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When bizarre and cryptic messages are found on a pair of corpses in Mobile, Alabama, junior police detective Carson Ryder and veteran cop Harry Nautilus find themselves in a mysterious public-relations quagmire pitting public safety against office politics. With the body count growing, Ryder must confront his family's terrifying past by seeking advice from his brother, a violent psychopath convicted of similarly heinous crimes.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Definitely a case for Matthew McConnaghey
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By: Jack Kerley
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Stories
- All-New Tales
- By: Neil Gaiman - author/editor, Al Sarrantonio - editor, Joe Hill, and others
- Narrated by: Anne Bobby, Jonathan Davis, Katherine Kellgren, and others
- Length: 18 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 885
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 691
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Story4 out of 5 stars 691
The best stories pull readers in and keep them turning the pages, eager to discover more—to find the answer to the question: "And then what happened?" The true hallmark of great literature is great imagination, and as Neil Gaiman and Al Sarrantonio prove with this outstanding collection, when it comes to great fiction, all genres are equal.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Something for Everyone
- By Nicole on 05-24-17
By: Neil Gaiman - author/editor, and others
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The Sky Is Yours
- A Novel
- By: Chandler Klang Smith
- Narrated by: Kirsten Potter
- Length: 15 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 89
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 84
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 82
In the burned-out, futuristic city of Empire Island, three young people navigate a crumbling metropolis constantly under threat from a pair of dragons that circle the skies. When violence strikes, reality star Duncan Humphrey Ripple V, the spoiled scion of the metropolis' last dynasty; Baroness Swan Lenore Dahlberg, his tempestuous, death-obsessed betrothed; and Abby, a feral beauty he discovered tossed out with the trash; are forced to flee everything they've ever known.
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3 out of 5 stars
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a hot mess
- By Alison on 04-09-19
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Necropolis
- By: Michael Dempsey
- Narrated by: Kevin T. Collins
- Length: 13 hrs and 41 mins
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 173
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 158
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 158
NYPD detective Paul Donner and his wife Elise were killed in a hold-up gone wrong. Fifty years later, Donner is back: revived courtesy of the Shift. Supposedly the unintended side-effect of a botched biological terrorist attack and carried by a ubiquitous retrovirus, the Shift jump-starts dead DNA and throws the life cycle into reverse, so reborns like Donner must cope with the fact that they are not only slowly youthing toward a new childhood, but have become New York's most hated minority.
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5 out of 5 stars
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'Necropolis' Rocked My World
- By HEIDI on 01-19-12
By: Michael Dempsey
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Fourth of July Creek
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Story4 out of 5 stars 676
After trying to help Benjamin Pearl, an undernourished, nearly feral 11-year-old boy living in the Montana wilderness, social worker Pete Snow comes face-to-face with the boy's profoundly disturbed father, Jeremiah. With courage and caution, Pete slowly earns a measure of trust from this paranoid survivalist itching for a final conflict that will signal the coming End Times. But as Pete's own family spins out of control, Pearl's activities spark the full-blown interest of the FBI, putting Pete at the center of a massive manhunt from which no one will emerge unscathed.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Ghost of Tom Joad & the Wrath of Grapes
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By: Smith Henderson
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Illegal
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- Narrated by: Chris Andrew Ciulla
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 205
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 180
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Story4 out of 5 stars 181
Trial lawyer Jimmy “Royal” Payne was his own worst enemy - until now. Haunted by personal tragedy and wanted by the cops, Payne needs to skip town. What he doesn’t need is Tino Perez, a gutsy twelve-year-old Mexican boy in search of his missing - and undocumented - mother. But Payne’s ex-wife, an L.A.P.D. detective he still loves, makes him a deal: help the boy or go to jail. Soon Payne is following Tino into the darker side of the American dream.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great opening chapters; very vivid characters!
- By Wayne on 01-31-16
By: Paul Levine
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Burning Chrome
- By: William Gibson
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis, Dennis Holland, Kevin Pariseau, and others
- Length: 7 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 999
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 806
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 818
William Gibson's dark visions of computer cowboys, bio-enhanced soldiers of fortune, and hi-tech lowlifes have won unprecedented praise. Included here are some of the most famous short fiction and novellas by the author of Count Zero and Neuromancer.
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1 out of 5 stars
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abstract art
- By Jim "The Impatient" on 04-05-14
By: William Gibson
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Make Something Up
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- By: Chuck Palahniuk
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- Length: 11 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 481
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 433
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 430
For years Chuck Palahniuk has reserved his best storytelling for his readings, often choosing to read a new short story instead of whatever novel he is supposed to be promoting. Make Something Up compiles these previously unpublished tales for the very first time, plus the Byliner social media insta-classic "Phoenix" and Palahniuk's most notable pieces from Playboy.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Plenty of shock, just not enough Palahniuk awe
- By Darwin8u on 06-10-15
By: Chuck Palahniuk
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Blackbirds
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- By: Chuck Wendig
- Narrated by: Emily Beresford
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 443
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 402
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Story4 out of 5 stars 399
Miriam Black knows when you will die. Still in her early twenties, she’s foreseen hundreds of car crashes, heart attacks, strokes, suicides, and slow deaths by cancer. But when Miriam hitches a ride with truck driver Louis Darling and shakes his hand, she sees that in thirty days he will be gruesomely murdered while he calls her name. Miriam has given up trying to save people; that only makes their deaths happen. No matter what she does, she can’t save Louis. But if she wants to stay alive, she’ll have to try.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not for the faint of heart or kids but exciting
- By Steph on 04-07-14
By: Chuck Wendig
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Vampires in the Lemon Grove
- Stories
- By: Karen Russell
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 281
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 251
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Story4 out of 5 stars 252
In the collection's marvelous title story, two aging vampires in a sun-drenched Italian lemon grove find their hundred-year marriage tested when one of them develops a fear of flying. In "The Seagull Army Descends on Strong Beach, 1979", a dejected teenager discovers that the universe is communicating with him through talismanic objects left in a seagull's nest. "Proving Up" and "The Graveless Doll of Eric Mutis" find Russell veering into more sinister territory.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Stylish modern magic realism
- By Ryan on 04-10-13
By: Karen Russell
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The Yiddish Policemen's Union
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- By: Michael Chabon
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,553
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,377
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,373
For 60 years Jewish refugees and their descendants have prospered in the federal district of Sitka, a temporary safe haven created in the wake of the Holocaust and the shocking 1948 collapse of the fledgling state of Israel. The Jews of the Sitka District have created their own little world in the Alaskan panhandle, a vibrant and complex frontier city that moves to the music of Yiddish. But now the district is set to revert to Alaskan control, and their dream is coming to an end.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Didn't finish...
- By Ann E O'Connor on 10-16-17
By: Michael Chabon
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The Long Way Down
- Daniel Faust, Book 1
- By: Craig Schaefer
- Narrated by: Adam Verner
- Length: 9 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,561
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,444
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,444
Nobody knows the seedy underbelly of Las Vegas like Daniel Faust, a sorcerer for hire and ex-gangster who uses black magic and bullets to solve his clients' problems. When an old man comes seeking vengeance for his murdered granddaughter, what looks like a simple job quickly spirals out of control. Soon Daniel stands in the crossfire between a murderous porn director; a corrupt cop with a quick trigger finger; and his own former employer, a racket boss who isn't entirely human.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Urban fantasy noir. Done right..
- By Cliff on 02-19-15
By: Craig Schaefer
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Gravity's Rainbow
- By: Thomas Pynchon, Frank Miller - cover design
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 37 hrs and 21 mins
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,098
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 949
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Story4 out of 5 stars 938
Winner of the 1973 National Book Award, Gravity's Rainbow is a postmodern epic, a work as exhaustively significant to the second half of the 20th century as Joyce's Ulysses was to the first. Its sprawling, encyclopedic narrative and penetrating analysis of the impact of technology on society make it an intellectual tour de force.
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4 out of 5 stars
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"Time to touch the person next to you"
- By Jefferson on 07-04-16
By: Thomas Pynchon, and others
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Track of the Cat
- By: Nevada Barr
- Narrated by: Barbara Rosenblat
- Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,734
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 1,310
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,308
From the vivid opening vista, high in craggy mountains, to the final haunting glimpse of a moonlit canyon, Nevada Barr's first mystery, Track of the Cat, instantly caught the attention of readers and reviewers. Its popularity gained it both an Agatha and an Anthony Award.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Guadalupe Mountain Mystery
- By Sara on 10-15-15
By: Nevada Barr
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By: Jack McDevitt
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The Croning
- By: Laird Barron
- Narrated by: Emily Zeller
- Length: 10 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 509
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 459
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Strange things exist on the periphery of our existence, haunting us from the darkness looming beyond our firelight. Black magic, weird cults, and worse things loom in the shadows. The Children of Old Leech have been with us from time immemorial. And they love us.... Donald Miller, geologist and academic, has walked along the edge of a chasm for most of his nearly 80 years, leading a charmed life between endearing absent-mindedness and sanity-shattering realization. Now, all things must converge.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Great Writer - Good story - VERY Wrong Reader,
- By Old Man Parker on 10-17-12
By: Laird Barron
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Beautiful
- By: Juliet Marillier
- Narrated by: Gemma Dawson
- Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,611
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,428
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,429
Hulde is a queen’s daughter and lives in a palace. But her life is lonely. Growing up atop the glass mountain, she knows only her violent and autocratic mother and a household of terrified servants. Then a white bear named Rune comes to visit, and Hulde learns what kindness is. But the queen has a plan for Hulde. When she turns 16, she will wed the most beautiful man in all the world. Hulde has never met her intended husband, and her mother refuses to explain the arrangement.
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4 out of 5 stars
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If you like Marillier, you'll like this book.
- By Julie Allen on 06-03-19
By: Juliet Marillier
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The Day of the Triffids
- By: John Wyndham
- Narrated by: Kingsley Ben-Adir
- Length: 8 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 162
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 138
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Bill Masen, bandages over his wounded eyes, misses the most spectacular meteorite shower England has ever seen. Removing his bandages the next morning, he finds masses of sightless people wandering the city. He soon meets Josella, another lucky person who has retained her sight, and together they leave the city, aware that the safe, familiar world they knew a mere 24 hours before is gone forever. But to survive in this post-apocalyptic world, one must survive the Triffids, strange plants that years before began appearing all over the world.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Classic Excellent
- By Daniel Cascaddan on 12-26-23
By: John Wyndham
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Julia
- By: Sandra Newman
- Narrated by: Louise Brearley
- Length: 14 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 59
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 52
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 52
London, chief city of Airstrip One, the third most populous province of Oceania. It's 1984 and Julia Worthing works as a mechanic fixing the novel-writing machines in the Fiction Department at the Ministry of Truth. Under the ideology of IngSoc and the rule of the Party and its leader Big Brother, Julia is a model citizen - cheerfully cynical, believing in nothing and caring not at all about politics. She routinely breaks the rules but also collaborates with the regime whenever necessary. Everyone likes Julia.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Letdown
- By jay on 12-10-23
By: Sandra Newman
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- David G. Ross
- 08-11-24
Classic and unforgettable
Excellent prose and wonderful storytelling. A true genre as well as literary classic collection for all.
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- Shawn S.
- 10-06-21
Great Cthulhu Mythos short stories
A great collection of Cthulhu Mythos short fiction. Several of the stories are real gems. Extra kudos to the author for bringing the Mythos to South Puget Sound.
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- J. Hensley
- 09-22-20
Wonderfully disturbing
Fantastic grim imagination with the gift of a poet. The narrator was absolutely superb in this audio version.
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- Amazon Customer
- 10-19-23
Great collection!
I enjoyed every story, and Porter’s performances throughout were perfect with bringing the material to life.
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- Robert
- 03-20-21
Love Ray Porter
I mostly enjoyed this book. Only disliked one story but Ray Porters narration carried me through. The other stories were good.
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- Sean
- 09-10-22
Real Review
Laird is never boring!
(The other review, or SPAM, by Zachary cannot be authentic, If it is real, then it was likely written by a child with zero attention span. )
Like all of Laird’s short story collections, this book is fun, creepy, and quick to disturb in unexpected ways. It is a fast read. And better than King, If you’ve read all of Lovecraft and need more, Laird will satisfy. This book, along with Scott Kenemore’s Grand Hotel, is one of the best contemporary short horror story collections.
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- Aj
- 01-18-23
Great collection!
The old gods, body terror & cosmic horror.
Really enjoyable listening if this is what you’re looking for. I do like the narrator but it tends to be hard to differentiate hard to differentiate between stories when they all sound like the same person. Maybe I’m not being clear.
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- Hugenoot
- 08-29-19
Enjoyed it so much that I got it on Kindle aswell
Some of the stories have lodged in my imagination. The narrator is good and suits the author's hard-boiled characters, although I would say his imitation of female voices made me uncomfortable and comes across as a bit sexist.
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- Jacob
- 05-29-21
Disturbing
Really weirded and creeped me out in a good, but disgusting way. It's horror, but not the cozy and familiar kind. This collection is like if someone took Lovecraft and made a snuff version out of it. I'm talking Naked Lunch kinda weird. Ray Porter does an awesome job. Can't wait to listen to more of his work.
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- Duane B.
- 11-30-21
Storyline was a bit hard to follow.
Some of the stories were laid out well, but the over all story line of the conglomeration of stories was hard to follow, this book will require a couple run through at the very least.
Ray Porter does an excellent job with his narration, no complaints there.
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