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Why one small American town won’t stop stoning its residents to death by Charlotte_Stant for sophiahelix
Fandoms: The Lottery - Shirley Jackson, The New Yorker RPF
24 Dec 2025
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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.
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29 Dec 2025
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Despite the yelling, the flashing lights and clicks of shutter buttons, the ever-mounting noise, Lounds’ voice cut through like the ring of a bell, sharp and high. “Mr. Graham,” she shouted, “didn’t they find you at Stammets’ table?”
Jack Crawford repeated, “No further questions!” at the top of his lungs like a mantra. The way a child would, in combination with ears covered and eyes screwed shut, to block out an unpleasant sound.
“Did you eat them!” Lounds yelled over the din. “Did you eat the mushrooms!”
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In which Will Graham survives an abduction by a serial killer, only to find that somehow he's garnered the interest of at least one more.Series
- Part 1 of Consequences Universe
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“I can soften marble and make it look like skin,” Will says. “It’s what I do. It’s only natural that I’d want to take a mallet to what covers you, too.”
Will Graham is a sculptor working in Baltimore on what may be his most ambitious piece yet. The man modeling for him, Hannibal Lecter, presents a quandary in himself, and a façade almost as uncrackable as the marble he carves in his likeness.
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- Part 3 of Author’s Favorites
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How strange, to think that someone could know you. And yet, Hannibal considers it: the way that Will had copied Hannibal’s language, as if he had stolen his tongue and placed it in his own mouth; the way he had eyed Hannibal, as if he was some wild creature just under the water’s depths; the way he had smiled, and sneered, and made clear he wouldn’t come easy.
Hannibal meets Will, a fisherman with something oceanic lingering behind his eyes, one stormy summer in coastal France.
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Will Graham is having a hard time adjusting to life after prison, and takes a day off following the discovery of Randall Tier's first kill.
Predictably and ironically, Hannibal insists on being part of it. Set during S2: Shiizakana.