And When She Was Bad, Nadia Bulkin
And When She Was Bad, Nadia Bulkin
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And When She Was Bad
A Short Horror Story

Author: Nadia Bulkin, Theresa DeLucci

Narrator: Saskia Maarleveld

Unabridged: 22 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tor Nightfire

Published: 02/11/2020

Categories: Fiction, Horror


Synopsis

The lone, and utterly lonely, survivor of a massacre by a winged creature takes an unusual sort of revenge in "And When She Was Bad", a short horror story by Nadia Bulkin, from the audio 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.

Reviews

I really liked this short story, because it surprised me more than once. I'm not a genre-savvy horror reader, but I thought I knew the kind of story it was, and I was mistaken, and then mistaken again. Another that I'll be keeping in mind.......more

Goodreads review by Noemi

OMG the sound effects. This is an uncomfortable and gripping story.......more

What happens when your typical good girl gets caught in a typical horror movie scenario? Will she be the one to survive? What does it take for her to survive, and what will it do to her? Will she ever be the same, or will it unleash something in her that she had suppressed for far too long? I rather......more

So, I find myself conflicted about And When She Was Bad. On the one hand, it's decently written, and the ending was fairly satisfying. On the other hand, I didn't really appreciate the main character's way of regarding (and identifying) her friends. It had a strong implication of good girls survivin......more