Cold, Silent, and Dark: A Short Horror Story

Kary English

Feb 2020 · Come Join Us By the Fire Book 16 · Nightfire · Narrated by Saskia Maarleveld

172 reviews

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5 min

Unabridged

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A woman lures her lover to a dark, watery death in "Cold, Silent, and Dark", a short horror story by Kary English from the audio horror anthology Come Join Us by the Fire.

Come Join Us by the Fire, edited by Theresa DeLucci, is an audio-only horror anthology of 35 short stories from Nightfire Books, a horror imprint of Tor Books. The collection showcases the breadth of talent writing in the horror genre today, with contributions from a wide range of bestselling genre luminaries including China Miéville, Chuck Wendig, Richard Kadrey, and Victor LaValle; Shirley Jackson Award winners Paul Tremblay, Priya Sharma, and Sam J. Miller; Nebula Award winners Brooke Bolander, Alyssa Wong, Kij Johnson; and many, many more.

A woman lures her lover to a dark, watery death in "Cold, Silent, and Dark", a short horror story by Kary English from the audio horror anthology Come Join Us by the Fire. Come Join Us by the Fire, edited by Theresa DeLucci, is an audio-only horror anthology of 35 short stories from Nightfire B...

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172 reviews

Samantha Wolff

January 19, 2020

Decent short story. I'd imagine the description of the plot would be better in text form. The recitation was not done well, with emphasis on odd words.

5 people found this review helpful

Loreta G.A.

October 22, 2019

I didn't find it that good, just ok. Good thing is that it's a very short book so I didn't spend much time on it.

45 people found this review helpful

Amira Love

November 10, 2019

i just started get interested it ended. not kool. need read more of book.

35 people found this review helpful

About the author

Kary English is a Writers of the Future winner whose fiction has appeared in Grantville Gazette's Universe Annex, Galaxy's Edge, Writers of the Future, Vol. 31, Undercurrents, and Daily Science Fiction. Her stories have been nominated for the Hugo and Campbell awards, and long-listed for the Bram Stoker Award.

Kary English is a Writers of the Future winner whose fiction has appeared in Grantville Gazette's Universe Annex, Galaxy's Edge, Writers of the Future, Vol. 31, Undercurrents, and Daily Science Fiction. Her stories have been nominated for the Hugo and Campbell awards, and long-listed for the Bram...

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