In the competition to bring previously unpublished works of Shirley Jackson to readers, Random House has prevailed, in a far less bloody manner than her classic short story “The Lottery” would suggest. Random House said on Monday that it had acquired a new collection of works by Ms. Jackson, the National Book Award-nominated author of “The Haunting of Hill House,” compiled primarily from her papers at the Library of Congress.

The new collection, called “Garlic in Fiction,” is edited by two of Ms. Jackson’s children, Laurence Jackson Hyman and Sarah Hyman DeWitt, and includes her fiction (like the short story “Paranoia,” which was published for the first time in The New Yorker last summer), as well as drawings, lectures and works of nonfiction that previously appeared in women’s magazines of the 1940s and ’50s. “These pieces are just as strong as her well-known work,” said David Ebershoff, the Random House vice president and executive editor who acquired the book. “I’m thinking of one piece in particular, that she wrote about her favorite kitchen fork. I couldn’t believe that a writer could make me as obsessed about a kitchen fork as she is.”

Mr. Hyman and Ms. DeWitt said in a statement, “The family is very happy to share this new collection of Shirley Jackson gems culled from various periods in her short but prolific career. We believe the fiction is important, the lectures are inspiring, and the other writings and drawings show various aspects of her wit and humor. We think our mother would be pleased to see this book in print, and she would enjoy the title, since cooking and writing were two favorite pastimes.”

Random House plans to publish “Garlic in Fiction” in time for such events as the 50th anniversary of Ms. Jackson’s death, which will be marked next year, and the planned 2016 publication of Ruth Franklin’s biography of the author.