Yuletide Fic Rec x1
Jan. 5th, 2026 05:06 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
aliunde_recsThis fic gets its own separate post because it's so good and so weird and so overwhelmingly genius that I just don't even know what to do with it. Can't believe someone not only wrote fanfiction for "The Lottery," but did it so well that it feels like some kind of official companion piece to the original. Goddamn incredible. Here it is:
Why one small American town won’t stop stoning its residents to death
By: Charlotte_Stant
Fandom: The Lottery - Shirley Jackson, The New Yorker RPF
Info: Not Rated, Gen Fic, 1082 Words
Summary: The picturesque village of Buell, Maine is one of the last in the United States to continue the tradition of the “harvest” or “prosperity” lottery. Its residents insist the lottery makes them stronger, even as condemnation from outsiders grows.
Why one small American town won’t stop stoning its residents to death
By: Charlotte_Stant
Fandom: The Lottery - Shirley Jackson, The New Yorker RPF
Info: Not Rated, Gen Fic, 1082 Words
Summary: The picturesque village of Buell, Maine is one of the last in the United States to continue the tradition of the “harvest” or “prosperity” lottery. Its residents insist the lottery makes them stronger, even as condemnation from outsiders grows.
