A Darker Shade of Noir: New Stories of Body Horror by Women Writers by Joyce Carol Oates

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

Joyce Carol Oates with Raven Leilani, Cassandra Khaw, Aimee LaBrie, Elizabeth Hand, Yumi Dineen Shiroma, Lisa Lim, Joanna Margaret, Margaret Atwood, Aimee Bender, Megan Abbott, Valerie Martin, Sheila Kohler, Tananarive Due, Lisa Tuttle

272 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction horror literary short stories dark mysterious tense medium-paced
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While the common belief is that “body horror” as a subgenre of horror fiction dates back to the 1970s, Joyce Carol Oates suggests that Medusa, the snake-haired gorgon in Greek mythology, is the “quintessential emblem of female body horror.” In A D...

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Moods

dark: 100%

mysterious: 47%

tense: 42%

emotional: 30%

sad: 28%

challenging: 20%

reflective: 13%

funny: 10%

adventurous: 5%

hopeful: 1%

informative: 1%

inspiring: 1%

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