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Title: Doug Bradley's Spinechillers, Volume 12

Subtitle: Classic Horror Short Stories

Author: H. P. Lovecraft, W. F. Harvey, Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Dickens, Ambrose Bierce

Narrator: Doug Bradley, Jeffery Combs

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3 hrs and 10 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-09-14

Publisher: Renegade Arts Entertainment

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 27 votes

Genres: Fiction, Horror

Publisher's Summary:

Volume 12 begins with Doug Bradley's well-researched insight into the stories and their authors. This is followed by what H. P. Lovecraft considered to be one of his best stories, "The Music of Eric Zann". "The Tool" by W. F. Harvey is a horrifying tale narrated by an inmate of a mental institution. Next Edgar Allan Poe revisits his terrifying fear of being buried alive in "The Premature Burial". Then an eavesdropper overhears five creepy and scary ghost stories in Charles Dickens "To Be Read at Dusk". Ambrose Bierces haunting "The Moonlit Road" relates a murder tale from three perspectives, including the murdered wife's. Jeffery Combs reads Part 5 of "Herbert West Reanimator" and this volume is completed with Edgar Allan Poe's "Dreamland". The poem describes the strange sights the speaker sees along his journey in a different and disturbing world.

Members Reviews:

Another Excellent Collection of Classic Horror!

Spinechillers Volume 12 has done it again with another great collection of classic horror and ghost stories. All of the stories were a pleasure to listen to, with Doug Bradley doing a fantastic performance as always. I especially liked the readings of The Music of Erich Zann and The Tool. To Be Read at Dusk is not a story I enjoy, but hearing it read by Mr. Bradley made it a bit more tolerable. The Moonlit Road is one of those stories that I was on the fence about whether I liked it or not, but after having listened to it in this collection I'm leaning more towards liking it. Make sure to pick this and all of the other Spinechillers audiobooks up if you are a fan of classic horror!

I'm not sure what was different

I was a little bored with this volume. It put me to sleep more than once.

How is this Horror/Scary?

This book wasnt for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?

I bought this book as the reviews seemed really great. Though after listening to the first story, I was perplexed. In no way was this scary or chilling or what have you.

What do you think your next listen will be?

Nothing in this series or by this author.

What did you like about the performance? What did you dislike?

The narrator was good. He had a good voice for this genre.

What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?

The positive reviews.

Every one of the spine chillers volumes are great!

Doug Bradley is a wonderful reader, most of the stories in the series are all classic , and it's just wonderfully atmospheric to listen to!

Excellemt Stories of Chilling Horror

The stories are powerful haunting & will scare you witless & will leave you chilled. Do not listen just as you are drifting off to sleep, nightmares may

follow.

All these horror stories are excellent horrifying classics. Too many to give just one example of a moment.

As good as the stories are, Doug does not do it for me, too cold & blandly repetitive as if reading from a news paper. Needs a voice with much more depth, variants in tone etc & someone with a spooky take.

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Title: The Waterworks

Subtitle: A Novel

Author: E.L. Doctorow

Narrator: Mark Bramhall

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-19-13

Publisher: Random House Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 38 votes

Genres: Fiction, Horror

Publisher's Summary:

One rainy morning in 1871 in lower Manhattan, Martin Pemberton, a freelance writer sees in a passing stagecoach several elderly men, one of whom he recognizes as his supposedly dead and buried father. While trying to unravel the mystery, Pemberton disappears, sending McIlvaine, his employer, the editor of an evening paper, in pursuit of the truth behind his freelancers fate. Layer by layer, McIlvaine reveals a modern metropolis surging with primordial urges and sins, where the Tweed Ring operates the city for its own profit and a conspicuously self-satisfied nouveau-riche ignores the poverty and squalor that surrounds them.

In E. L. Doctorows skilled hands, The Waterworks becomes, in the words of The New York Times, a dark moral tale . . . an eloquently troubling evocation of our past.

Members Reviews:

History, mystery, and Drama

What did you love best about The Waterworks?

Amazing story with excellent historical underpinnings. Doctorow weaves a tale that combines a mystery with characters who ask the big questions.

Any additional comments?

This book is one of Doctorow's best books and a great joy to listen to . The reader is wonderful and does the story proud. It would be a page turner if we weren't listening to it.

Quite terrific and fun and absolutely engaging.

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Title: Festival of Fear

Author: Graham Masterton

Narrator: Robert Slade

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-15-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 8 votes

Genres: Fiction, Horror

Publisher's Summary:

Award-winning horror writer and master of the macabre, Graham Masterton presents a blood-curdling array of treats: twelve stories of terror celebrating the bizarre and grotesque, guaranteed to quicken the pulse.

Marvel at the mirror dug up in secret and better off buried.... Thrill at a pair of lovers, whose promises to each other lead them down a disturbing path. Observe the haunted house... Come closer, dear listener the hour of the festival is upon us....

Please note: This audiobook contains explicit content.

Editorial Reviews:

Deeply disturbed and unquestionably spooky, Festival of Fear is a horror lover's favorite nightmare! Graham Masterton has done it again with these 12 short but terrifying stories. Robert Slade's voice performance only serves to enhance Masterton's intention to frighten. Slade is able to make us truly empathize with and fear for Masterton's character as they face down one horrifying scene after another. Fast-paced and deeply chilling, Slade and Masterton combine as a ruthless duo in these wonderfully macabre tales.

Critic Reviews:

"A gala of gore from the 'master of modern horror'" (Library Journal)

Members Reviews:

I loved this book!

This is the first book I've listened to of Graham Masterton and I can't wait to eat his entire collection.

He's a heavy handed writer who seems as if he were writing for TV or movies with colorful plot twists.

Read with incredible gusto by Robert Slade.

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Title: The House on Serpent Lake

Subtitle: Ghost, Romance, Fantasy

Author: Brenda Hill

Narrator: Alexandra G Haag

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 33 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-17-13

Publisher: Brenda Hill

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 13 votes

Genres: Fiction, Horror

Publisher's Summary:

An abandoned house on a north woods lake, dreams of a lover from another time. Lindsay wants the hundred-year-old home to heal her troubled marriage, something unseen in the house wants her.

When her husband inherits his abandoned childhood home on a north woods lake, Lindsay Peterson is delighted. Strange things happen when she sees the decaying house for the first time: she knows how the rooms are arranged, knows of a gazebo that hasn't existed for fifty years. After they move in, dreams of a lover from another time haunt her sleep, then intrudes on her days with déjà vu until the present blurs with the past. A stirring of air caresses her with whispered touch. Then the touches become real.

Members Reviews:

Don't waste your credit!

This is a terrible book. I am very disappointed. The story is terrible, the narrator was really bad, slow and just awful. I wish I had never used my credit for this book.

Suspenseful and gripping

Great story; it really draws you in, right from the prologue. A good listen, as well.

Great Ghost Story

What did you love best about The House on Serpent Lake?

The book was really creepy, which is a great thing for a ghost story.

What did you like best about this story?

The story kept me guessing, and I couldn't figure out how on earth it could possibly end nicely, but it did!

What about Alexandra G Haags performance did you like?

Very good voice. Not nasal or twangy. Just a really good reader.

Any additional comments?

I recommend THE HOUSE ON SERPENT LAKE to anyone who likes a good, spine-chilling ghost story.

Paranormal Thriller!

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

The House on Serpent Lake is a wonderful paranormal romance. A slightly different take on the usual ghost story it captivated me from the very first page. The plot will keep you intrigued, the characters well defined so much so, you'll want to keep listening to the very end.

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Title: Death's Hand

Author: SM Reine

Narrator: Saskia Maarleveld

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 1 min

Language: English

Release date: 09-19-13

Publisher: Red Iris Books

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 47 votes

Genres: Fiction, Horror

Publisher's Summary:

Policing relations between Heaven, Hell, and Earth is messy and violent, but Elise Kavanagh and James Faulkner excelled at it - until coming across a job so brutal that even they couldn't stand to see one more dead body. Now they've been pretending to be normal for five years, leaving their horrific history a dark secret. Elise works in an office. James owns a business. None of their friends realize they used to be one of the world's best killing teams.

After years of hiding, something stirs. Bodies are vanishing. Demons scurry in the shadows of the night. A child has been possessed. Some enemies aren't willing to let the secrets of the past stay dead

Members Reviews:

narration, not so good

While an enjoyable enough story line, the narrator's style was way too drawn out (and ends her words harshly). For me, it was impossible to listen as released. After taking time to download (no speed adjustment for streaming) I listed to it 1.5 faster. Whew, that's better!

Narration spoiled the book

Would you try another book from SM Reine and/or Saskia Maarleveld?

I would try another book by this author but have made a note never to buy another book narrated by Saskia Maarleveid. Her habit of drawing out the ends of so many words was distracting and annoying. The narration made it very hard to follow the story.

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Title: Four Summoner's Tales

Author: Kelley Armstrong, Christopher Golden, David Liss, Jonathan Maberry

Narrator: Ray Porter, Phil Gigante, Nico Evers-Swindell, Jeff Cummings

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 19 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-17-13

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 78 votes

Genres: Fiction, Horror

Publisher's Summary:

Four best-selling authors. One hell-raising premise. What if the dead could be summoned from their graves - for a price? What if a quartet of distinctive storytellers took a stab at this deceptively simple idea - on a dare? The answers lie here, in Four Summoner's Tales, as these acclaimed writers accept the challenge and rise to the occasion - in four brilliantly chilling ways. It's all in the execution.

"Suffer the Children" by New York Times best-selling author Kelley Armstrong: A preacher and his adopted daughter must solve the mystery of the newcomers to their isolated 19th-century village - men who are preying on residents' overwhelming grief with promises to bring the stricken back to life.

"Pipers" by New York Times best-selling author Christopher Golden: Twenty-three people have already lost their lives to the ruthless cartel terrorizing their small Texas border town. But one man has a plan for revenge, if the town's survivors will let him use their loved ones - to raise an army of the undead.

"A Bad Season for Necromancy" by national best-selling author David Liss: In merry old England, a rascally con man stumbles upon a book for raising the dead. But instead of using it to make money reviving relatives for the rich, he'll do just the opposite. Because some family skeletons need to stay buried.

"Alive Day" by New York Times best-selling author Jonathan Maberry: In war-torn Afghanistan, a U.S. military operative and his team face off against an ancient horror during a harrowing off-the-books search-and-rescue mission.

Members Reviews:

Only one tale was good!

Only the tale written by David Liss was worth reading. The other tales were not bad, but they weren't real good either.

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Title: The Magic Cottage

Author: James Herbert

Narrator: Kris Dyer

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 22 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-13-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 30 votes

Genres: Fiction, Horror

Publisher's Summary:

The nightmare home. We thought we'd found our haven, a cottage deep in the heart of the forest. Quaint, charming, maybe a little run-down, but so peaceful. The woodland animals and birds couldn't have been more neighbourly. That was the first part of the Magic. Midge's painting and my music soared to new heights of creativity. That was another part of the Magic. Our sensing, our feelings, our love for each other - well, that became the supreme Magic. But the cottage had an alternative side. The Bad Magic.

What happened to us there was horrendous beyond belief. The miracles, the healings, the crazy sect who wanted our home for themselves, the hideous creatures that crawled from the nether regions, and the bats - oh God, the bats! Even now those horrible things seem impossible to me. Yet they happened...

James Herbert was one of Britain's greatest popular novelists and our #1 best-selling writer of chiller fiction. Widely imitated and hugely influential, he wrote 23 novels which have collectively sold over 54 million copies worldwide and been translated into 34 languages.

Born in London in the forties, James Herbert was art director of an advertising agency before turning to writing fiction in 1975. His first novel, The Rats, was an instant bestseller and is now recognised as a classic of popular contemporary fiction. Herbert went on to publish a new top ten best-seller every year until 1988. He wrote six more best-selling novels in the 1990s and three more since: Once, Nobody True and The Secret of Crickley Hall. Herbert died in March 2013 at the age of 69.

Editorial Reviews:

A young couple finds a dilapidated but still-idyllic cottage in Hampshire's New Forest and quickly move into their dream home. However, before long, strange occurrences begin to disturb their little paradise: ominous sounds from the attic and shadowy figures lurking among the trees. Narrator Kris Dyer builds an easy rapport with listeners as Midge and Mike settle into their home, then slowly infuses tension and anxiety into his performance as the couple cross paths with a cultish group with sinister intentions. Listeners will continue to feel the chill of this horror story long after they have turned it off.

Members Reviews:

liked it! just a nice fun story.

To me it was a good fairly predictable story with a good ending.

But beware of the bats and crazy cultists.Mitch was a bit annoying, when she was seeking answers from her dead parents, but thank god! She saw the light just in time.kept me listening which is good as I don't always finish a book.

Slow

This was a slow moving book, I kept waiting for more to happen but it didnt. however it was well written and I appreciated that.

Enjoyable

I really enjoyed this book. No one was an idiot or obtuse. My one negative comment is that I wasn't a huge fan of the narrator's voice for the main female character but not annoying enough to really bother me.

It pulls you in

Great book to listen to with words that easily create the back drop in your imagination. The narrated is amazing.

Disappointment

What disappointed you about The Magic Cottage?

The story never really got going till the very end. The ending seemed rushed.

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Title: The Storycatcher

Author: Ann Hite

Narrator: Allyson Johnson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-10-13

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 24 votes

Genres: Fiction, Horror

Publisher's Summary:

From the author of the "wonderfully crafted" Ghost on Black Mountain comes a haunting gothic novel set in the Depression-era South about two young women who form an unlikely alliance when the spirit of a dead woman takes up residence in their home.

Shelly Parker, a sixteen-year-old servant who works for the tyrannical Pastor Dobbins and his family, has had the gift of sight for as long as she can remember. She's grown accustomed to coexisting with the spirits of the dead who roam Black Mountain, telling Shelly their stories and warning her of the dangers that surround her.

When the ghost of Arleen Brown, a poor woman who died on the mountain during childbirth five years earlier, begins to pursue Pastor's daughter Faith - hell-bent on revealing a terrible secret that she took to her grave - Shelly is the only person that can help her.

The two young women soon find themselves tangled up in a web of secrets and lies that takes them from Black Mountain to the murky saltwater marshes of Georgia, uncovering long-hidden truths that put their own lives in danger.

Atmospheric and infused with supernatural elements, Hite's novel is a rich and wonderfully eerie tale that will stay with you long after the story ends.

Members Reviews:

Awesome Read

Both the writing and story were excellent. I enjoyed listening to The Storycatcher and would definitely recommend it. the performance was also very good and made listening to the story interesting.

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Title: Six Short Bigfoot Campfire Stories, Book 4

Author: Rusty Wilson

Narrator: Richard Henzel

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 51 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-05-13

Publisher: Yellow Cat Publishing

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 15 votes

Genres: Fiction, Horror

Publisher's Summary:

And now, your chance to sample Rusty Wilsons great storytelling! This collection of six short Bigfoot stories isnt really so short, it is full of fun and Bigfootness! Great for both the Bigfoot believer and those who just enjoy a good adventurous story! All original and new stories.

Flyfishing guide Rusty Wilson spent years collecting these stories from his clients around the campfire, stories guaranteed to scare the pants off you - or make you want to meet the Big Guy!

Hear about a territorial Bigfoot guarding a cave high in the Colorado mountains - a group of mountain bikers being stalked on a remote ride - a trio of mountain surveyors whose lunch is a bit too tantalizing - a night hike gone astray - the weather forecasting Bigfoot - and the kids who witness a Bigfoot picnic - all great campfire tales!

Six stories in an easy to listen to audiobook. But only if you dare...

Members Reviews:

Six Pack of Bigfoot to Go!

A six pack of great tales. If this is your first foray into Rusty's Bigfoot stories, I warn you, they are highly addictive. They are expertly narrated by the wonderful Richard Henzel. Please note that this is one in a series of Bigfoot stories. They are not the fleeting glimpse tales, they are more involved. Be sure to collect them all, they are fantastic and are highly entertaining even after multiple listening sessions.

Good book

Interesting stories and great for story time espically while campaign with the kids and family

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Title: Elements of the Undead

Subtitle: Books One - Three

Author: William Esmont

Narrator: Stephanie Bentley

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-04-13

Publisher: Aaron Cooke

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 35 votes

Genres: Fiction, Horror

Publisher's Summary:

For a while, it seemed as if the good times would never end, that mankind had truly become masters of our own universe, gods in our own right.

Little did we know, our time was almost up.

No one knows where it started. No one knows why. By the time the scientists figured out what was happening, it was already too late. Most of humanity perished in the first few weeks, stricken down by a fast-moving infection, only to rise up as a zombie with an insatiable hunger for human flesh. Millions burned to ash when the military rained fire on the cities in a futile effort to halt the contagion. Millions more simply lay down and gave up, unable, or perhaps unwilling, to exist in a world no longer fit for human occupancy.

Despite all the death and destruction, there were survivors, brave men and women who stared into the face of annihilation and chose instead, to live. Together, they set about to rebuild civilization, to create something new and permanent out of the ruins of what came before.

This is their story...

This omnibus combines the three Elements of the Undead books in a single volume.

Members Reviews:

started strong but left me seriously disappointed

How could the performance have been better?

almost all of the characters are male. why would you use a female narrator to narrate an almost all male cast? her female voices were ok, but her male voices were horrendous, laughingly bad, especially the teenage boys! omg, they sounded like my dogs' squeaky toy!

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from Elements of the Undead?

cut? cut? cut? i would ADD lots of scenes, seems like the editor cut the best scenes!

Any additional comments?

book 1 starts off pretty good. it introduces a lot of characters in diverse situations.

megan is a prostitute who works in a brothel outside of las vegas. after her last client, her manager informs her there's some serious virus going around making people sick. they flip on the tv to see the cities imploding from seemingly rabid people attacking each other.

kevin is just waking up as his plane lands in boise, idaho. he's been travelling the last 20+ to get home. all he wants to do is get to his motorcycle and go home. however, as he jostles his way up the tunnel into the terminal, he hears screaming and passengers start running back down the departing tunnel.

alicia and brittany are finishing up their day as cashiers when something grisly happens in the parking lot.

mike pringle is flying across the u.s. when one of the stewardess calls him on his pilot's phone, reporting a really sick passenger. soon, nobody is responding and there is a banging on the cockpit door.

jack and sara are having a hard time digging a koi fish pond as a surprise birthday present for their twin daughters when jack's mother calls and tells him that something is wrong.

cesar is part of a group of illegal aliens crossing from mexico into texas. when they run into someone strange, they think the person must be half-dead from the heat.

betty hollister is the first female submarine captain. as she prepares her crew for exercises in the pacific ocean, she receives an alarming eam (emergency action alert) ordering her to release her nuclear weapons.

like i said, book 1 starts off pretty good.