From one of the most important contemporary American writers, Cardiff, by the Sea is a bold, haunting collection of four previously unpublished novellas.
In the titular novella, an academic in Pennsylvania discovers a terrifying trauma from her past after inheriting a house in Cardiff, Maine from someone she has never heard of.
Mia, the protagonist of Miao Dao, is a pubescent girl overcome with loneliness, who befriends a feral cat that becomes her protector from the increasingly agg.
Mysterious Press Cardiff, by the sea: four novellas of suspense, hardcover/joyce carol oates
