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|title=The Corn Maiden and Other Nightmares

|sort=Corn Maiden and Other Nightmares, The

|publisher=Head of Zeus

|date=November 2012

|website=http://www.usfca.edu/jco/

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|summary=Joyce Carol Oates tells stories of real life in these tales, but the darker side of life most of us will hopefully never see. It's vivid, emotional writing that will leave the reader a little nervous of the world outside.

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Many years ago, I stumbled across a Joyce Carol Oates story in a horror anthology. What I most remember about the story was how vividly the feelings the characters experienced were portrayed. Whilst the story itself was not exactly a horror story in the mould of Stephen King and James Herbert, it was very well presented. With this experience, I had high hopes of ''The Corn Maiden and Other Nightmares'' a brand new collection of short stories from Oates.