Research Catalog

Title

A darker shade of noir : new stories of body horror by women writers / edited by Joyce Carol Oates.

Publication

• Brooklyn, NY : Akashic Books, [2023]
• ©2023

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Details

Additional Authors

• Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938-
• Bender, Aimee
• Due, Tananarive, 1966-
• Abbott, Megan
• Lim, Lisa
• Atwood, Margaret
• Tuttle, Lisa, 1952-
• LaBrie, Aimee, 1969-
• Leilani, Raven
• Khaw, Cassandra
• Shiroma, Yumi Dineen
• Hand, Elizabeth
• Martin, Valerie
• Kohler, Sheila
• Hausler, Laurel, 1977-

Description

266 pages : illustrations; 22 cm

Summary

"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 Darker Shade of New Stories of Body Horror by Women Writers, Oates has assembled a spectacular cast to explore this subgenre focusing on distortions to the human body in the most fascinating of ways" -- Page 2 of cover.

Subject

• Horror tales > Women authors
• Horror tales

Genre/Form

• Body horror fiction.
• Horror fiction.
• Short stories.

Contents

Part I: You've created a monster. Frank Jones / Aimee Bender ; Dancing / Tananarive Due ; Scarlet Ribbons / Megan Abbott ; Malena / Joanna Margaret ; Dancing with mirrors / Lisa Lim -- Part II: Morbid anatomy. Metempsychosis, or the journey of the soul / Margaret Atwood ; Concealed carry / Lisa Tuttle ; Gross Anatomy / Aimee LaBrie ; Breathing exercise / Raven Leilani ; Muzzle / Cassandra Khaw ; Her heart may fail her / Yumi Dineen Shiroma -- Part III: Out of body, out of time. The chair of tranquility (from the Diary of Mrs. Thomas Peele, Trenton, New Jersey, 1853) / Joyce Carol Oates ; The seventh bride, or female curiosity / Elizabeth Hand ; Nemesis / Valerie Martin ; Sydney / Sheila Kohler.

Call Number

JFD 23-2132

ISBN

• 9781636141343
• 163614134X
• 9781636141374
• 1636141374

LCCN

2023933940

OCLC

1393992116

Title

A darker shade of noir : new stories of body horror by women writers / edited by Joyce Carol Oates.

Publisher

Brooklyn, NY : Akashic Books, [2023]

Copyright Date

©2023

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Added Author

Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938- editor, contributor.

Bender, Aimee, contributor.

Due, Tananarive, 1966- contributor.

Abbott, Megan, contributor.

Lim, Lisa, contributor.

Atwood, Margaret, contributor.

Tuttle, Lisa, 1952- contributor.

LaBrie, Aimee, 1969- contributor.

Leilani, Raven, contributor.

Khaw, Cassandra, contributor.

Shiroma, Yumi Dineen, contributor.

Hand, Elizabeth, contributor.

Martin, Valerie, contributor.

Kohler, Sheila, contributor.

Hausler, Laurel, 1977- illustrator.

Research Call Number

JFD 23-2132