Sleeping in the Fire

A Collection of 9 Horrifying Tales

De: John Durgin

Narrado por: Aaron Camacho

From the dark mind of John Durgin, author of The Cursed Among Us and Inside The Devil's Nest, comes nine suspense-filled tales that will have you gasping for breath.

A group of kids in the Wild West return to camp to find the adults slaughtered...and their nightmare is just beginning.

A man with a fear of deep water must try to rescue his wife from a deadly shark attack.

A newly engaged couple get stranded at the top of a Ferris wheel as chaos breaks out below.

A boy who loses his dog finds a new companion wounded in the forest and wants to help it, but this creature has a family, and they are hungry....

These stories and more await those who dare to go sleeping in the fire....

©2023 John Durgin (P)2023 John Durgin

Short

I liked that ot was short stories that I could listen to on short town trips. I really liked that the stories kept your attention and they was complete.

An amazing and spooky collection of short stories.

Sleeping in the Fire, by John Durgin. My first book by John Durgin was The Cursed Among Us which I absolutely loved. So when I was given the chance to read and review this collection of short stories I was excited!

I have rated each short story below and not a single one was below a 4, which for me is excellent. The stories had a wide range from vacations gone wrong and Halloween legends to Christmas "miracles" and creature features. He did an amazing job making characters you actually care about in a short period of time. I was definitely invested in these character's stories.

Standouts for me were Letters to Santa, Bird's Eye, and The Candy Bar Killer. I enjoyed all of these stories, which is rare in my experience with these collections. I listened to this on audiobook and the narrator, Aaron Camacho, did an excellent job bringing the characters to life.

I would highly recommend this book with an overall rating of 4.5 stars!

The Bandit's Son 4.00
Bird's Eye 5
The Candy Bar Killer 5
The Selected 4.75
Companion 4.00
Oneiric 4.25
Letters to Santa 5
Thalassophobia 4.0
A Walk on the Beach 4.5

Great collection!

Great collection of 9 short stories , I’m not one that typically reads short stories but I’m glad I gave this book / audio a go because it did not disappoint!! Then again this author is an amazing writer..

A Little Bit For Everyone!

Do you believe in Christmas miracles??
Would you snorkel in Jamaica?
Cults interest you??
Maybe you love a little creature feature while reading horror!

John Durgin provides such a nice variety of horror stories in this collection! They were fun. I was left imagining myself in many situations that I hope never happen!

Review

Pretty decent collection.
The Bandit's Run- Pretty decent. Could be turned into a show or could've been an episode on Supernatural
Bird's Eye- It was ok. Like zombies with powers.
Candybar Killer- I feel like it should've been longer
The Selected- I wanted more out of this too. It was good.
Companion- Decent
Oneiric- This was pretty good
Letters to Santa- This was pretty good as well
Thalassophobia- It was ok. I'm not a big "Oh my gosh! A slightly bigger creature than normal that also seems to be angry" fan.
A Walk on the Beach- Decent.

Overall, I feel like the author does a good job of introducing monsters, but the mystery of where they come from, adds a tinge of mystery to it. They're just there and it's gonna wreck havoc.