The Pram

Creature Feature Collection

De: Joe Hill

Narrado por: Robert Petkoff

A husband’s obsessive desire for a child leads to an unexpected manifestation of his yearning in a nightmarish short story about fatherhood dreams by New York Times bestselling author Joe Hill.

Willy and Marianne’s farmhouse in Maine has acres of meadow and fresh air, and a lonesome bridle path in the forest along which Willy daydreams and ambles. When he’s loaned a decrepit old baby stroller to cart his groceries home, the rickety squeak of the wheels comforts him. So do the sweet coos of a baby Willy knows can’t be real. Can it? In this twisted thicket, wishes come true—with a price.

Joe Hill’s The Pram is part of Creature Feature, a collection of devilishly creepy stories that tingle the spine and twist the mind. They can be read or listened to in one petrifying sitting.

©2023 Joe Hill. (P)2023 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

Grief led to gore

I’d heard some less than stellar things about this one, but I actually really love it! It’s a tour de force on grief and evil influences, but I’d love to see this become an entire novel with more flesh on its bones.

good short story

so excited to get some new Joe Hill especially for Halloween! Interesting storyline. love the creature feature.

Fantastic Short Story!

Perfect timing for Halloween and a quick spooky tale to start the season. Only complaint is the abrupt end, but understand it’s a short story that’s not supposed to have a tidy HEA.

Great little horror story

Joe Hill is one of my favorites. He’s never disappointed me. This little ditty is perfect for the Halloween season. It’s good horror, but also a story that I feel has something to say emotionally. I liked it. Hell, listen to it and form your own opinion if you want to know what it’s like enough to scroll through all these reviews.

Sick quick read

Wow. That grabbed you and left you breathless in a short amount of time. This is my first taste of Joe Hill and I’m walking away satisfied.

Fun Listen

I was looking for something creepy and this short story definitely did the trick! Stay out of Maine;)

the end is good

there was….a lot about covid in this. felt very forced and took a lot away from the story.

Well-narrated, visceral folk-horror at its finest.

Joe Hill hits the horror on its mewling head with this short tale. Will leave you disturbed. Bravo!

Mispent Potential

There are the bones of a truly disturbing and unsettling story here. Unfortunately those bones are obscured in the gaudy and flimsy flesh of mediocre writing and wooden characterization.

The performance is admirably well delivered in spite of the decidedly mid material. If younhave this on in the background and try not to listen too closely it is almost and enjoyable experience.

Freaking Brilliant!

TW: Miscarriage
It would have been easy to have written this from a grieving mother's perspective. No, not Joe. It is so seldom that a father's loss is recognized, much less explored. Well DONE!