949
The Tooth, The Hudson Review, 1949, vol. 1, no. 4
Trial by Combat, The New Yorker, December 16, 1944
The Very Strange House Next Door, Just an Ordinary Day (1996)
The Villager, The American Mercury, August 1944
Visions of Sugarplums, Woman's Home Companion, December 1952
What a Thought, Just an Ordinary Day (1996)
When Things Get Dark, The New Yorker, December 30, 1944
Whistler's Grandmother, The New Yorker, May 5, 1945
The Wishing Dime, Good Housekeeping, September 1949
The Witch, The Lottery and Other Stories (1949)
Worldly Goods, Woman's Day, May 1953
Y and I, Syracusan, October 1938
Y and I and the Ouija Board, Syracusan, November 1938
Children's works
The Witchcraft of Salem Village (1956)The Bad Children: A Play in One Act for Bad Children (1958)
Nine Magic Wishes (1963)
Famous Sally (1966)
Memoirs
Life Among the Savages: An Uneasy Chronicle (1953)Raising Demons (1957)
Special Delivery: A Useful Book for Brand-New Mothers (1960)
Source and additional information: Shirley Jackson