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Dead Air
"Matt Drabble is a name that will one day be as widely recognized as Stephen King & Dean Koontz" - READERS FAVORITE
There is an old radio that sits on a second hand store shelf gathering dust and waiting for the right unsuspecting audience to come along.
It hasn’t had the chance to play to an audience for many years now, not since it was locked away and forgotten, but now it is hungry to live once more.
Tonight you have wandered into the eerie white glow of its dial and you tell yourself that there’s no harm in tuning in to a story or two right?
So pull up a chair, sit in the inviting darkness and let your announcer take you on a ride through ten stories that will both thrill and chill you to the bone.
Are you sitting comfortably? Are you ready and are you sure that you’re alone? Then let us begin.
Selected other works by Matt
FULL MOON - The 2025 Kindle Book Review's Winner for Horror/Suspense.
ABRA-CADAVER - The 2017 Readers Favorite Silver Medal Winner for Horror Fiction. Winner of a prestigious Indie Book of the Day Award, a 2015 Kindle Book Review Award Finalist and is the 2016 Book Excellence Awards winner for Horror Fiction.
THE GATED TRILOGY - Winner of multiple achievements including - a UK & US Horror Chart Top 10 best seller, 2015 Readers Favorite Gold Medal Winner for Horror Fiction & the 2014 Full Moon Awards Horror Book of the year.
THE ASYLUM TRILOGY - an Amazon US Horror Chart #5 best seller, voted #5 on The Horror Novel Review's Top 10 Books of 2013, a 2014 Readers Favorite Gold Medal winner & the 2016 Readers Favorite Silver Medal winner for Anthology Fiction.
THE LAST RESORT - The 2019 Readers Favorite Silver Medal Winner for Horror Fiction & The 2019 Kindle Book Review's Winner for Horror/Suspense.
To find more
Website: mattdrabble.co.uk
X: MattDrabble01
Facebook: matt.drabble.3
Instagram:mattdrabbleauthor
There is an old radio that sits on a second hand store shelf gathering dust and waiting for the right unsuspecting audience to come along.
It hasn’t had the chance to play to an audience for many years now, not since it was locked away and forgotten, but now it is hungry to live once more.
Tonight you have wandered into the eerie white glow of its dial and you tell yourself that there’s no harm in tuning in to a story or two right?
So pull up a chair, sit in the inviting darkness and let your announcer take you on a ride through ten stories that will both thrill and chill you to the bone.
Are you sitting comfortably? Are you ready and are you sure that you’re alone? Then let us begin.
Selected other works by Matt
FULL MOON - The 2025 Kindle Book Review's Winner for Horror/Suspense.
ABRA-CADAVER - The 2017 Readers Favorite Silver Medal Winner for Horror Fiction. Winner of a prestigious Indie Book of the Day Award, a 2015 Kindle Book Review Award Finalist and is the 2016 Book Excellence Awards winner for Horror Fiction.
THE GATED TRILOGY - Winner of multiple achievements including - a UK & US Horror Chart Top 10 best seller, 2015 Readers Favorite Gold Medal Winner for Horror Fiction & the 2014 Full Moon Awards Horror Book of the year.
THE ASYLUM TRILOGY - an Amazon US Horror Chart #5 best seller, voted #5 on The Horror Novel Review's Top 10 Books of 2013, a 2014 Readers Favorite Gold Medal winner & the 2016 Readers Favorite Silver Medal winner for Anthology Fiction.
THE LAST RESORT - The 2019 Readers Favorite Silver Medal Winner for Horror Fiction & The 2019 Kindle Book Review's Winner for Horror/Suspense.
To find more
Website: mattdrabble.co.uk
X: MattDrabble01
Facebook: matt.drabble.3
Instagram:mattdrabbleauthor
257 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 5, 2026
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About the author
Matt Drabble
63 books244 followersBorn in Bath, England in 1974, a self-professed "funny onion", equal parts sport loving jock and comic book geek.
Awards & Achievements:
"ABRA-CADAVER" is the 2017 Readers Favorite Silver Medal Winner for Horror Fiction. It is also a 2015 Kindle Book Review Finalist, an Indie Book of the Day winner and the 2016 Book Excellence Award Winner for Horror Fiction.
"GATED" is the 2015 Readers Favorite Gold Medal Winner. It is also a UK & US Horror Chart Top Ten Best Seller & winner of the Full Moon Awards 2014 Horror Book of the Year.
"ASYLUM - 13 TALES OF TERROR" was a US Horror Chart #5. It was also voted #5 on The Horror Novel Review's Top 10 Books of 2013 & was the Readers Favorite 2014 Gold Medal Winner for Anthology Fiction.
"THE LAST RESORT" is the 2019 Readers Favorite Silver Medal Winner for Horror Fiction & The 2019 Kindle Book Review's Winner for Horror/Suspense
Visit me at www.mattdrabble.co.uk to download free short stories.
Twitter: MattDrabble01
Facebook: matt.drabble.3
Instagram: mattdrabble01
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Awards & Achievements:
"ABRA-CADAVER" is the 2017 Readers Favorite Silver Medal Winner for Horror Fiction. It is also a 2015 Kindle Book Review Finalist, an Indie Book of the Day winner and the 2016 Book Excellence Award Winner for Horror Fiction.
"GATED" is the 2015 Readers Favorite Gold Medal Winner. It is also a UK & US Horror Chart Top Ten Best Seller & winner of the Full Moon Awards 2014 Horror Book of the Year.
"ASYLUM - 13 TALES OF TERROR" was a US Horror Chart #5. It was also voted #5 on The Horror Novel Review's Top 10 Books of 2013 & was the Readers Favorite 2014 Gold Medal Winner for Anthology Fiction.
"THE LAST RESORT" is the 2019 Readers Favorite Silver Medal Winner for Horror Fiction & The 2019 Kindle Book Review's Winner for Horror/Suspense
Visit me at www.mattdrabble.co.uk to download free short stories.
Twitter: MattDrabble01
Facebook: matt.drabble.3
Instagram: mattdrabble01
or to sign up for a newsletter: http://mad.ly/signups/95503/join
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January 9, 2026
Clever
First off not one for 'short stories' but the ingenious idea of telling them through an antiquated radio that obviously isn't plugged in ? There it is ingenious! Frightening little tales that certainly at one point shocked me and gave the dreaded goosebumps. Clever, clever , clever you are Matt Drabble😁
First off not one for 'short stories' but the ingenious idea of telling them through an antiquated radio that obviously isn't plugged in ? There it is ingenious! Frightening little tales that certainly at one point shocked me and gave the dreaded goosebumps. Clever, clever , clever you are Matt Drabble😁
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