The Collector of Hearts: New Tales of the GrotesqueNovelist, poet, dramatist and author of many of the best American short stories of our time, Joyce Carol Oates presents yet another aspect of her unbounded creativity in these mesmerizing tales of the grotesque--a follow-up to her highly acclaimed 1994 gothic short fiction collection, "Haunted." From the Kafkaesque "Scars, " to the ballad-like tale of erotic obsession that is "The Crossing, " to a fatal twist on the mother-daughter bond in "Death Mother, " Joyce Carol Oates presents horror that is both intellectual and visceral. Dream states, rampant evil, dizzying descents into madness, all are presented in spell-binding stories worthy to set alongside those of Edgar Allan Poe -- and far above all the rest. |
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... filmy windows of Mrs. Harth's lead- colored Dodge , the familiar streets , the redbrick " historic " build- ings of Nautauga College , even the long sloping campus lawn were altered ; how childish , self - absorbed , unattractive ...
... filmy windows of Mrs. Harth's lead- colored Dodge , the familiar streets , the redbrick " historic " build- ings of Nautauga College , even the long sloping campus lawn were altered ; how childish , self - absorbed , unattractive ...
Page 81
... filmy at first , then solid , the light is rapidly waning and the first icy particles of snow strike your face . Suppose your father has wandered off to die , is that his prerogative ? —or is he to be hunted down , captured , hauled ...
... filmy at first , then solid , the light is rapidly waning and the first icy particles of snow strike your face . Suppose your father has wandered off to die , is that his prerogative ? —or is he to be hunted down , captured , hauled ...
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... filmy and flimsy . And stiff hairs sprouting out of his eyebrows and curving like claws . Strange . The stroke was a fault line that fractured . You see it in the man's face . On one side the old face , sharp - boned and intelligent ...
... filmy and flimsy . And stiff hairs sprouting out of his eyebrows and curving like claws . Strange . The stroke was a fault line that fractured . You see it in the man's face . On one side the old face , sharp - boned and intelligent ...
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