A young woman created by this author selects "Melody Gloucester Pegasus" as the three magic words that will keep her safe as long as they are not spoken aloud; that girl, who dreams of living on the moon and has an af nity for the death cap mushroom in one of this author's novels, lives with her older sister Constance a er murdering most of their family via berries laced with arsenic.
A young woman created by this author selects "Melody Gloucester Pegasus" as the three magic words that will keep her safe as long as they are not spoken aloud; that girl, who dreams of living on the moon and has an af nity for the death cap mushroom in one of this author's novels, lives with her older sister Constance a er murdering most of their family via berries laced with arsenic. Merricat Blackwood appears in this author's novel We Have Always Lived in the Castle. She wrote a story in which Bobby Martin and Dickie Delacroix build a pile of stones, which the villagers remember to use despite having "lost the original black box" from which papers are drawn in an annual ritual. For 10 points, what author created Tessie Hutchinson, who is stoned to death in this author's story "The Lottery"?
A young woman created by this author selects "Melody Gloucester Pegasus" as the three magic words that will keep her safe as long as they are not spoken aloud; that girl, who dreams of living on the moon and has an af nity for the death cap mushroom in one of this author's novels, lives with her older sister Constance a er murdering most of their family via berries laced with arsenic.
Shirley Jackson [or Shirley Hardie Jackson]