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Title: Handling the Undead

Author: John Ajvide Lindqvist

Narrator: Steven Pacey

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 28 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-02-12

Publisher: Quercus Publishing PLC

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Horror

Publisher's Summary:

Handling the Undead is a thrilling, shocking and moving story about a love that can defy death, from the acclaimed author of Let the Right One In.

In the city morgue, the dead are waking up....

What do they want?

What everybody wants: to come home.

David always knew his wife was far too good for him. But he never knew how lost he'd be without her until tonight when her car hit an elk. Now she's gone and he's alone. But when he goes to identify her body, she begins to move. It's terrifying, but it gives David a strange kind of hope.

Across the city, grieving families find themselves able to see their loved-ones one last time. But are these creatures really them? How long can this last? And what does it all mean?

Critic Reviews:

"Reminiscent of Stephen King at his best. Best read by sunlight." (Independent on Sunday)

Members Reviews:

Loved Let the Right on it - this wasn't so great

What did you like most about Handling the Undead?

A really great way to look at the living dead in a different way and how people cope with the loss of a loved one...loved the characters and the story behind their loss...

What other book might you compare Handling the Undead to, and why?

This is no normal 'zombie' book and therefore is not a 'horror'..more a book that deals with human emotion and dealing with loss..

What aspect of Steven Paceys performance might you have changed?

The way he says GRIMACE!! It annoyed me beyong belief..more so that it should have to be fair..plus really not keen on the mixture of accents considering it was was based in another country..

Plus the inflections were wrong in a number of sections..but I am just being picky!

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

No - perfect for my long days behind the wheel...

Boring

What disappointed you about Handling the Undead?

I was expecting more, it didn't amount to much in the end, too much left unknown.

Would you ever listen to anything by John Ajvide Lindqvist again?

Yes the narrators voice was good, that's probably the only reason I was able to carry on with the story.

How could the performance have been better?

Pronouncing the word 'grimace' would have been helpful as its used so much in the story.

You didnt love this book--but did it have any redeeming qualities?

The premise of the story was good, I just didn't love any of the characters or how it ended.

Any additional comments?

This could have been acceptable as a short story, maybe

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Title: The Praying Down of Vaughan Darkness

Author: Sam Llewellyn

Narrator: John Telfer

Format: Unabridged

Length: 41 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-01-12

Publisher: Audible Studios

Genres: Fiction, Horror

Publisher's Summary:

Henry Davies is writing a diary as a school project, and when a visiting author reads out the story of Vaughan Darkness to his class, Henry gets a photocopy and puts it in his diary. It's a truly terrible tale, but it's only a story - isn't it? A terrifying ghost story that will chill your blood, from acclaimed author Sam Llewellyn.

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Title: The Ghost Wood

Author: Philip Reeve

Narrator: Thomas Judd

Format: Unabridged

Length: 31 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-01-12

Publisher: Audible Studios

Genres: Fiction, Horror

Publisher's Summary:

When Will takes home a small, smooth stone from Poldavy Wood as a holiday souvenir, he begins to have strange dreams - dreams of a huge forest, and of something big and black that is trying to get in his room....

The Ghost Wood is a terrifying ghost story that will chill your blood, from acclaimed author Philip Reeve.

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Title: The Little Ship's Boy

Author: Berlie Doherty

Narrator: Thomas Judd

Format: Unabridged

Length: 40 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-01-12

Publisher: Audible Studios

Genres: Fiction, Horror

Publisher's Summary:

Jez is spending the holidays at his Uncle Jack's cottage in Cornwall. One night, there is a storm, and through the noise of the howling wind and rain, he thinks he hears a child's voice moaning....

The Little Ship's Boy is a terrifying ghost story that will chill your blood, from much-loved author Berlie Doherty.

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Title: 5 Short Stories from '31 Horrifying Tales from the Dead'

Author: Drac Von Stoller

Narrator: Michael Adashefski

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 8 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-21-12

Publisher: Drac Von Stoller

Ratings: 1 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Fiction, Horror

Publisher's Summary:

Sit back, turn the lights down low, and get ready for the scare of your life, with five bloodcurdling short stories from 31 Horrifying Tales from the Dead, told by Drac Von Stoller. "Campfire Tales", "Captain Bloody Bones", "Curse of the Evil Fairies Fort", "The Garden of the Dead", and "The Inheritance" will have your hair standing on end!

Members Reviews:

Please don't waste your time or credits or money

Would you try another book from Drac Von Stoller and/or Michael Adashefski?

no

What was most disappointing about Drac Von Stoller???s story?

I'm not certain for whom this was written. I'd expect such thin repetitive stories from a 10 year old but I would never pay money for them (again). Even young adult horror stories can be fun but these are neither well written nor fun. I feel like the victim of a terrible hoax.

How did the narrator detract from the book?

Given the material, the narrator could never have polished these stories into gems but I get the impression he was trying to hide bad writing with enthusiastic overacting. I started to think this whole thing was a poorly done parody.

What character would you cut from 5 Short Stories from '31 Horrifying Tales from the Dead'?

There are no characters, just barely described undeveloped actors in bad drama.

Any additional comments?

I can usually find something nice to say because an author and a narrator deserve a certain amount of respect for completing a work of art but this is just bad.

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Title: The Impaler

Author: Drac Von Stoller

Narrator: Rich Crankshaw

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-18-12

Publisher: Drac Von Stoller

Genres: Fiction, Horror

Publisher's Summary:

During the reign of King Drac Von Stoller, in the 14th century, war erupted between the Dracs and the Berclays. As the Dracs and the Berclays fought, both kings knew that one of them would ultimately die in the end.

The Dracs were barbaric men who would rob, torture, and then finalize things by impaling every living thing in a village. Drac's men would roast the village people alive while they were impaled. Then, after the bodies were roasted to Drac Von Stoller's liking, it was time for a feast. Drac's men would cut pieces off the roasted bodies and eat and drink wine as Drac Von Stoller cut out the hearts of his victims and squeezed every last drop of blood into his mouth from their hearts.

How long can this blood thirsty King carry on impaling before he gets overthrown?

Members Reviews:

Uncle Drac

Just love reading about this demonic man.

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Title: The Garden of the Dead

Author: Drac Von Stoller

Narrator: Michael Adashefski

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-18-12

Publisher: Drac Von Stoller

Genres: Fiction, Horror

Publisher's Summary:

Then one day when she was reading one of her books on gardening she just remembered that her husband Henry had a laboratory in their basement. Rachel decided that one night when her husband was doing one of his experiments she would peak her head through the doorway and watch what he was doing. Rachel had no idea that the little blue bottle with the formula that her husband made would unleash an evil force from the ground in her garden that she should have never opened.

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Title: Death in the Wilderness

Author: Drac Von Stoller

Narrator: Rich Crankshaw

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-16-12

Publisher: Drac Von Stoller

Genres: Fiction, Horror

Publisher's Summary:

"As I walked along a lonesome path, I was overtaken by the beauty of the enormous trees in the thick forest that surrounded me. Before I could take it all in, I felt like I was being followed by an evil presence. I knew something was wrong, but I just kept walking faster and faster in an attempt to not lose focus on my destination. Even though I would hear my heart beating out of my chest, I had to keep pressing forward to my cabin just beyond the stream."

A peaceful walk through the woods quickly turns into a maddening fight for survival. With evil at his heels, a man struggles to hold onto life before it is ripped away.

Members Reviews:

You must be kidding

Interesting title and start, but then you reach the end.... wait a minute. Was that an "end?" or a 'to be continued.' Com e on Drac, you can't leave hanging. What was that anyway?

Three Stars

Two page darkness.

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Title: Curse of the Evil Fairies Fort

Author: Drac Von Stoller

Narrator: Michael Adashefski

Format: Unabridged

Length: 18 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-11-12

Publisher: Drac Von Stoller

Genres: Fiction, Horror

Publisher's Summary:

Long ago, tales of fairies were very much real and respected among many Irish families for fear that they may be cursed. Patrick and Sophie O'Brian were direct descendants of a family that had fallen victim to one such curse. Since they only knew of the tales that were told by their parents and were not directly affected by the superstitions, they did not really believe in any of them. They would often joke about the evil fairies that lived in the forts just miles from where they lived. Their father would tell bedtime stories to their three children Seamus, Niall, and Aine. The children often had nightmares about fairies taking their souls and coming back as a changeling to torment their family. Then the fairies would die shortly thereafter with their parents never realizing that it isn't their child.

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Title: Captain Bloody Bones

Author: Drac Von Stoller

Narrator: Michael Adashefski

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-11-12

Publisher: Drac Von Stoller

Genres: Fiction, Horror

Publisher's Summary:

Captain Johnny Bones loved to sail the seven seas with some of the roughest shipmates that ever sailed.

Captain Johnny Bones' ship was called Bloody Bones because every ship that crossed Captain Johnny Bones' path would be hammered with cannons and when Captain Johnny Bones got through with the crew there would nothing left but "Bloody Bones". When Captain Johnny Bones and his shipmates came aboard they stole all the gold and would slit every crew member's throats and watch their jugular veins squirt blood on the other dead bodies they were laid upon.

Just before Captain Johnny Bones and his men would climb aboard their ship Bloody Bones, they would roast the dead mans hearts over their burning bodies and eat their hearts to show that Captain Johnny Bones and his men were the toughest Pirates on the sea.