I recommend Shirley Jackson if you haven't already been introduced. Shirley this is Plinky, Plink this is Shirley.

This book is vital to me because "The Lottery" helped me decide to write. The simplicity and beauty of her writing pushed me over the edge to get serious about it. I have teetered for years. Is it a hobby, a love, or a career? Can it be all three? I don't know, but after I read that story and it shook me, I decided I wanted to shake others too...