The Long Way Home

By: Richard Chizmar

Narrated by: Matt Godfrey

Length: 12 hrs and 15 mins

Publisher's summary

Gathered here for the first time ever are seventeen short stories, two essays, and a short script by award winning and New York Times, bestselling author, Richard Chizmar.

Eerie, suspenseful, poignant, the stories in The Long Way Home run the gamut from horror to suspense, crime to dark fantasy, mainstream to mystery. This brand new collection features more than 100,000 words of short fiction, as well as more than 5,000 words of autobiographical story notes. Chizmar s previous short story collection, A Long December, was published in 2016 to starred reviews from Library Journal and Kirkus, and was included on numerous Best Books of the Year lists. Entertainment Weekly gave the book high praise: Each tale is a magic trick, luring you toward the light while leading you down an ever-darkening path. There is hope mingled with horror, and that s Chizmar s secret power. His storytelling always beats with a huge, passionate heart.

Stephen King says he writes terrific stories served with a very large slice of disquiet pie, and with The Long Way Home, Richard Chizmar has taken his evocative and compelling storytelling to an entirely new level.

©2018 Richard Chizmar (P)2019 David N. Wilson

Excellent Collection

THE LONG WAY HOME by Richard Chizmar is an excellent collection of short stories, not a bad story in the entire book. Stories range from sci-fi, horror, coming of age to heartfelt essays and I found all to be very entertaining. The narration by Matt Godfrey is top notch making this a fantastic audiobook experience.

Great Collection

Something here for everyone including the last special story. Chizmar is brilliant, whether I try to read or just listen. There is always horror,fun,terror and feeling.

Another great read

He is quickly becoming one of my favorite authors. Mr. King remains my favorite but Mr.Chizmar is right up there.

Loved it

You know the authors talented wen a short story satisfies like a full length novel
From serial killers to cannibals and haunted places this outstanding collection doesn’t disappoint
Matt’s narration was excellent and fit perfectly
I highly recommend making this your next listen
I received a free review audiobook and voluntarily left this review

Wow

Great book. If you like Stephen King you will love this book. Great flow and great narrative

Great work!

These short stories are more than riveting and thought provoking; they allow the listener to take a breath between tales. I love this format! RC is very similar in writing style to Stephen King, yet definitely has his own voice, flare, and twisted-ness that makes his writing unique and familiar at the same time.

I loved the Gwendy stories and am looking forward to the end of the month to get the last and longest installment.

The narrator is awesome. There’s nothing more to say. I love listening to stories read by Matt Godfrey. I will actually try an unfamiliar author if he’s narrating, because I know if he’s reading, it will be good.

Simply Great

Richard Chizmar created Cemetery Dance Publications so you already know the pedigree he's got, he's written collaborations with Stephen King and (in this collection) Ray Garton and Ed Gorman. It shows. His stories are intense without being over the top, original, and they give the feeling of being very thoughtful and at the top of his game. Some scenes are devastating and they're only able to be that impactful because the setup and the skill and the development of characters and the knowledge of just when to pull the rug out from under the reader. My favorite stories in here (The Man Behind the Mask, The Long Way Home, among others) are among my favorite shorts ever. My least favorite story of the bunch is purely subjective and still very well done. And to make things better the narrator does a great job of giving these stories life. He does different voices but they're consistent and recognizable and aid the work without going into cartoony pitches or hyperbole. I 100% recommend this.

I received the review code for this audiobook at my request and am voluntarily leaving this honest review.

A journey worth taking.

The Long Way Home by Richard Chizmar is a journey worth taking. Story stories are a true art form, more so I'd say than novels. And with The Long Way Home, Mr. Chizmar shows he's a true artist. This volume features numerous short stories (some startlingly short!), two essays, and a film script. The story in the film script Murder House is interesting, though I will say listening to someone narrate a film script just felt a bit odd, perhaps because it as the first time I've ever heard it done. I also must say the story that Mr. Chizmar recounts about that script later in his author's note was quite interesting. Most of the stories in this collection were new to me, the excepting being Widow's Point., which I had read at some point last year, and all of them were entertaining, with some being fairly disturbing, which is what you want and hope for out of such a collection. While definitely an author with his own voice, you can clearly tell the authors who influenced his work. Included in the collection are two short essays, and I must say I found both of them quite touching in their own way. As I said at the start, The Long Way Home is a journey well worth taking and I look forward to taking more journeys with Mr. Chizmar in the future.

I believe this is the second or third time I've heard Matt Godfrey's work, and as always his line deliver and inflection are spot on, completely enhancing the mood of each piece as he brings the characters and story to life.

I was given a free review copy of this audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

I like this author alot

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"... Just good story telling!"

I'm very partial to Stephen King, especially his early work, and have trouble adjusting to new authors and new genres. Limiting I know; I took a risk and explored Chizmar's writing with this collection of stories and am pleased I did. It wasn't remarkable but just good story telling! The narrator was a little passive for my taste.