Featuring four stories of love gone horribly wrong, this disturbing collection includes "The Flat-Bed," in which Cecelia, in order to enjoy the pleasures of intimacy with the love of her life, is forc
Kidnapping a latest victim in a string of young boys he tortures and rapes, a self-styled preacher confines the child in a small box and gradually brainwashes him over subsequent years into believing
Featuring four stories of love gone horribly wrong, this disturbing collection includes "The Flat-Bed," in which Cecelia, in order to enjoy the pleasures of intimacy with the love of her life, is forc
An incomparable master storyteller in all forms, in The Corn Maiden and Other Nightmares Joyce Carol Oates spins six imaginative tales of suspense. ?The Corn Maiden” is the gut-wrenching story of Mari
Joyce Carol Oates is an unparalleled investigator of human personality. In these eight stories, she deftly tests the bonds between damaged individuals—brother and sister, teacher and student, two lone
Joyce Carol Oates is an unparalleled investigator of human flaws. In these eight stories, she deftly tests the bonds between damaged individuals?a brother and sister, a teacher and student, two strang
