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The short story that sticks with me from junior high, that I have not been able to track down in the last 40 years or so, was if I remember right another lottery style tale. I think it was just the husband and the one chosen was eaten by the rest of the community - the twist was that the eatee got to choose the method of preparation, and in the story, he chose to be served raw. Anyone recall this story? I'd love to track it down.
What a great twist. I've had solid success with ChatGPT for stuff like that in the past so put your description in and it couldn't come up with anything.
It did give some useful information which I can paste in here if you don't have an account?
Mostly it was asking if you could remember any other detail like character names, setting or even tone of the writing.
I tried the same thing, no luck. It was in 7th grade if I remember correctly - and that was 1984 for me so it's been a minute. :)
The idea of choosing being served raw should be enough to track it down, and I've occasionally searched for it over the years, but...