Linda S. (Linda) reviewed DIS MEM BER and Other Stories of Mystery and Suspense on + 770 more book reviews
This is a selection short stories by Joyce Carol Oates. Some are disturbing, some are just plain scary. All have to do with the unknown ...
These are the ones I found most memorable .....
DIS MEM BER ---
What happens when a young girl brushes elbows with a serial killer
THE CRAWL SPACE ---
When her husband dies, she begins visiting the home they once shared. The new tenants invite her in ... they hav found some boxes in the crawl space that belong to her or to her late husband. What she finds in the crawl space is not what she expected.
THE DROWNED GIRL ---
A new university student obsesses over the horrible death of another student
Other Stories: Heartbreak - The Situations - Great Blue Heron - Welcome To The Friendly Skies
These are very short stories , well-written, guaranteed to make you shudder in the middle of the night.
Many thanks to the author / Grove Atlantic / Mysterious Press / Netgalley for the uncorrected advance proof of DIS MEM BER. Opinions expressed here are unbiased and entirely my own.
These are the ones I found most memorable .....
DIS MEM BER ---
What happens when a young girl brushes elbows with a serial killer
THE CRAWL SPACE ---
When her husband dies, she begins visiting the home they once shared. The new tenants invite her in ... they hav found some boxes in the crawl space that belong to her or to her late husband. What she finds in the crawl space is not what she expected.
THE DROWNED GIRL ---
A new university student obsesses over the horrible death of another student
Other Stories: Heartbreak - The Situations - Great Blue Heron - Welcome To The Friendly Skies
These are very short stories , well-written, guaranteed to make you shudder in the middle of the night.
Many thanks to the author / Grove Atlantic / Mysterious Press / Netgalley for the uncorrected advance proof of DIS MEM BER. Opinions expressed here are unbiased and entirely my own.
