Was She Wicked? Was She Good?: A Short Horror Story

M. Rickert

Feb 2020 · Come Join Us By the Fire Book 32 · Nightfire · Narrated by Ramon de Ocampo

48 reviews

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"Was She Wicked? Was She Good?" is a short horror story by award-winning author M. Rickert, one of 35 entries in the audio anthology Come Join Us by the Fire.

Not all anniversaries are happy occasions. One family copes with the damage that remains after being victims of a home invasion.

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.

"Was She Wicked? Was She Good?" is a short horror story by award-winning author M. Rickert, one of 35 entries in the audio anthology Come Join Us by the Fire. Not all anniversaries are happy occasions. One family copes with the damage that remains after being victims of a home invasion. Come J...

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48 reviews

C “Peapod”

February 13, 2023

Good story & I really liked it. I just wish there had been a Lil more info or it told what happened on the 1st incident in the city.

Darla Gay

November 8, 2020

l waited to have more. l enjoyed using my imagination. l liked his writing style. lt left me wanting more .

Jessi Rose

March 28, 2020

Loved it. A lot better than I thought it'd be. Very interested in stories that show the darker parts of kids.

About the author

M. Rickert has published the short story collections Map of Dreams, Holiday, and You Have Never Been Here. Her stories have been collected in numerous anthologies including American Fantastic Tales, The Big Book of Ghost Stories, Nightmares: A New Decade of Modern Horror, and Shadows and Tall Trees 7. She is the winner of the Crawford Award, World Fantasy Award and Shirley Jackson Award. Her first novel, The Memory Garden, won the Locus award. Before earning her MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts she worked as a kindergarten teacher, coffee shop barista, Disneyland balloon vendor and personnel assistant in Sequoia National Park. She currently lives in Wisconsin where she is working on a new novel, and teaching yoga.

M. Rickert has published the short story collections Map of Dreams, Holiday, and You Have Never Been Here. Her stories have been collected in numerous anthologies including American Fantastic Tales, The Big Book of Ghost Stories, Nightmares: A New Decade of Modern Horror, and Shadows and Tall Tre...

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