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Exquisite Death
Zombies, freaks, vampires and. . . dogs? This anthology has everything a horror fan could ever want from a collection. Meet Bob, a plumber with some unusual methods of clog-unblocking; Ray, a teenage vampire who may depend on his friends a little too much and Chester, a family dog who just wants to be a good boy.
RUNNING TIME ⇒ 1hr. and 25mins.
©2014 In Ear Entertainment Limited (P)2013 In Ear Entertainment Limited
RUNNING TIME ⇒ 1hr. and 25mins.
©2014 In Ear Entertainment Limited (P)2013 In Ear Entertainment Limited
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First published August 13, 2013
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About the author
Benjamin Kane Ethridge
30 books235 followersBenjamin Kane Ethridge is the Bram Stoker Award winning author of the occult fantasy novel BLACK & ORANGE. He also wrote a master's thesis entitled, "CAUSES OF UNEASE: The Rhetoric of Horror Fiction and Film." Available in an ivory tower near you. Ben lives in Southern California. When he isn't writing, reading, videogaming, he's figuring out ways to keep from writing.
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September 26, 2013
It's kind of weird for me, as I am a voracious reader and a podcast junkie, but it's only recently that I started listening to audiobooks with any regularity. And I don't think I have ever reviewed an audiobook on the blog, so when I was offered a copy of this little anthology for review, I decided it was about time to remedy that oversight.
Exquisite Death is made up of six short stories, alternately narrated by George E. Leonard and Ian Baldwin (one of them is apparently female judging by the notably feminine voice, just don't ask me which one). And the contributing authors are very familiar to me save for Todd Keisling, a new name to me, but a guy who wrote a really cool story called "Radio Free Nowhere" for this collection.
A couple of the stories were ones I had already read previously, those being Cate Gardner's "Apheliac" and Anthony J. Rapino's "The Plumber." Between those two tales right there, you can really get a sense of the shared theme of death, as well as the notably divergent styles of each author.
Ethridge's "Chester" kicked things off really nicely with a tale told from a dog's point of view. It started off a little weird, a little disorienting, but it didn't take long for things to turn really, really creepy. The next two were Cate Gardner's stories, and she might be one of the most lyrical writers I've read, certainly of this collection. It's always a treat--and a wee bit of a mind warp--to read her work. And like I mentioned earlier, "Radio Free Nowhere" by Todd Keisling serves well as an introduction to Todd's work, but it was also the story that really exposed the narrator's less than convincing American accents. At the risk of sounding mean, I laughed out loud when the especially southern-fried accent started.
Accents aside, the narrators do a really good job capturing the tone and pacing of each story. I'm also a sucker for a British accent. Something about proper English just really amplifies a horror story, I find. As far as the audiobook format goes, my only gripe would be the absence of bookmarks with MP3 files. If a listener wants to revisit a specific story after listening to the book in full, they'll have to navigate it manually, sliding the media player's progress bar and just hoping for the best. Ugh, first world problems, right?
Exquisite Death is made up of six short stories, alternately narrated by George E. Leonard and Ian Baldwin (one of them is apparently female judging by the notably feminine voice, just don't ask me which one). And the contributing authors are very familiar to me save for Todd Keisling, a new name to me, but a guy who wrote a really cool story called "Radio Free Nowhere" for this collection.
A couple of the stories were ones I had already read previously, those being Cate Gardner's "Apheliac" and Anthony J. Rapino's "The Plumber." Between those two tales right there, you can really get a sense of the shared theme of death, as well as the notably divergent styles of each author.
Ethridge's "Chester" kicked things off really nicely with a tale told from a dog's point of view. It started off a little weird, a little disorienting, but it didn't take long for things to turn really, really creepy. The next two were Cate Gardner's stories, and she might be one of the most lyrical writers I've read, certainly of this collection. It's always a treat--and a wee bit of a mind warp--to read her work. And like I mentioned earlier, "Radio Free Nowhere" by Todd Keisling serves well as an introduction to Todd's work, but it was also the story that really exposed the narrator's less than convincing American accents. At the risk of sounding mean, I laughed out loud when the especially southern-fried accent started.
Accents aside, the narrators do a really good job capturing the tone and pacing of each story. I'm also a sucker for a British accent. Something about proper English just really amplifies a horror story, I find. As far as the audiobook format goes, my only gripe would be the absence of bookmarks with MP3 files. If a listener wants to revisit a specific story after listening to the book in full, they'll have to navigate it manually, sliding the media player's progress bar and just hoping for the best. Ugh, first world problems, right?
January 10, 2014
Thoroughly enjoyable collection of short horror stories exploring the theme of death. A few in particular stay with you after the audiobook ends - the tale of Chester the dog especially, and the title story - and I will listen to this again. (Although perhaps not when alone on a dark and stormy night...)
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