A Darker Shade of Noir

By Joyce Carol Oates (editor),

Book cover of A Darker Shade of Noir: New Stories of Body Horror by Women Writers

Book description

Joyce Carol Oates assembles an outstanding cast of authors―including Margaret Atwood, Tananarive Due, and Megan Abbott―to explore, subvert, and reinvent one of the most vital subgenres of horror

"In this haunting new collection, edited by Oates, fifteen women writers explore the manifold horrors of living (and dying) in a patriarchal…

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1 author picked A Darker Shade of Noir as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

This is an anthology of short stories by a variety of talented and seasoned authors, literary horror, but in the subgenre of 'body horror.' I am not one to read body horror, or any extreme horror, because it's just too visceral for me, and I have to close the book. However, Joyce Carol Oates as editor, and with one of her stories in the anthology, is a stunning writer and probably has the most profound appreciation for all ranges of horror writing.

So, I trusted Oates' taste here; I'm glad I did. No matter how gruesome a piece of horror…

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