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For sheer shock value, two stories stand out most clearly in my mind: Shirley Jackson’s "The Lottery" and Flannery O’Connor’s "Good Country People." I’d rather not spoil the fun (or the horror) for you by telling you what these stories specifically involve; suffice it to say that when "The Lottery" was published in The New Yorker in 1948, the maga
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                    [Summary] => An interesting situation came up in my writing class a couple of Fridays ago. A student submitted a story – or rather, the beginning of one – that had to do with a girl who was being abused by her stepfather. This led to a discussion of how writers should best deal with evil and wrongdoing in their stories.


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The element of surprise

By Butch Dalisay | July 18, 2005 - 12:00am

(Second Of Two Parts) For sheer shock value, two stories stand out most clearly in my mind: Shirley Jackson’s "The Lottery" and Flannery O’Connor’s "Good Country People." I’d...

Arts and Culture

Evil in fiction

By Butch Dalisay | October 13, 2003 - 12:00am

An interesting situation came up in my writing class a couple of Fridays ago. A student submitted a story – or rather, the beginning of one – that had to do with a girl who was being abused by her stepfather....

Arts and Culture