Corpsemouth and Other Autobiographies

De: John Langan

Narrado por: Matt Godfrey

A family's Halloween haunted house becomes a conduit to something ancient and uncanny; a young man's effigy of a movie monster becomes instrumental in his defense against a bully; a family diminishes while visiting a seaside town, leaving only one to remember what changed; a father explores a mysterious tower, and the monster imprisoned within; a man mourning the death of his father travels to his father's hometown, seeking closure, but finds himself beset by dreams of mythic bargains and a primeval, corpse-eating titan.

John Langan, author of the Bram Stoker Award-winning novel The Fisherman, returns with ten new tales of cosmic horror in Corpsemouth and Other Autobiographies. In these stories, he continues to chart the course of twenty-first century weird fiction, from the unfamiliar to the familial, the unfathomably distant to the intimate.

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Good, but not enough stories really hit for me

I really enjoyed this author, especially his collection, the wide carnivorous sky. But I think this collection, while good, felt a little flat for me. Some of the stories are great, but overall they tend to rely on a lot of exposition, or significant backstory conveyed through dialogue. There is definitely a time and a place for that, but in so many of the stories consecutively, it can bog them down a little bit. Overall, though, it’s worth listening to, especially if you like John Langan.

A wonderful collection of short stories

I have to read (listen to) a collection of good short stories after finishing a great novel or series. I need time to mourn the loss of those characters before I move onto a new book. This book was perfect for that. There are several great shorts that were spooky and interesting and the narrator were wonderful.

Solid collection of short horror

I am a big fan of John Langan’s work & this title did not disappoint. Excellent narration that really captured the author’s vulnerability throughout the personal narratives of these stories.

Great storytelling, horror not so much

This is well written and well narrated. And I did thoroughly enjoy the Corpsemouth story itself, oh yes and Mirror Fishing. But too often this title felt like the Family Channel, and that is not what I signed up for. I got a little bit of horror but not nearly enough.And to this day I am still no fan of Lovecraft’s works by and large. So when I see that a story leans into the world of Lovecraft I know not to expect too much. If this book had been bilked as as anything other than horror, I could have given it four stars overall. But I feel that I got shafted on the horror element.

Another Great Langan Collection

A very good collection of stories. Well-performed as well. You’ll take a few trips to Scotland as well as New York as you listen!

"Grifing my father's death stories that have nothing to do with edgy Corpsemouth title"

The bad:
- All (!) stories are related or mention griefing due to relative passing. Almost all of them - griefing for farther's death.
- Corpsemouth story that supposed to be the star is pretty blank and uninspired.
- Most if the stories are forced and not polished. Like you are reading boring list of events that have no hook for emotions.
- Jonh Langan still tries to be political - enforcing or raising agendas. Like England vs Ireland or East vs West. Though less direct and more enforcing emotions kind of way.
- An American dedicating whole book to England. Literally all stories happen in UK and plug Ireland and Scotland. Talk about political agenda.
- Most of the stories have no taste and substance.

The good:
+ Mirror fishing and Suppliment stories are good.

Langan delivers again

Im actually reviewing this after reading/listening to it for the second time. A very good and entertaining anthology. I love the allusions to other horror novels and authors.

Distracting narrator

The narrator pronounces of as , awv and woman as woe man it doesn’t sound terrible on the surface, but it is , when every character in every story has the same weird affect , it really detracts from an otherwise excellent collection.

Finally more John Langan in audiobook form

I hope his other short story collections get the audiobook treatment as well. I’m dyslexic so it’s very helpful.

Well worth the time!!

Very entertaining and enthralling stories. This artist is from where I grew up in the Hudson valley New York, which makes it even more enthralling when he mentions local places in his stories, and really enjoy him, and for his success, this book is worth every minute of listening to, as was his other short story collection very good