These Deathless Bones: A Short Horror Story

Cassandra Khaw

Feb 2020 · Come Join Us By the Fire Book 8 · Nightfire · Narrated by Saskia Maarleveld

225 reviews

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"These Deathless Bones" is a short horror story by Cassandra Khaw, one of 35 entries in the audio horror anthology Come Join Us by the Fire.

A tale about the Witch Bride, second wife of a King, and the discord between her and her young stepson.

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.

"These Deathless Bones" is a short horror story by Cassandra Khaw, one of 35 entries in the audio horror anthology Come Join Us by the Fire. A tale about the Witch Bride, second wife of a King, and the discord between her and her young stepson. Come Join Us by the Fire, edited by Theresa DeLuc...

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225 reviews

Carla Moore

October 24, 2019

This is a deliciously creepy little short story... where nothing is as it appears, not the Evil stepmother, nor the beautiful, young boy-Prince. So get the book and gather in close as the narrator, Saskia Maarleveld spirits you away!

Rainy Lopez

August 5, 2020

Well worth the listen. Creepy in all the right ways. I do wish a content warning for animal deaths would've been added at the beginning, but otherwise an all around great story.

C “Peapod”

February 13, 2023

Love this creepy little tale that is not what you first might have expected. One of the top 3 stories in this series for sure! Just a great story with great narrative, I only wish it was longer! Plus I can't believe it was a freebie. Well played cause I will definitely be looking this author up!

About the author

Cassandra Khaw writes horror, press releases, video games, articles about video games, and tabletop RPGs. These are not necessarily unrelated items. Her work can be found in professional short story magazines such as Tor.com, Clarkesworld, Fireside Fiction, Uncanny, and the scientific journal Nature.

Cassandra Khaw writes horror, press releases, video games, articles about video games, and tabletop RPGs. These are not necessarily unrelated items. Her work can be found in professional short story magazines such as Tor.com, Clarkesworld, Fireside Fiction, Uncanny, and the scientific journal Nat...

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