Readers can now experience Shirley Jacksons spine-tingling short story The Lottery in a whole new way with a graphic novel version, and EW is thrilled to present an exclusive excerpt.

In this excerpt, readers are introduced to a small rural village as the local children prepare for a mysterious village-wide ceremony by stockpiling rocks.

Read the snippet below, and check out the book when it arrives Oct. 25 just in time to read alone in the dark on Halloween.

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