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Electronic reproduction. New York : Mysterious Press, 2011. Requires Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 700 KB) or Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 666 KB) or Amazon Kindle (file size: N/A KB) or OverDrive Read (file size: N/A KB). |
| Contents |
Corn maiden -- Beersheba -- Nobody knows my name -- Fossil-figures -- Death-cup -- Helping hands -- A hole in the head. |
| Summary |
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... |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Format: Adobe EPUB eBook. |
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Format: Kindle Book. |
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Format: OverDrive Read. |
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Requires Adobe Digital Editions or Amazon Kindle. |
| Other edition |
Original 9780802126023. |
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Electronic books.
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| Other corporate author |
OverDrive, Inc.
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| ISBN |
9780802195036
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0802195032
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| STANDARD # |
20E1B79A-A04C-4322-8835-A6677C51CF85 OverDrive |
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