Oates, Joyce Carol

Nineteen-year-old Skyler Rampike looks back on the ten years since the murder of his younger sister Bliss, a rising figure skater whose unsolved death created a media circus that destroyed his parents' marriage and cast suspicion on him, keeping him from finding any sense of normalcy in his life.

Contains nine short stories in which the author explores the darkness that lurks within the souls of women and girls.

Oates talks about her works, her purposes, her concepts of literature, and her writing methods.

Quentin is a serial murderer who shares his thoughts and perverse desires in a sort of journal.

Quentin is a serial murderer who shares his thoughts and perverse desires in a sort of journal.

Approached by an elegant older gentleman while babysitting in Bayhead Harbor, sixteen-year-old Katya Spivak is entranced by his sophisticated home and eventually agrees to pose for his newest painting before realizing that he may have a hidden agenda.