• A Coven of Vampires

  • By: Brian Lumley
  • Narrated by: Joshua Saxon
  • Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (77 ratings)

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A Coven of Vampires

By: Brian Lumley
Narrated by: Joshua Saxon
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Publisher's summary

A Coven of Vampires is a collection of 13 classic vampire tales:

  • "What Dark God?"
  • "Back Row"
  • "The Strange Years"
  • "The Kiss of the Lamia"
  • "Recognition"
  • "The Thief Immortal"
  • "Necros"
  • "The Thing From the Blasted Heath"
  • "Uzzi, Haggopian"
  • "The Picknickers"
  • "Zack Phalanx is Vlad the Impaler"
  • "The House of the Temple"
©2011 Brian Lumley (P)2019 David N. Wilson

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Good Collection... Strong Narration

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

This collection of vampire stories was enjoyable. While I definitely enjoyed some more than others, it was a good mixture and since the stories were short, the content was diverse.

Narration worked very well for me; really brought the stories to life.

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A little bit of everything.

A good collection of stories that are a little chilling, or gruesome or scary. The narrator is excellent and changes his style or voice with each story. Listen around a campfire or dark room for extra goosebumps. Recommend it.

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Not many vampires

It's more ":A coven of Lovecraft stories", which is good, just very few vampires. It's good tho

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Wide Variety of Vampiric Fun

With a prolific author like Lumley who looks for horror in new, interesting, and strange ways a themed anthology could be expected to contain a wide variety of portrayals of the theme. That certainly fits the bill in this collection as there are 13 stories revolving around very different vampires with very different origins. What is in common however is the story strength where the average story is super strong and entertaining despite the setting and characters involved.

The narration is fantastic and definitely fits the anthology.

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A Coven of Vampires

I love short stories. They are a great break from reading long and drawn out tales, though I love novels as well. This was a really good collection of vampire-related short stories, but they are not all the same type of vampire and not the kind that "vant to suck your blood!" These were some creepy creatures, indeed. The tales are varied. I loved most, some were not as much to my liking. My favorite stories were more on the outside-of-the-box types of vampire tales. The Thief Immortal, The Thing From the Blasted Heath, Happopian, and Uzzi were my favorites. Uzzi reminded me of a story I read as a kid and although I can not name that story, it took me back to my childhood where I would read horror books late into the night. There is something here for everyone I think. Definitely recommend this collection.

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Excellent thanks to the Narrator Joshua Saxon

short but nice vampire stories favorite was the kiss of the lamina and the house of the temple
these stories have nothing to do with the necrscope series but well worth the credit if you like vampire fiction

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Excellent narration

As other reviewers have noted, when you read a collection of short stories you typically enjoy some more than others. I found that I particularly enjoyed 'Thief Immortal' and 'The Picnickers'. The author has a very compelling writing style which was even more effective with Joshua Saxon narrating the stories. He absolutely elevated the experience of listening to these stories for me. Very, very good synergy between the author and narrator here!

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Incredible narration

JOSHUA SAXON preforms BRIAN LUMLEY'S work ((FLAWLESSLY))
He range is vast...and hypnotic.
Mr. Saxon truly is the VOICE of Lumley.
BRAVO!

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A Toothsome Tale of Vampire Lore

I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review. This review is for the audio copy of A Coven of Vampires by Brian Lumley and narrated by Joshua Saxon. This is a great collection of short stories on a one of my favorite scary creatures. It is very good for fill in listening because of being shorts. The narration is perfect for the topic. I recommend this for late night driving…

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awesome

this is a very good and diverse collection and the narration is fantastic! I highly recommend it!

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