The Doll-Master and Other Tales of Terror is a collection of short stories by Joyce Carol Oates. In the title story, a young boy becomes obsessed with his cousin’s doll when she dies from leukemia. As he gets older, he begins collecting “found dolls” from the surrounding neighborhoods. He stores his treasures in the abandoned carriage house on his family’s estate, but just what kind of dolls are these? In “Gun Accident,” a teenager is thrilled when her favorite teacher asks her to house-sit the old Colonial she lives in with her husband. When an intruder forces his way into the house, the fate of both their lives changes forever. “Equatorial” is set in the exotic Galapagos Islands where a wealthy American wife begins experiencing assaults on her knowledge of her charismatic husband. Just what are his plans for her? The last story is a biblio-mystery about the owner of a modest chain of bookstores who believes in some very unorthodox methods for business expansion. When his plan’s for the takeover of a rare bookstore in scenic New Hampshire devolves into a game of verbal to-and-fro, the consequences could be more than just business related. Joyce Carol Oates proves that she is the queen of chills and thrills with this collection.
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