{"id":40750,"date":"2012-10-31T13:00:56","date_gmt":"2012-10-31T17:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=40750"},"modified":"2012-11-01T04:46:40","modified_gmt":"2012-11-01T08:46:40","slug":"%e2%80%9cthe-lottery%e2%80%9d-pg-13-version","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/31\/%e2%80%9cthe-lottery%e2%80%9d-pg-13-version\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cThe Lottery\u201d: PG-13 Version"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/6a00d8345169e469e2010535ce6cbe970b-320wi-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-40754\" title=\"6a00d8345169e469e2010535ce6cbe970b-320wi-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/6a00d8345169e469e2010535ce6cbe970b-320wi-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"292\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/6a00d8345169e469e2010535ce6cbe970b-320wi-1.jpg 292w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/6a00d8345169e469e2010535ce6cbe970b-320wi-1-194x300.jpg 194w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a>In honor of the master of the creepy story, Shirley Jackson, we bring you this incredibly misleading pulp paperback cover. 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