Six terrifying tales to chill the blood from the unique imagination of Joyce Carol Oates.A young boy plays with dolls instead of action figures. But as he grows older, his passion takes on a darker edge...A white man shoots dead a black...

Eight highly diverse works from one of America's most prolific and versatile authors, this collection includes an exclusive dramatization of Oates' bestselling novel American Appetites, two comedic plays The Perfectionist and The Truth...

The powerful stories in this extraordinary collectionNincluding OThe Corn MaidenO and the never-before-published OHelping HandsONfurther enhance six-time National Book Award nominee Oates' standing as one of the world's greatest writers...