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Evil Eye

Four Novellas of Love Gone Wrong

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Evil Eye

By: Joyce Carol Oates
Narrated by: Donna Postel, Luci Christian, Chris Patton
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About this listen

Listeners know that few authors are able to create an atmosphere of unease and terror as well as Oates, a fact confirmed by the four novellas presented here.

In the title story, "Evil Eye," a young woman has recently become the fourth wife of a highly demanding man. When his first wife comes to stay with them, she warns the new bride that her husband is insane, and that she must find a way to protect herself. In "So Near Anytime Always," a fateful meeting in a library leads to a boy's obsessive interest in a teenage girl. In "The Execution," spoiled college student Bart Hansen has forgotten to factor in one person in his plan to commit the perfect, brutal crime: his mother. And in "The Flatbed," a beautiful young woman struggles with frigidity until a shocking act releases her.

All the novellas in this collection revolve around the theme of love gone wrong - horribly, shockingly wrong.

.©2013 The Ontario Review, Inc. Recorded by arrangement with John Hawkins and Associates, Inc. (P)2013 HighBridge Company Anthologies Anthologies & Short Stories Gothic Horror Short Stories Suspense Thriller & Suspense Scary Marriage Fiction
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This is the kind of reading that will always stay with you.
Quite shocking in places but addictive too. This is an excellent writer.

Extraordinary stuff

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Great writer. These are stories with a twist. Clever and engaging especially Flat-bed the final story

masterly storytelling

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I really enjoyed the first two stories but I found the last two a bit too dark... And a trigger warning for the last one, that deals with abuse on a child... All in all, it was a compelling anthology that kept me hooked from the beginning to the end. The narration was also spot on. I recommend it!

Intriguing

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