Infected and Other Short Stories

De: Janine R. Pestel

Narrado por: Lucie Starling

This book features four short stories of horror, occult, and the paranormal.

"Infected" - Jason begins to feel and act strangely after a chance encounter with an attractive young woman the night before.

"Harry" - Harry can't remember how he got to the scene of the accident, or what he was doing before the accident happened. When he finds out, he will wish that he still didn't remember.

"The Servants" - Madeline is rich and very arrogant. So arrogant, that she fires her human servants and replaces them with robotic servants...with deadly consequences.

"The Visit" - A woman awakes to find her Marine Corps son standing at her bedside. He is on his way back to base after returning from deployment in Afghanistan. They spend the next few hours talking about and reliving the past.

©2016 Janine R. Pestel (P)2017 Janine R. Pestel

Decent short stories

Any additional comments?

For the most part, these are decent short stories. There was only one that I didn't care for. I liked the narrator's performance. I received this audiobook for free through Audiobook Boom for my unbiased review.

Quick book, but fun!

This book went by way too quick. But I enjoyed most of the stories! It's hard to get invested though when the stories are so short, but the author did a good job of keep you hooked. Narrator was great too.

I recieved this book in exchange for a honest review.

It's not Walking Dead, it's Twilight Zone

The cover art is a bit misleading.

If you don’t expect to be particularly thrilled or chilled you’ll enjoy these four short stories by Janine Restel. Any of them would fit into the original Twilight Zone series nicely.

The first two stories: “Infected,” and “Harry,” have a definite Richard Matheson feel to them. “The Servants,” has more of a Ray Bradbury vibe.

My favorite of the four is the final one, “The Visit,” which reminded me of early Stephen King. It’s a bit sentimental but in a good way.

Based on this selection I’m interested in reading more from Janine Pestel.

The narrator, Lucie Starling, did a good job with the different characters. I agree with other reviewers that the overall audio production was less professional and more semi-pro, which is to be expected with self-published works.

Overall I’d give the collection a B-.

This audiobook was provided by the author, narrator, or publisher at no cost in exchange for an unbiased review courtesy of Audiobook Blast

4 very different, yet interesting stories!

I am pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed these tales. First story was my favorite. Interesting take on the genre. I received this audiobook for free for an honest review. But this I would recommend for any lover of horror stories.

Dead Things Mikey, Dead Things

This contains 4 short stories and all are quite different from one another. The first is more like your typical zombie story while the others are a stretch to be considered zombie stories. The last two stories were quite good and stood out enough that after listening to them I forgot about the first two. Doubled back and listened to the first two again and enjoyed them more the second time, especially the second story. All 4 stories were at the perfect length and I am glad that they were not longer. All in all I enjoyed these stories and look forward to more from the author.
My main issue with the audible book is that I didn’t really like the narrator. Her narration voice was fine but when she switched to her character voices I just didn’t feel like it fit the story. Some of the way she spoke the dialogue made it seem like bad B movie lines told by an actor who has no acting experience. I have listened to The Servants by another narrator and it completely changed the feeling of the story.
I was voluntarily provided this free review copy audiobook by the author, narrator, or publisher.