Night-Gaunts and Other Tales of Suspense

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By Joyce Carol Oates

Published May 23, 2018

A new collection of short fiction from Joyce Carol Oates deals with questions of sex, violence, and desire in stories about murderers, victims, and ghosts. Night-Gaunts and Other Tales of Suspense (Mysterious Press) conveys a sense of horror not from externals, but in the inner workings of the minds of Joyce’s troubled characters.

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