![]() Together, these seven tales offer “a virtuoso performance” of “probing, unsettling, intelligent” storytelling from one of the world’s greatest writers of suspense ( The Guardian). And in “A Hole in the Head,” a plastic surgeon gives in to an unusual and dangerous request. In “Fossil-Figures,” a pair of twins-an artist and a congressman-never outgrow an ugly sibling rivalry. ![]() In “Helping Hands,” published here for the first time, a widow meets an Iraq War veteran in a dingy charity shop, having no idea where the peculiar encounter is about to lead. And she intends to use that power to enact a terrifying ritual called The Corn Maiden. Meanwhile, an older girl from Melissa’s school is giddy with her power to cause so much havoc unnoticed. When she suddenly disappears, mounting evidence points to a local substitute teacher. ![]() The title novella tells the story of Marissa, an eleven-year-old girl with hair the color of corn silk. ![]() With the novella and six stories collected here, Joyce Carol Oates reaffirms her singular reputation for portraying the dark complexities of the human psyche. Seven “masterfully told” stories of suspense and nightmarish drama from the National Book Award–winning author of Them ( The Guardian). ![]()
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