Standard Deviations

by Marcus Damanda

“Damanda knows how to tell a fantastic story.” —Elias Witherow, author of The Black Farm

Prepare to be transported to a world of horror and suspense with NoSleep Podcast favorite Marcus Damanda.

Meet a serial killer forever trapped in a Super Max prison. A fifteen-year-old girl in 1912, forced to choose between a man she does not love and a boy who might just kill for her. A man who discovers, after forty years, that he has a twin brother… living in his stomach. A cancer-stricken old man who can listen to the dead call up from Hell through his stethoscope.

From the supernatural to the depravity of real life, each tale in this collection has its own unique flavor, full of twists and turns that will keep you guessing until the very end. Leave on just one light and settle in for a nightmarish meal of horror you won't soon forget.

Genres: Horror

235 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 24, 2023

About the author

Writer, teacher, world's best uncle, adoptive dad to Shazam the cat, I am the gatekeeper to your nightmares and dreams, weaver of tales fantastic and unimaginable ... or some stuff like that.

Reviews

[Maurício da Fonte Filho · Rating 5 out of 5]

Always great to read some amazing stories by Marcus Damanda. 'Standard Deviations' is a collection of some of my favorite tales of his, most of them featured in The NoSleep Podcast, and I really enjoyed revisiting them.

Marcus is an author who is able to weave fascinating and despicable characters, as well as original and enthralling stories.

My favorite ones in this anthology were the ones from the Tales of the 1.000 Ghosts, specially 'As Helen Remembered It' and 'The Paris Green Solution'.

[Lisa LaFontaine · Rating 2 out of 5]

Standard deviations is a collection of short horror stories written by Marcus Damanda and Velox Books. This audiobook is narrated by Matthew Crow and I think he did an amazing job throughout the different stories. However, I cannot say the same for the author. Maybe one or two of the short stories can really be classified as horror, the other ones no so much. Most of the stories make no sense at all. It’s a shame as I usually like anything Velox Books put their name on.

[Caroline 'relaxing with my rescue dogs' · Rating 4 out of 5]

I do love a good horror and this was a really great listen. Some of the stories I loved others not so much but that is what I love about a collection. Loved the prison and break in ones especially. Overall I just devoured this listen

The narration as always was brilliant and so well suited the stories.