curiousity killed the cat but not me

Out of curiosity, has anyone on my f-list read this short story? It's called The Lottery, and it's by Shirley Jackson, and it has to be one of the best short stories I've ever read and at the same time the most horrifying.

It really feels like an alternate reality to me, and I want so badly to know more about this place, because no matter how scary it is it also sounds really interesting to write about.

I bet there's magic over the mountains and everybody's terrified of it.

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I was clearing out some of my email folders, just going through and seeing what's what (I have 567 emails in my folder for ff.net and LJ notifications O.o) and I found a list of 25 prompts from two NaNo's ago (at least, I'm fairly certain that that's what they're from. They really are some very interesting words, the type that are always fun to work with, so I'm posting them here for anyone who wants to look them over. I think I might give them a go. XD

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Edmund and a talking willow for katakokk (this is verging on crack, and the characterization is probably off by miles. D:)