Black Bark, Brian Evenson
Black Bark, Brian Evenson
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Black Bark
A Short Horror Story

Author: Brian Evenson, Theresa DeLucci

Narrator: Ramon de Ocampo

Unabridged: 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tor Nightfire

Published: 02/11/2020

Categories: Fiction, Horror

Synopsis

"Black Bark" is a short horror story by award-winning author Brian Evenson, one of 35 entries in the audio horror anthology Come Join Us by the Fire.

A story-within-a-story vexes two cowboys on the run, looking for a cabin that may not exist.

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.

About Brian Evenson

BRIAN EVENSON is the author of a dozen books, most recently the story collection The Glassy, Burning Floor of Hell (2021). His penultimate collection, Song for the Unraveling of the World (2019), won the Shirley Jackson Award and the World Fantasy Award and was a finalist for the Ray Bradbury Prize. Other recent books include A Collapse of Horses (2016) and The Warren (2016). His novel Last Days won the ALA-RUSA award for Best Horror Novel of 2009. His novel The Open Curtain was a finalist for an Edgar Award and an International Horror Guild (IHG) Award. His 2003 collection The Wavering Knife won the IHG Award. He is the recipient of three O. Henry Prizes, an NEA fellowship, and a Guggenheim Award. His work has been translated into more than a dozen languages. He lives in Los Angeles and teaches at CalArts.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Lori

I recently saw that Brian Evenson had a few copies of this one on hand that he was willing to sign and ship out and, I mean, how could I say no to that?! You could say I'm a bit of an Evenson fangirl, but again, if you've read his work, how could you not be? Black bark is an incredibly dark collecti......more

Goodreads review by Blair

These are stories of lonely men in bleak landscapes; weird fiction, skirting dark fantasy, likely to appeal to fans of Thomas Ligotti. ‘Black Bark’ is a startling opener – not least because its placement means there is a murky and unsettling implication that the ensuing tales are, in fact, part of S......more

Goodreads review by Aeryn

Great atmospheric writing. Wish it was longer.......more

Goodreads review by Jon

If I were a new Evenson reader, I'd consider this a great little appetizer to introduce me to his style, subject matters of choice, and the like. It's a nice mix of (mostly) previously released material with a new story thrown in at the end, all in a bite-sized morsel of a pocket-sized collection. I......more

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