Extenuating Circumstances: Stories of Crime and Suspense
First edition | |
| Author | Joyce Carol Oates |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Publisher | The Mysterious Press |
Publication date | 2022 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback) |
| Pages | 615 |
| ISBN | 978-1638084051 |
Extenuating Circumstances: Stories of Crime and Suspense is a collection of previously collected and uncollected short fiction by Joyce Carol Oates published in 2022 by The Mysterious Press.
"By the River" was anthologized in Best American Short Stories, 1969.
"Yarrow" was among the 1988 prize stories for the O. Henry Awards, as was "Why Don't You Come Live With Me, It's Time" in 1992.
"The Undesirable Table" won the Pushcart Prize XX, Best of the Small Presses (1996).