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The Bingo Master

Joyce Carol Oates

First published August 1980
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

At an advancing age, Rose Odom decided to lose her virginity, even though she had no idea how to charm men. This leads her to venture into the town's bingo hall run but the attractive and very Mephistophelian Joe Pye, who appers to take an interest in Rose after she wins a hundred dollars.

First published in the Ontario Review, 1980.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
August 1980 Cover Dark Forces The Viking Press Anthology 106
October 1980 Cover Dark Forces The Viking Press Anthology 106
1981 Cover Dark Forces Futura Anthology 106
May 1981 Cover Dark Forces The Viking Press / SFBC Anthology 95
December 1981 Cover Dark Forces Bantam Books Anthology 234
1983 Cover Macaber Carnaval Loeb Anthology 241
October 1984 Cover Witches' Brew: Horror and Supernatural Stories by Women Macmillan Anthology 300
June 1986 Cover Dark Forces Futura Anthology 106|106.1
October 1989 Cover Dark Forces Signet / New American Library Anthology 234
1990 Cover Macaber Carnaval Reprinter Anthology 241
February 1992 Cover The Bingo Master Pulphouse Publishing Chapbook 3
1993 Cover Macaber Carnaval In den Toren Anthology 241
February 1994 Cover Haunted: Tales of the Grotesque Dutton Collection 49
February 1995 Cover Haunted: Tales of the Grotesque Plume / Penguin Collection 49
January 1998 Cover Haunted: Tales of the Grotesque Plume / Penguin Collection 49
2007 Cover Dark Forces Lonely Road Books Anthology