The Horrible Bag of Terrible Things #1

The Horrible Series, Book 1

By: Rob Renzetti

Narrated by: Jay Myers

Length: 4 hrs and 42 mins

Publisher's summary

From the creator of My Life As a Teenage Robot comes a middle-grade horror story about a horrible bag, the spine-chilling world hidden within it, and a terrifying adventure into the world of GrahBhag.

Perfect for fans of Coraline, the Spiderwick Chronicles, and Small Spaces.

When Zenith finds a strange, unsettling bag at his front door, he's not sure where it came from or who sent it to him. He knows better than to expect his overprotective older sister Apogee to help him figure it out, because ever since she became a teenager, she's been acting more like a parent to him than a sibling. But he certainly did not expect for a horrifying spiderlike creature to emerge from the bag, kidnap Apogee, and drag her inside to the equally horrifying and unsettling world of GrahBhag.

Zenith sets off into the bag to bring her back but soon finds a bizarre realm where malicious forests, a trio of blood-drinking mouths, and a sentient sawdust-stuffed giant are lurking within the seams. And from every corner of the world come whispers of the Great Wurm, an eldritch horror with a godlike hold over the creatures of GrahBhag, who seems to have a dark, insidious purpose for Apogee. With the help of a greedy, earwax-nibbling gargoyle, Zenith will have to save Apogee from the Great Wurm and help them both escape the horrible bag before it's too late.

With a combination of dry, absurdist humor and no-holds-barred horror, Rob Renzetti has crafted a delightfully imaginative fantasy world that will hook listeners as surely as it will send chills down their spines.

©2023 Rob Renzetti (P)2023 Listening Library

Critic reviews

"Renzetti weaves an impressive middle grade novel about two feuding siblings that bond over their adventure in an unknown land... Each chapter leaves off on a cliffhanger... making for a suspenseful dark fantasy tale..."—Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

“If Coraline had flown over the rainbow, through the looking glass, and over the garden wall, her escapades might have looked something like The Horrible Bag of Terrible Things. Zenith Maelstrom’s quest to rescue his sister, Apogee, from inside a magical medicine bag is filled with horror but also hilarity, and Renzetti’s creepy-crawly world of GrahBhag had me squirming with laughter and giggling in fear. It’s the kind of madcap, scary adventure story you’ll want to revisit again and again, if you dare!”—Dan Poblocki, author of Tales to Keep You Up at Night

“This book is Terrible, Horrible, and a fiendish delight. Rob Renzetti will send a shiver down your spine and give you a phobia of bags that you never will recover from. Open at your own dismay!”—Alex Hirsch, New York Times best-selling author and creator of Gravity Falls

The author of the journals….

ROB RENZETTI! This book is amazing!!!!!! And what more could you expect from the gravity fall’s executive producer? If you do not listen to this book you are only doing yourself a disservice! And Mr.Renzetti if you r reading this I love your work and cannot wait for the sequel to this book!everything about it is FANTASTIC!so please person reading this review, donate you blood ( NOT ALL OF IT!!) ( YOU NEED BLOOD!..to live) And credits to buying this book.ITS WORTH IT! also listen to the review for it on the mystery shack look back podcast,it’s really good. ⚡️CHAOS THEORY⚡️(with duel thunderbolts) OUT! Also this is my second review cause I made some typos with the first one so if they both show up that’s why they r similar. Thanks for reading this overextended review.THIS BOOK IS AMAZING BUY IT TWICE!