The Massacre at Mount Pitcairn, (Hardcover)

<b>Four bone-chilling stories of suspense and horror from the #1 <i>New York Times</i>-bestselling author Joyce Carol Oates.</b> <p>This new collection brings the reader into the despair and uncertainty of youth, exploring the terror of the unknown through tales of misadventure and psychological suspense. </p><p>In 1969, two young girls and their friends venture deep into the woods to explore an abandoned sanatorium. Decades earlier, a massacre took place there at the hands of the patients. Then they discover it might not be as abandoned as they thought. </p><p>A tormented boy, bullied by his family and peers, descends into hate and isolation as he fantasizes about revenge against them, until a walk home from school changes his life forever. </p><p>Having been forgotten at school pickup, a seventh-grader arrives at the home of her divorced father for a weekend stay, only to uncover a horrific secret. </p><p>A fateful cruise aboard a historic sailing ship brings terrible consequences upon an eleven-year-old and her family. </p><p>With her uncanny ability to imbue every word with dread, Oates leaves the reader second-guessing what might be real and what might be the delusions of an anguished mind</p>

• The Massacre at Mount Pitcairn, (Hardcover)
• Author: Joyce Carol Oates
• ISBN: 9781613168509
• Format: Hardcover
• Publication Date: 2027-01-19
• Page Count: 216