From the towering imagination of Joyce Carol Oates, literary icon and author of BLONDE, now a major motion picture, seven feverishly unsettling works of suspense.

A precocious eleven-year-old, in thrall to the mysterious black sheep of the family, climbs into his sky-blue Chevy to be driven to an uncertain, unforgettable, fate. A university student becomes obsessed with the murder of a female classmate as her own sense of self deteriorates. A recent widow grieves inside her lakefront home and fantasizes about transforming into a great flying predator – unerring and pitiless in the hunt.

These meticulously crafted, deeply disquieting stories confront the dangers that surround us, and the dangers that lurk within.

Reviews for Joyce Carol Oates:

''A writer of extraordinary strengths.'' Guardian

''Oates chillingly depicts the darkness lurking within the everyday.'' Sunday Express

''Both haunting and sublime.'' Literary Review

''Splendidly chilling.'' Financial Times

''Visceral, psychologically involving, and socially astute.'' Booklist