A review by nikkigee81
The Corn Maiden and Other Nightmares by Joyce Carol Oates

4.0

Joyce Carol Oates has been my favorite author since I picked up a book of short stories my father checked out and didn't like. She is still mistress of her craft, as evidenced by this more recent crop of short stories.What I love is the fact that her stories scare the reader without any supernatural elements, or monsters. Just the evil of the human psyche, perhaps most terrifying of all.