How to Survive a Horror Story

A Novel

De: Mallory Arnold

Narrado por: Gabra Zackman

Seven authors enter the manor

Can they survive the story within?

When legendary horror author Mortimer Queen passes, a group of writers find themselves invited to his last will and testament reading expecting a piece of his massive fortune. Each have their own unique connection to the literary icon, some known, some soon to be discovered, and they've been waiting for their chance to step into the author’s shoes for some time.

Instead, they arrive at his grand manor and are invited to play a game. The rules are simple, solve the riddle and progress to the next room. If they don’t, the manor will take one of them for itself.

You see, the Queen estate was built on the bones of Mortimer’s family, and like any true horror story, the house is still very, very hungry.

With the clever, locked-room thrills of Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone with the ghostly horror of The Fall of the House of Usher, How to Survive a Horror Story is a bright, biting, thrill-ride that begs us to contemplate how the best horror stories come to be.

©2025 Mallory Arnold (P)2025 Sourcebooks

Good read but fairly predictable

I liked the story for sure but nearly from the beginning I could see the end in someway shape or form. Either it would zig or zag. And it zagged. However it didn’t make the reading listening any less enjoyable

The storyline and back stories were so good

I have never been so captivated by a horror book in my life. I’m a romance girl at heart, so this is out of my norm, but it is so worth the read!

Clue but saw but fun

I really like this one. The character development was good. Everyone was well rounded. The idea was original overall it’s great.

Spooky Gruesome Game of Clue

So proud of my insanely talented friend!
How to Survive a Horror Story had me on the edge of my seat the entire time. It’s smart, spooky, and totally addictive. A must-listen! 🎧🖤🔪👻

Delightful dark

Loved how the characters are revealed and the development of plot!! Definitely would read another story from this author

Wildly entertaining!

Enjoyed every second of this book! Mystery and horror with a fantastic cast of characters.
The narration was excellent as well.

Many Issues Here

There are so many writing/editing issues with this book. Things like the author telling us there is only wine, no water and a few sentences later they are drinking water. Another example is describing a man coughing and instead of saying, "he pounded his chest with his fist". the author says he pounded his fist with his chest. Lots of little oddities like that throughout. Very poor and annoying editing.
The worst part about this though, by far, is the narrator. She has a very harsh and grating tone, Feels like she is yelling at you half the time. Narrator also gets confused midsentence about which character she is voicing. Very hard to follow along with. I absolutely will never listen to another book read by this narrator.
Buy at your own risk, though I expect it will be a free audible plus book before too long.

Soulless

If you want to read something like a locked cabin thriller that features authors: You are fatally invited is the one