also, i won this in the goodreads giveaways! which i forgot i had entered and had already bought a copy. but tha[image]
SPOOKTOBER IS ALL AROUND US!!!
also, i won this in the goodreads giveaways! which i forgot i had entered and had already bought a copy. but that just meant i was able to give MY copy away so now i am myself a giveaway program.
welcome to my spooktober audio advent calendar, where, each day during the month of spooktober, i will be celebrating by listSPOOKTOBER DAY THIRTY-ONE
welcome to my spooktober audio advent calendar, where, each day during the month of spooktober, i will be celebrating by listening to a free audio short from nightfire's Come Join Us by the Fire series, and you can join ME by following the links. let's all be scared together!
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so many halloweeny feelings right now!
this was a great story to end my spooktober audio project: very creepy, very ambiguous, very much leaving me wanting more. i'm hoping that when i finally get around to watching antlers, which is what this story grew up to be, i will like it every bit as much as this story.
fun fact: nick antosca was one of the first people i interacted with here on goodreads that i didn't already know in the real world. 'twas a long time ago and he's all big time now and prolly doesn't remember me, but i 'attaboy!' him every time i see his name on my teevee screen.
welcome to my spooktober audio advent calendar, where, each day during the month of spooktober, i will be celebrating by listeninSPOOKTOBER DAY THIRTY
welcome to my spooktober audio advent calendar, where, each day during the month of spooktober, i will be celebrating by listening to a free audio short from nightfire's Come Join Us by the Fire series, and you can join ME by following the links. let's all be scared together!
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with only two more days left in this spooktober audio project, and so many more stories from which to choose, i decided to let the ratings decide which one i would listen to today.
this one had a solid 4/5 average rating, which sounded promising.
...cut to 29 interminable minutes later and me an eye-rolling bundle of ugh.
i thought it was boring and predictable and not particularly inspiring, but i am also in the midst of a seasonal-change illness and my brain isn't working so listen to me even less than you ordinarily would.
welcome to my spooktober audio advent calendar, where, each day during the month of spooktober, i will be celebrating by lisSPOOKTOBER DAY TWENTY-NINE
welcome to my spooktober audio advent calendar, where, each day during the month of spooktober, i will be celebrating by listening to a free audio short from nightfire's Come Join Us by the Fire series, and you can join ME by following the links. let's all be scared together!
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this is just 100% pure fun. it's more audio drama than book recitation, which automatically ups my thumbs, but add to that the sgj-brand dark-humor slasher film meta-horror of it all, and we have a yesssssssss.
i'm too under the weather to make words work, but if i die from this illness, my last wish is that you listen to this story.
welcome to my spooktober audio advent calendar, where, each day during the month of spooktober, i will be celebrating by liSPOOKTOBER DAY TWENTY-EIGHT
welcome to my spooktober audio advent calendar, where, each day during the month of spooktober, i will be celebrating by listening to a free audio short from nightfire's Come Join Us by the Fire series, and you can join ME by following the links. let's all be scared together!
i don't think "puddle horror" is ever going to become a robust subcategory of the genre, but congrats for trying!
the real horror here are the crimes perpetrated against the innocent books in this bookshop—intentional, spiteful misshelving—it's truly unacceptable, sociopathic behavior.
welcome to my spooktober audio advent calendar, where, each day during the month of spooktober, i will be celebrating by liSPOOKTOBER DAY TWENTY-SEVEN
welcome to my spooktober audio advent calendar, where, each day during the month of spooktober, i will be celebrating by listening to a free audio short from nightfire's Come Join Us by the Fire series, and you can join ME by following the links. let's all be scared together!!
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another yessssss! and to think i almost skipped this one because i thought john langan was one of those cosmic horror writers whose whole deal shivers the timbers of other readers but is Not For Me.
none of that frustratingly intangible cosmic-horror-stuff here, just regular old supernatural horror—twisty and twisted, clever and squirmingly gross.
the descriptions are all up in your face, describing what's left of someone's face, with some extra horror for those of you with dentophobia.
and i loved it.
it also reminded me i should finally crack open my copy of Vlad, but that i should never, EVER discuss it in public.
welcome to my spooktober audio advent calendar, where, each day during the month of spooktober, i will be celebrating by listSPOOKTOBER DAY TWENTY-SIX
welcome to my spooktober audio advent calendar, where, each day during the month of spooktober, i will be celebrating by listening to a free audio short from nightfire's Come Join Us by the Fire series, and you can join ME by following the links. let's all be scared together!
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i guess that "dispassionately recalling the time your actions incited a hate crime, escalating a beating into a crowd-pleasin' murder" is a kind of horror story. there's just no flicker of fun in this one—no remorse, no accountability, no justice. "everyone's dead" is not good enough, somehow.
welcome to my spooktober audio advent calendar, where, each day during the month of spooktober, i will be celebrating by lisSPOOKTOBER DAY TWENTY-FIVE
welcome to my spooktober audio advent calendar, where, each day during the month of spooktober, i will be celebrating by listening to a free audio short from nightfire's Come Join Us by the Fire series, and you can join ME by following the links. let's all be scared together!
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YESSSSSSS!! this might be my favorite so far—a story long enough to actually develop a story, a new narrator (who is perfect), and—while it didn't scare me like EEEEEEEEK—it is definitely a horror story, and a brilliantly-written one at that. ALL THE STARS!!!!!
welcome to my spooktober audio advent calendar, where, each day during the month of spooktober, i will be celebrating by lisSPOOKTOBER DAY TWENTY-FOUR
welcome to my spooktober audio advent calendar, where, each day during the month of spooktober, i will be celebrating by listening to a free audio short from nightfire's Come Join Us by the Fire series, and you can join ME by following the links. let's all be scared together!
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okay, this one is great—it's one of those WHAT IF __ WAS REALLY __ kind of stories or one of those times where you're watching a true crime documentary that's suddenly lovecraft. i guess the takeaway here is...give serial killers the benefit of the doubt?
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