A girl comes of age with a vengeance-and help from a friend-in a tale of unnerving suspense from National Book Award winner and literary master Joyce Carol Oates.
Bad things have been happening since Mia began to mature. Her dad left. Boys at school can't keep their hands to themselves. A lecherous stepfather has moved in. Her only refuge is an abandoned lot on her suburban cul-de-sac, crawling with feral felines-one of which follows Mia home. Ghostly white and affectionate, she is Mia's new companion and-as Mia's tormenters will soon discover-her fierce protector.
Joyce Carol Oates's Miao Dao is part of Dark Corners, a collection of seven heart-stopping short stories by bestselling authors who give you so many new reasons to be afraid. Each story can be read in a single sitting. Or, if you have the nerve, you can listen all by yourself in the dark.
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(Amazon Original Stories, 27 September 2018, 66 pages, ebook, bought from Amazon)
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I really enjoyed this dark tale from my favourite writer. I really felt for Mia, being teased and groped by boys at school and being forced to deal with a step-father who gets a bit too touchy-feely. Miao Dao is darker and bit more gruesome than the other stories in Dark Corners. Things start to spiral out of control with her lecherous step-father and the story moves to a rather violent and unpleasant end.
