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Corn Maiden and Other Nightmares
Corn Maiden and Other Nightmares | Joyce Carol Oates
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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 Marissa, a beautiful and sweet eleven-year-old girl with hair the color of corn silk. Taken by an older girl from her school who has told two friends in her thrall of the Indian legend of the Corn Maiden, in which a girl is sacrificed to ensure a good crop, Marissa is kept in a secluded basement and convinced that the world has ended. Marissa s seemingly inevitable fate becomes ever more terrifying as the older girl relishes her power, giving the tale unbearable tension with a shocking conclusion. In Helping Hands, published here for the first time, a lonely woman meets a man in the unlikely clutter of a dingy charity shop and extends friendship. She has no idea what kinds of doors she may be opening. The powerful stories in this extraordinary collection further enhance Joyce Carol Oates s standing as one of the world s greatest writers of suspense."
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TheEllieMo
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Not sure I could read this one, I can‘t do scary!

#NovemberNarrative
Day 16 #Corn
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@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Eggs So bloody 😳😳 2y
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Bertha_Mason

"Then there came patches of moonlight like muffled cries."
-"Beersheba"

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SexyCajun
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Panpan

So the typos in the last story went beyond typos. It was entire sentences inserted where they absolutely did not belong🤷🏼‍♀️. The first story in the book was the best. I'm sorry to say this book just wasn't for me ☹️

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SexyCajun
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Pretty interesting so far. Just finished the corn Maiden Story. Still not halfway thru tho. Other short stories to get to. The corn Maiden one is pretty disturbing 🤣

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MirrorMask
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Day 24: 🌽 Six imaginative tales of suspense

#ReadingResolutions @Jess7

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Sweettartlaura
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5⭐️
I stumbled on to Joyce Carol Oates in the past year, and what a treasure she is. Everything I‘ve read has been stellar. And every story in this book hits its mark. Stories of evil twins, sibling rivalry, twisted teens, demented doctors... each will haunt you after it thrills you. There‘s no ghosts, demons, or vampires here. But there are plenty of scary humans.
Read this book!

Kenny Is this a joke? 6y
Sweettartlaura @Kenny Which part - that I just found JCO or that I love her? All of it‘s true 🤷🏻‍♀️❤️. Also, to give myself a break from the Orange Nightmare we‘re living with, I‘m only reading horror or horror-adjacent books this month. I‘m a much happier person for it. 6y
Sweettartlaura @Kenny PS - I totally forgot about our Happy Hour ARC book club. Still wanna do it? 6y
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Bookzombie
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Finished Oates‘ book last night, so only two more to read for this challenge. #LitsyAtoZ

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RiaWritten
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Three books from The Mysterious Bookshop! Cover details to come because two are gorgeous.

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JelizaRose
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This book is creepy in the way that only a tale of horrific acts performed by children can be. It scared me, but I couldn't put it down. I 💚Joyce Carol Oates, and she creeps me out, too.

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Sarrie
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I didn't get to post my #24in48 TBR last night, but I'm doing this thing! Starting with The Corn Maiden, hopefully it'll be a quick one.