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Dark Stars
- New Tales of Darkest Horror
- Narrated by: Jennifer O'Donnell, John Keating, Jonathan Todd Ross, Neil Shah, Jasmin Walker, Rita Wolf, Fareeda Ahmed
- Length: 16 hrs and 10 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Dark Stars is a tribute to horror’s longstanding short-fiction legacy, featuring 12 terrifying original stories from today's most noteworthy authors, with a foreword by best-selling author Josh Malerman (Bird Box) and an afterword by Ramsey Campbell.
Created as an homage to the 1980 classic horror anthology, Dark Forces, edited by Kirby McCauley, this collection contains 12 original novelettes showcasing today’s top horror talent. Dark Stars features all-new stories from award-winning authors and up-and-coming voices like Stephen Graham Jones, Priya Sharma, Usman T. Malik, Caroline Kepnes, and Alma Katsu, with seasoned author John F.D. Taff at the helm. An afterword from original Dark Forces contributor Ramsey Campbell is a poignant finale to this bone-chilling collection.
Within this book, you’ll find tales of dead men walking, an insidious secret summer fling, an island harboring unspeakable power, and a dark hallway that beckons. You’ll encounter terrible monsters - both human and supernatural - and be forever changed. The stories in Dark Stars run the gamut from traditional to modern, from dark fantasy to neo-noir, from explorations of beloved horror tropes to the unknown - possibly unknowable - threats.
It’s all in here because it’s all out there, now, in horror.
The contributors:
Josh Malerman, Bram Stoker Award finalist, author of Bird Box
Stephen Graham Jones, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Mapping the Interior and USA Today best seller The Only Good Indians
Priya Sharma, Shirley Jackson Award-winning author of Ormeshadow
Alma Katsu, Bram Stoker Award finalist and Locus Award-winning author of The Hunger
John Langan, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of The Fisherman
Caroline Kepnes, New York Times best-selling author of You, Hidden Bodies
Usman T. Malik, Bram Stoker Award winner and Nebula Award finalist
Chesya Burke, author of more than 100 published stories of horror and dark fantasy
Livia Llewellyn, multiple Shirley Jackson Award finalist
Gemma Files, Shirley Jackson Award-winning author of Experimental Film
John F.D. Taff, Bram Stoker Award finalist and author of The End in All Beginnings and The Fearing
Ramsey Campbell, multiple World Fantasy and Bram Stoker Award winner