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El Charro
A man wakes up in a cell with his badly-beaten friend. And something else. Something hungry.
Time: 19 minutes
Time: 19 minutes
1 pages, Audiobook
Published October 17, 2019
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John Langan
82 books1,871 followersJohn Langan is the author of two novels, The Fisherman (Word Horde 2016) and House of Windows (Night Shade 2009), and two collections of stories, The Wide, Carnivorous Sky and Other Monstrous Geographies (Hippocampus 2013) and Mr. Gaunt and Other Uneasy Encounters (Prime 2008). With Paul Tremblay, he co-edited Creatures: Thirty Years of Monsters (Prime 2011). He's one of the founders of the Shirley Jackson Awards, for which he served as a juror during its first three years. Currently, he reviews horror and dark fantasy for Locus magazine.
John Langan lives in New York's Hudson Valley with his wife, younger son, and many, many animals. He teaches at SUNY New Paltz. He's working toward his black belt in the Korean martial art of Tang Soo Do.
John Langan lives in New York's Hudson Valley with his wife, younger son, and many, many animals. He teaches at SUNY New Paltz. He's working toward his black belt in the Korean martial art of Tang Soo Do.
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November 4, 2021
SPOOKTOBER DAY TWENTY-SEVEN
welcome to my spooktober audio advent calendar, where, each day during the month of spooktober, i will be celebrating by listening to a free audio short from nightfire's Come Join Us by the Fire series, and you can join ME by following the links. let's all be scared together!!
19 minutes
another yessssss! and to think i almost skipped this one because i thought john langan was one of those cosmic horror writers whose whole deal shivers the timbers of other readers but is Not For Me.
none of that frustratingly intangible cosmic-horror-stuff here, just regular old supernatural horror—twisty and twisted, clever and squirmingly gross.
the descriptions are all up in your face, describing what's left of someone's face, with some extra horror for those of you with dentophobia.
and i loved it.
it also reminded me i should finally crack open my copy of Vlad, but that i should never, EVER discuss it in public.
listen to it here:
https://play.google.com/books/listen?...
THE STORIES:
OCTOBER 1: 57 REASONS FOR THE SLATE QUARRY SUICIDES - SAM J. MILLER
OCTOBER 2: SOME BREAKABLE THINGS - CASSANDRA KHAW
OCTOBER 3: EMERGENCY LANDING - SEANAN MCGUIRE
OCTOBER 4: THE CHANGELING - SARAH LANGAN
OCTOBER 5: THE BEASTS OF THE EARTH, THE MADNESS OF MEN - BROOKE BOLANDER
OCTOBER 6: THE FIREPLACE - CLAY MCLEOD CHAPMAN
OCTOBER 7: BONE - TADE THOMPSON
OCTOBER 8: IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING - MOLLY TANZER
OCTOBER 9: DREAM HOME - KAT HOWARD
OCTOBER 10: SPAWNING SEASON - NICHOLAS KAUFMANN
OCTOBER 11: THE GIRLS FROM THE HORROR MOVIE - GWENDOLYN KISTE
OCTOBER 12: IT WASHED UP - JOE R. LANSDALE
OCTOBER 13: BLACK NEUROLOGY - RICHARD KADREY
OCTOBER 14: WHEN THE ZOMBIES WIN - KARINA SUMNER-SMITH
OCTOBER 15: WASP & SNAKE - LIVIA LLEWELLYN
OCTOBER 16: THIS GUY - CHUCK WENDIG
OCTOBER 17: THE POND - PAUL TREMBLAY
OCTOBER 18: A LIFE THAT IS NOT MINE - KRISTI DEMEESTER
OCTOBER 19: GREENER PASTURES - MICHAEL WEHUNT
OCTOBER 20: THAT WHICH DOES NOT KILL YOU - LUCY A. SNYDER
OCTOBER 21: COLD, SILENT, AND DARK - KARY ENGLISH
OCTOBER 22: WAS SHE WICKED? WAS SHE GOOD? - M. RICKERT
OCTOBER 23: THE DAYS OF FLAMING MOTORCYCLES - CATHERYNNE M. VALENTE
OCTOBER 24: FLAYED ED - RICHARD KADREY
OCTOBER 25: MAMA TULU - JESSICA GUESS
OCTOBER 26: THE VAULT OF THE SKY, THE FACE OF THE DEEP
OCTOBER 28: STANDING WATER - CAITLIN R. KIERNAN
OCTOBER 29: MIDNIGHT CALLER - STEPHEN GRAHAM JONES
OCTOBER 30: TOOTH, TONGUE, AND CLAW - DAMIEN ANGELICA WALTERS
OCTOBER 31: THE QUIET BOY - NICK ANTOSCA
come to my blog!
welcome to my spooktober audio advent calendar, where, each day during the month of spooktober, i will be celebrating by listening to a free audio short from nightfire's Come Join Us by the Fire series, and you can join ME by following the links. let's all be scared together!!
19 minutes
another yessssss! and to think i almost skipped this one because i thought john langan was one of those cosmic horror writers whose whole deal shivers the timbers of other readers but is Not For Me.
none of that frustratingly intangible cosmic-horror-stuff here, just regular old supernatural horror—twisty and twisted, clever and squirmingly gross.
the descriptions are all up in your face, describing what's left of someone's face, with some extra horror for those of you with dentophobia.
and i loved it.
it also reminded me i should finally crack open my copy of Vlad, but that i should never, EVER discuss it in public.
listen to it here:
https://play.google.com/books/listen?...
THE STORIES:
OCTOBER 1: 57 REASONS FOR THE SLATE QUARRY SUICIDES - SAM J. MILLER
OCTOBER 2: SOME BREAKABLE THINGS - CASSANDRA KHAW
OCTOBER 3: EMERGENCY LANDING - SEANAN MCGUIRE
OCTOBER 4: THE CHANGELING - SARAH LANGAN
OCTOBER 5: THE BEASTS OF THE EARTH, THE MADNESS OF MEN - BROOKE BOLANDER
OCTOBER 6: THE FIREPLACE - CLAY MCLEOD CHAPMAN
OCTOBER 7: BONE - TADE THOMPSON
OCTOBER 8: IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING - MOLLY TANZER
OCTOBER 9: DREAM HOME - KAT HOWARD
OCTOBER 10: SPAWNING SEASON - NICHOLAS KAUFMANN
OCTOBER 11: THE GIRLS FROM THE HORROR MOVIE - GWENDOLYN KISTE
OCTOBER 12: IT WASHED UP - JOE R. LANSDALE
OCTOBER 13: BLACK NEUROLOGY - RICHARD KADREY
OCTOBER 14: WHEN THE ZOMBIES WIN - KARINA SUMNER-SMITH
OCTOBER 15: WASP & SNAKE - LIVIA LLEWELLYN
OCTOBER 16: THIS GUY - CHUCK WENDIG
OCTOBER 17: THE POND - PAUL TREMBLAY
OCTOBER 18: A LIFE THAT IS NOT MINE - KRISTI DEMEESTER
OCTOBER 19: GREENER PASTURES - MICHAEL WEHUNT
OCTOBER 20: THAT WHICH DOES NOT KILL YOU - LUCY A. SNYDER
OCTOBER 21: COLD, SILENT, AND DARK - KARY ENGLISH
OCTOBER 22: WAS SHE WICKED? WAS SHE GOOD? - M. RICKERT
OCTOBER 23: THE DAYS OF FLAMING MOTORCYCLES - CATHERYNNE M. VALENTE
OCTOBER 24: FLAYED ED - RICHARD KADREY
OCTOBER 25: MAMA TULU - JESSICA GUESS
OCTOBER 26: THE VAULT OF THE SKY, THE FACE OF THE DEEP
OCTOBER 28: STANDING WATER - CAITLIN R. KIERNAN
OCTOBER 29: MIDNIGHT CALLER - STEPHEN GRAHAM JONES
OCTOBER 30: TOOTH, TONGUE, AND CLAW - DAMIEN ANGELICA WALTERS
OCTOBER 31: THE QUIET BOY - NICK ANTOSCA
come to my blog!
March 24, 2022
4/5 estrellas.
Estuvo increíble. Imposible no acordarme del clásico y cómo Vlad plantó temor y respeto en mi corazón.
En cuanto a la narración, Ramón de Ocampo siempre es un 10/10✨
Estuvo increíble. Imposible no acordarme del clásico y cómo Vlad plantó temor y respeto en mi corazón.
En cuanto a la narración, Ramón de Ocampo siempre es un 10/10✨
August 30, 2020
4.5/5
Okay, so Macmillan has a new imprint coming soon called Nightfire books. They recently dropped 35(!) FREE audiobooks in an anthology called Come Join Us by the Fire to drum up hype for their upcoming published works. The drop has a ton of great authors from what I've been told including Paul Tremblay, China Mieville, Alyssa Wong, and of course John Langan.
I have heard much about Langan in the horror literature world and I'm so glad to have finally gotten to a bit of his work. This is very short but affecting and definitely creepy. I think scaring people in print is one of the more difficult things to pull off but Langan does it! I am definitely going to read more from him; the Fisherman is next on my list!
In the meantime, download this as soon as you can! I won't spoil it but it involves an interesting take on a demonic vampiric type creature.....
Okay, so Macmillan has a new imprint coming soon called Nightfire books. They recently dropped 35(!) FREE audiobooks in an anthology called Come Join Us by the Fire to drum up hype for their upcoming published works. The drop has a ton of great authors from what I've been told including Paul Tremblay, China Mieville, Alyssa Wong, and of course John Langan.
I have heard much about Langan in the horror literature world and I'm so glad to have finally gotten to a bit of his work. This is very short but affecting and definitely creepy. I think scaring people in print is one of the more difficult things to pull off but Langan does it! I am definitely going to read more from him; the Fisherman is next on my list!
In the meantime, download this as soon as you can! I won't spoil it but it involves an interesting take on a demonic vampiric type creature.....
November 4, 2019
Quite creepy with a slow reveal, makes me curious about the mythologies/legends that are behind its inspiration. Also, did it have to be teeth? When I have nightmares, they're about teeth. Brain, do not take this story as incentive to bring back those nightmares. Please.
October 30, 2020
A truly dark and twisted tale! This is not one for the faint of heart, seriously. It has some fantastic twists about classic tropes, making it an enjoyable listen. I loved the steady build-up, as well as the core concept and way the big revealed was put in motion.
TW: Gore, tooth loss
TW: Gore, tooth loss
November 9, 2019
Actually creepy! At one point, I experienced a literal chill.
May 27, 2022
3.5!
Hella creepy. Loved the descriptions. :0
Hella creepy. Loved the descriptions. :0
November 5, 2024
Liked this but it was so gross tbh.
August 19, 2020
An Interesting short audible story
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