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It Waits in the Woods

Creature Feature Collection

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It Waits in the Woods

By: Josh Malerman
Narrated by: Lauren Ezzo
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Some chilling campfire tales ring too true to ignore. For one young woman, an urban legend calls her into the woods in a spine-tingling short story by the bestselling author of Bird Box.

The dense Michigan forest. Haunting wails. The clip-clop of demon hooves on a bridge to nowhere. It’s more than a tall tale to Brenda Jennings, whose sister disappeared in those woods one fateful night. Three years later, on a solo stakeout in the dark, Brenda goes in after her. She’s desperate for answers, and terrified to find what lies waiting on the other side of that bridge.

Josh Malerman’s It Waits in the Woods is part of Creature Feature, a collection of devilishly creepy stories that tingle the spine and twist the mind. They can be read or listened to in one petrifying sitting.

©2023 Josh Malerman. (P)2023 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved. Horror Supernatural Thriller & Suspense Scary Paranormal Suspense
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This novella had all the makings of an epic horror read along the lines of a creepy pasta, however about 3/4 through it kinda tanked. I get that short stories can’t always deliver in the same way that a fully fleshed book can but the ending and what is the first and final confrontation with the “Opso” was a bit of a let down. There was barely a page, two at most, in which any detail is given about this encounter. Overall written well, just dropped the ball on the home stretch. Still a good quick read between heavier books— a palette cleanser so to speak.

A good quick read between heavier books— a palette cleanser.

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