Joyce Carol Oates's "The Long-Legged Girl"

Joyce Carol Oates's story "The Long-Legged Girl" (collected in Night-Gaunts) is part horror story, part cozy mystery…after all, the plot of the story revolves around a teapot. That tea contains poison, of course, but the sentiment is there nonetheless. Our story begins as a frustrated housewife hosts her professor-husband's young, gorgeous, and yes, long-legged student at their home.    NEWS: We have a Bookshop.org shop now! Find all of our favorite books at our shop–and help out small businesses.    Recommended in this episode: I Was a Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones and Hangsaman by Shirley Jackson    Bonus Recs: Let Me Tell You and Come Along With Me   UP NEXT: Interview with Leslie J. Anderson (The Unmothers)   Buy our books here, including our newest Toil and Trouble.