01271cam a2200265 i 4500 260740417 TxAuBib 20160414120000.0 160224s2016||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780802124883 0802124887 (OCoLC)940821210 TxAuBib rda Oates, Joyce Carol. The doll-master and other tales of horror / Joyce Carol Oates. [United States] : Mysterious Press, 2016. 304 pages ; 20 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Six terrifying tales to chill the blood from the unique imagination of Joyce Carol Oates. A young boy plays with dolls instead of action figures. But as he grows older, his passion takes on a darker edge...A white man shoots dead a black boy creating a media frenzy. But could it be that it was self-defense as he claims? A nervous woman tries to escape her husband. He says he loves her, but she's convinced he wants to kill her...These quietly lethal stories reveal the horrors that dwell within us all. 20160414. Short stories. Horror tales.