The Lottery : Short Story by Ashley GreyMy rating: 2 of 5 stars
A very quick dystopian horror short that felt like a cross between Logan’s Run and Carrie. The atmosphere is tense and disorienting, but the story leans heavily on ambiguity; I was never sure whether the horror was meant to be real or imagined by Alex, the central figure. Dystopian fiction isn’t usually my lane, and this one didn’t quite land for me, though at only 11 pages, it was a fast read.
And to be fair, when I purchased this book (it was free, actually), I wasn't paying attention and thought it was the Shirley Jackson story.
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