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Title: Eve: A Christmas Ghost Story

Subtitle: A Psychic Surveys Prequel, Volume 3

Author: Shani Struthers

Narrator: Heather Tracy

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 33 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-11-17

Publisher: Authors Reach

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: Fiction, Horror

Publisher's Summary:

What do you do when a whole town is haunted?

In 1899, in the North Yorkshire market town of Thorpe Morton, a tragedy occurred; 59 people died at the market hall whilst celebrating Christmas Eve, many of them children. One hundred years on and the spirits of the deceased are restless still, 'haunting' the community, refusing to let them forget.

In 1999, psychic investigators Theo Lawson and Ness Patterson are called in to help, sensing immediately on arrival how weighed down the town is. Quickly they discover there's no safe haven. The past taints everything.

Hurtling towards the anniversary as well as a new millennium, their aim is to move the spirits on, to cleanse the atmosphere so everyone - the living and the dead - can start again. But the spirits prove resistant and soon Theo and Ness are caught up in battle, fighting against something that knows their deepest fears and can twist them in the most dangerous of ways.

They'll need all their courage to succeed and the help of a little girl too - a spirit who didn't die at the hall, who shouldn't even be there...

Members Reviews:

Gripping story, listened to it in one sitting.

Didn't want to put it on pause. Great listen, well narrated too. Would recommend it.

A Christmas Horror with a Heart

I've read three of the Psychic Surveys series from Shani Struthers already, so I was thrilled when I won an audiobook of Eve: A Christmas Ghost. This is a prequel to the series, told from side character Theos point of view. I love Ruby, the main character in the the Psychic Surveys series, but fierce Theo is my favourite. I loved getting more of an insight into her story and that of fellow psychic Ness.

The tale begins in mid-December in a town devoid of any Christmas spirit. Thorpe Morton is a place where everyone is haunted by ghosts and the towns tragic past.

Theo and Ness soon find that they are dealing with more than a simple haunting, resulting in some terrifying scenes.

I loved the growing relationship between Theo and Ness. The contrast between Theos strong personality and Ness quiet reserved nature worked brilliantly.

This is not only a ghost story, but also a mystery. The ending was sad, but also heartwarming. Like the other Psychic Survey books, this is about friendship and trust overcoming darkness.

The narrators accent added to the essence of this book. Her rich, warm accent suited the tale perfectly.

If you're looking for a heartwarming Christmas horror, give this a go. And yes, I'm a bit odd :)

great book really enjoyed it will read more from

Really loved this book and the narrator was fantastic her northern accent was spot on

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Title: The Narrows

Author: Ronald Malfi

Narrator: David Stifel

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 55 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-01-17

Publisher: Journalstone Publishing

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 14 votes

Genres: Fiction, Horror

Publisher's Summary:

The town of Stillwater has a very unwelcome resident.

The town of Stillwater has been dying - the long and painful death of a town ravaged by floods and haunted by the ghosts of all who had lived there. Yet this most recent flood has brought something with it - a creature that nests among the good folks of Stillwater...and feeds off them. The children who haven't disappeared whisper the same word - "vampire". But they're wrong. What has come to Stillwater is something much more horrific.

Members Reviews:

Beautifully Horrific

Ronald draws the reader in with strong description and interesting characters. I am a big fan of Horror, but not so when it relies on cheap tricks and bland characters. Ronald has a poet's mastery of language and the ability to evoke the right feeling. His pinpoint details make reading this book more like watching a movie, and it's instantly and thoroughly chilling. He makes all of his characters interesting and rich. The combination compels you to read on. I really enjoyed it.

I picked this book up on strong recommendations to read Ronald, and was very impressed by what I found. His book tickled my nostalgia of reading Summer of Night by Dan Simmons, in that it has the small town feeling and young characters fighting a strange monster that has come to town. I can't express the "feeling" part enough. Both Ronald and Dan have that rare gift of character and description that makes the story live inside your mind, creating ideal escapism.

What follows is a chilling experience in a dying town where nightmares, mutilated livestock, and missing children cause police and adults to scramble for answers before they lose their lives. When they're scared, you know you have problems. I enjoyed the use of the Mexican legend to make the monster seem more plausible, and the flushing out of its powers and purposes created memorable scenes of horror. Made better was the fact that I cared for what happened, and I enjoyed the twist at the end, along with the philosophical introspection about the nature of dying towns and how it affects the people that live within.

My only complaint would be that I felt some of the potential of the monster and the situation it created were not as actualized as I imagined they would. There is a high body count for the small town, but I guess I wanted the battle to be more drawn out. I can't really say more without spoiling the ending, and by no means should this slight complaint detract from my recommendation to read this book. It's a great story that I really enjoyed reading. I'm very glad someone told me to check out Ronald Malfi's writing, and I plan to read everything he puts out.

Atmospheric and chills to the bone!

With books like "December Park" and shorts such as "Skullbelly" and "Mourning House", author Ronald Malfi has mastered small town horror. "The Narrows" works as well, if not better, than "Salem's Lot" and recalls other "town horror" like a John Saul or Dean Koontz entry. It has an original and unique take on a horror sub-genre that fans cherish while creating memorable characters. I felt as much a citizen of Stillwater as Sherfiff Ben or Dispatcher Shirley. Character development, atmosphere as thick as fog and the looming sense of dread proves Malfi has no happy endings for this trip.

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Title: Behold the Void

Author: Philip Fracassi

Narrator: David Stifel

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 5 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-28-17

Publisher: Journalstone Publishing

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 34 votes

Genres: Fiction, Horror

Publisher's Summary:

Behold the Void includes nine stories of terror that huddle in the dark space between cosmic horror and the modern weird, between old-school hard-edged horror of the 1980s and the stylistic prose of today's literary giants.

Revenge takes a monstrous form when a scorned lover acquires bizarre, telekinetic powers; a community swimming pool on a bright summer day becomes the setting for a ghastly nightmare of sacrifice and loss; a thief does bloody battle with a Yakuza for the soul of a horse god; a priest must solve the mystery of a century-old serial killer or risk the apocalypse; a newly-married couple discover that relationships-gone-bad can be poisonous, and deadly; a child is forced to make an ultimate choice between letting his parents die or living with the monsters they may become; and when a boy is trapped on a beach at low tide, he must face death in many forms - that of the rising water coming to consume him and the ghost of his dead mother who wants him back, reaching for him with dark, longing arms....

Members Reviews:

Philip Fracassi is not to be slept on...

There is nothing I can say more accurate or appropriate to any one about to dive into this collection of short stories & novelettes - each one crescendoing and ending with their wonderful central characters being forced to face impossible revelations about the world and the chaos of it all that brought them to their final moment alive - that would be worded better than Laird Barrons introduction to this debut publication. (For those new to the world of good horror literature, Barron is a heavyweight champion who makes the likes of Stephen King look like childrens books - so Lairds giddy and enthusiastic preamble was honestly shocking for me to read as I prepared to see what this Void had ready for, and just as Barron stated, Fracassi has obviously been winding up for years, and this is as big of a statement as one could ever dream of from any horror authors first volume of short stories.)

Not since John Langans, The Wide Carnivorous Sky, has there been a new name on the mainstream weird fiction/occult horror block worth obsessing over. Philip Fracassi, you HAD my curiosity, but now you have my full attention!

most excellent

loved it! i'll for sure revisit this book when some future purchase disappoints; both narrator and author make me jealous with their talent.

Excellent horror that gets better as you go

In the world of horror, few stones have been left unturned, but this book manages to find that black mold that is terror, fuels it with creative nightmares and lets it creep into our bones. Well written and performed.

Fantastic stories

What did you love best about Behold the Void?

Fracassi has a rich and frighting imagination, reminds me of vintage Stephen King

Who was your favorite character and why?

Fracassi is great at developing memorable characters in a short amount of time. I'd say my favorite was the boy in Mandala, the final story in the collection

Have you listened to any of David Stifels other performances before? How does this one compare?

I have not

Who was the most memorable character of Behold the Void and why?

It's a collection of short stories, so there are many characters to choose from.

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Title: The Night Land

Author: William Hope Hodgson

Narrator: Arthur Vincet

Format: Unabridged

Length: 18 hrs and 46 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-13-17

Publisher: Audioliterature

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Fiction, Horror

Publisher's Summary:

"The Night Land" is a classic horror novel by William Hope Hodgson. As a work of fantasy it belongs to the Dying Earth subgenre. When the book was written, the nature of the energy source that powers stars was not known: Lord Kelvin had published calculations based on the hypothesis that the energy came from the gravitational collapse of the gas cloud that had formed the sun and found that this mechanism gave the Sun a lifetime of only a few tens of millions of years. Starting from this premise, Hodgson wrote a novel describing a time, millions of years in the future, when the Sun has gone dark.

©2017 Audioliterature (P)2017 Audioliterature

Members Reviews:

Unusual

Definitely one of the more unique books I've read. It is most similar to The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kaddath, or I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream. Although the story itself isn't that amazing, the world that Hodgson has created is fantastic.

My main issue is that the writing is very repetitive. Very often you will find the phrase "and you will see this to be good," and the author apparently thought it necessary to inform the reader every time the protagonist prepares water or food for himself, even if the act is completely uneventful.

The cover of this book is also a bit ugly. The image on the front appears to be a low-resolution image that was blown up. Not exactly something to show off on your bookshelf.

for the readers that can somehow get past all that the imaginative and epic scope of this novel are as good as it gets

Some readers will understandably have issues with the language and the sexism. However, for the readers that can somehow get past all that the imaginative and epic scope of this novel are as good as it gets. The dark (pun intended) landscape and environment coupled with the fantastic history and adventure make this a unique and memorable classic.

A Classic Epic Of Valor And Terror

The world is old beyond the count of years, and the last remnants of humanity shelter behind the walls of a mighty fortress, while evil watches without sleep in the eternal night outside. Yet a faint but clear signal arrives, revealing another fastness has survived, but is under desperate siege. Alone the hero braves the silent terrors to find his true love.

The language is a bit archaic, probably intentionally so, but move beyond that to find a classic sci-fi tale depicting extraordinary bravery in the Earth's dying days of eternal darkness, and waking nightmares.

And I just can't say enough good things about it

I read this after reading John C. Wright's more recent sci fi renderings of the Night Land world. And I just can't say enough good things about it. The whole world of Hodgson's Night Land is to me deeply evocative, captivating, moving at so many levels. If you like John C Wright I think you'll like Hodgson's wonderful predecessor work. If you don't know John C. Wright's work, hey, check them both out. Oh and hey the price for the Hodgson book can't be beat. What's not to like?

I kind of like it, but it's hard to read

The prose is atrocious pseudo-Victorian craziness. I kind of like it, but it's hard to read, like a lazy translation of Balzac. The worldbuilding is worth the slog, though.

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Title: Darkside Blues

Subtitle: The Ulrich Files, Book 3

Author: Ambrose Ibsen

Narrator: Jake Urry

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 43 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-06-17

Publisher: Ambrose Ibsen

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 78 votes

Genres: Fiction, Horror

Publisher's Summary:

"Ghosts don't simply latch onto places, investigator. People can become haunted, too."

A missing person. A city plunged into unforgiving winter. A dangerous spirit.

Though enjoying an increase in business following his last case, life isn't all roses for private investigator Harlan Ulrich. His newest job, another missing person's case, is unlike any other he's ever taken on.

Local businessman Michael Poole hires Ulrich to find his estranged daughter.

The problem?

She's been dead for a decade.

Join Ulrich on a trip into the darkness, into the frostbitten underworld, as he seeks out a hateful phantom with only a cat and a thermos of good coffee on his side.

Darkside Blues is the third novel in the Ulrich Files series by Ambrose Ibsen.

Members Reviews:

Creepy and well-written

The main character of this book was really hard up for money in the book that preceded this, so it was really cool to see him doing a job for the sake of the job in this book because he cared about the job so much, and the money was secondary.

This story had atmosphere and was moody. Ambrose Ibsen did a great job of setting the tone, and Jake Urry did an amazing job of oozing out the mood. Jake is one of my favorite narrators and I plan to stalk him on Audible until I have listened to nearly everything he has done.

If you like mysteries and ghost stories, this book is a perfect mashup. Give it a listen and you won't be sorry. I bought this book after hearing the one that came before this, and I'm hooked on this series now!

works perfectly well as a standalone

This book was a classic haunting story that was strong all the way through - the ghost was actually terrifying in both character and gore. I often feel let down in one of those two aspects when I read horror so this gets a round of applause from me!

This book is the third in The Ulrich Files series, I haven't heard either of the earlier books but this installment works perfectly well as a standalone with only a few references to what may have occurred in the past (and where PI Harlan Ulrich got his oddly charming cat from).

Ulrich is a good main character, he's suitably freaked out when he discovers a disfigured ghost is following him but he's empathetic enough a person to stick around to see things through. He's the perfect stereotype of the moody PI with a troubled past and a heart of gold, I love me a classic and this delivers perfectly.

The ending of this story is strong and balances the paranormal with the awfulness of humanity really well, you won't be disappointed! Ibsen definitely knows how to put a great horror story together - I'm glad that I listened to this in the lead up to Halloween, it has me itching for another good horror read to keep the creeps going.

Jake Urry was an excellent narrator for this kind of book, his character voices were the highlight for me - they sound completely different from his narration voice and really come to life (heh. Ghost puns).

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Title: Ghost Walk

Author: Brian Keene

Narrator: Chet Williamson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 33 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-03-17

Publisher: Crossroad Press

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 48 votes

Genres: Fiction, Horror

Publisher's Summary:

There are all kinds of legends about the forests of Central Pennsylvania, and in this sequel to Dark Hollow, the truth about those legends is finally revealed.

Halloween is coming, and a new haunted attraction is open for business in LeHorn's Hollow. Folks will come from miles around to walk down the spooky trail and get scared witless. But there's one thing the owners of the ghost walk haven't counted on. There really is something waiting in the woods - a vast, ancient evil whose hunger threatens to consume all life on Earth. Soon, the unsuspecting customers will pay their money and get in line...to die. And only one man, occult detective Levi Stoltzfus, can save them and stop the evil before it is unleashed.

Members Reviews:

A must listen

Excellent story. Chet Williamson did an excellent job bringing these characters to life. I read this book about ten years ago, give or take, and I am so executed that Keene's books are getting the audiobook versions they need.

One of my favorite from Keene

This is one of my favorite books from Brian Keene. I love the idea of the Ghost Walk and is perfect for Halloween. It's a super fast passed page Turner. If your thinking about listening to this book just do yourself a favor and get it.

Meh

Would you try another book from Brian Keene and/or Chet Williamson?

No, I would not.

What could Brian Keene have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?

It could not suck, for starters.

What didnt you like about Chet Williamsons performance?

He was pretty snotty.

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from Ghost Walk?

Almost all of them.

Any additional comments?

Nope.

Story was okay but the narration, not so much.

Would you try another book from Brian Keene and/or Chet Williamson?

The story was okay but Ol' Chet here to me ruined the story. I couldn't make it through the entire book and I love Brian Keene's novels but to me, This narrator sucked. Don't bother wasting your money or Credit on it. I really really hope that Chet doesn't narrate The Conqueror Worms cause that one is my all time favorite Brian Keene book.

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Title: The Origin of Dracula

Author: Irving Belateche

Narrator: Kevin T. Collins

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-03-17

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 17 votes

Genres: Fiction, Horror

Publisher's Summary:

Winner, Best Horror Novel, 2016 Best Book Awards

Semi-Finalist, 2016 Kindle Book Awards

"The past isn't dead. It isn't even past." (William Faulkner)

Between mourning the recent loss of his wife and trying to raise his young son alone, librarian John Grant is barely surviving. And then he receives an anonymous letter promising a terrible revenge - retribution for a childhood sin John had thought long forgotten. The threat couldn't be crueler:

I will kill your precious son on his seventh birthday.

Now John's only chance to save his son is to play the "game" his enemy has laid out for him. A game involving clues buried in literary fiction. Impossibly, these clues are planted in novels written centuries before John was even born.

But soon the line between fact and fiction begins to blur, and the trail of clues forces John into a confrontation with an unimaginable evil.

Members Reviews:

Brilliant book!

One of the few books that I was able to finish! As Stephen King says, I don't have time for bad books when there are so many good ones just waiting to be read! Well, this one for sure. I wasn't sure what to expect when I bought the book, but I wasn't disappointed. Technically sound, well played plot, interesting characters. Consider me a fan!

Fun, Fascinating and Frightening

This is a classic horror story that echoes back to those great horror stories from years ago, like Rosemary's Baby and The Exorcist, where everything is treated realistically. That makes it chilling. It's a page turner with an intense plot and fully flushed out characters. I was immersed in this novel from page one. It's a must read for lovers of great fiction and sophisticated horror.

Excellent and exciting

This is a wonderful book. The first I've read from this author and looking forward to exploring his other works. I didn't know what to expect from the book but was pleasantly surprised to find it wasn't just another Dracula book. The writing style reminded me of some of Stephen King's work. The story moved along nicely, made sense and while it had some violence, it wasn't over done. Very good read!

Zard review The Origin of Dracula

Ever since I read "Einstein's Secret" I liked this author. He has an unusual way of looking at things that I like. When The Origin of Dracula became available on the daily deal I immediately purchased it and started reading and was not disappointed. This is a dark story and Dracula is particularly nasty and well as some of the characters he is after. The author provides a most unusual theory on the origins of Dracula and makes this creature more than just out for blood. He is an outright evil character and blood seems to have little to do with whom he chooses to kill and how he kills them. He is a bad dude and some of the characters who join forces with our hero are far from stellar in goodness. And the way that Dracula kills some of his victims is far from the Victorian model.

This is a great and fast read because you cannot put it down. I am going to follow this author. He has a most unusual way of perceiving things and

spins a tight and good yarn.

Compelling read

This story is a good blend of intrigue, mystery and fantasy. I liked how developed the characters were, and how the story developed to a conclusion.

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Title: Blakemort

Subtitle: A Psychic Surveys Christmas Novella

Author: Shani Struthers

Narrator: Lorraine Ansell

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 40 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-30-17

Publisher: Authors Reach

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: Fiction, Horror

Publisher's Summary:

"That house, that damned house. Will it ever stop haunting me?"

After her parents' divorce, five-year old Corinna Greer moves into Blakemort with her mother and brother. Set on the edge of the village of Whitesmith, the only thing attractive about it is the rent. A 'sensitive', Corinna is aware from the start that something is wrong with the house. Very wrong.

Christmas is coming but at Blakemort that's not something to get excited about. A house that sits and broods, that calculates and considers, it's then that it lashes out - the attacks endured over five years becoming worse. There are also the spirits, some willing residents, others not. Amongst them a boy, a beautiful, spiteful boy.

Who are they? What do they want? And is Corinna right when she suspects it's not just the dead the house traps but the living too?

Members Reviews:

Suspense & wonder

Thanks again Shani, love how you tie in your books to make everything even more interesting. Love the characters you have created, can't wait to read more about them! Thanks Lorraine for doing a beautiful job of narrating!

Annoying narration

Good story marred by narration which was overperformed. Voices for the mother father and aunt were horribly performed. Main character was slightly irritating as well.

Narrator issues

I felt like the narrator was over the top at times (with crying and whining sounds), and she was a slow reader. Takes long pauses between sentences/in the middle of sentences. However I did find other parts of the narration to be relaxing and well done. I wish that parts of the story had not been so vague..

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Title: When the Wind Blows

Author: John Saul

Narrator: Emily Sutton-Smith

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-08-17

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 10 votes

Genres: Fiction, Horror

Publisher's Summary:

The children were waiting. Waiting for centuries. Waiting for someone to hear their cries. Now nine-year-old Christie Lyons has come to live in the house on the hill - the house where no children have lived for 50 years. Now little Christie will sleep in the old-fashioned nursery on the third floor. Now Christie's terror will begin...When the Wind Blows the children must die!

Members Reviews:

Great book

Always love John Saul. Have read all his books. Even good second time around. Worth the time!

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Title: The Guardian

Subtitle: A New Experience Beyond Terror

Author: Jeffrey Konvitz

Narrator: Todd Glass

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 16 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-24-17

Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 9 votes

Genres: Fiction, Horror

Publisher's Summary:

Evil is raging on the 20th floor of an apartment building on the West Side. In an open window, a hideous blind nun perpetually gazing...watching. A body, burned beyond recognition. Then two more murders...strangely connected. And the discoverer, a beautiful young woman, raped. Her innocent child exposed to horror. Her husband, furious, relentlessly set on revenge. A cool, calculating, laughing priest intent on saving more lives from the destruction. And so it begins...powerful, satanic, terrifying...a time you will never forget.

Members Reviews:

Awsome

I have always included The Sentinal in my list of all time favorite horror movies of the past. Recently I have listen to The Sentinel on Audible when finishing I realized there was a sequel, purchasing it immediately I didn't know if I would like it because I prefer generally to listen to a woman's voice. However after listening to the guardian twice I was so impressed with this book as a sequel, in the rare case, I feel the sequel was a much better story than the original. I would highly recommend and I would really like to see this made into a movie. the narrator really made this for me he was great. thank you.

Pretty good Horror Novel

Didn't like the very, very end because the writer never wrote a third book in the series. Not as good as the first book, The Sentinel, but has enough graphic moments to be a decent horror novel.

YES

Blood, guts, gore, demons, good versus evil, and *SPOILERS* an UNhappy ending. All the key elements that make a kicka$$ horror story! I really liked the Guardian; even though this is a sequel, it can stand alone as a great story. Narration and story were both fantastic. It's been said before, but this needs to be a movie!