Come Join Us By The Fire, Season 2, Various Authors
Come Join Us By The Fire, Season 2, Various Authors
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Come Join Us By The Fire, Season 2
18 Short Horror Tales from Nightfire

Author: Various Authors

Narrator: Clay McLeod Chapman, Deepti Gupta, Fajer Al-Kaisi, Frankie Corzo, Greer Morrison, JD Jackson, Natalie Naudus

Unabridged: 11 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tor Nightfire

Published: 03/02/2021

Categories: Fiction, Horror, Anthologies


Synopsis

Come Join Us by the Fire Season 2 is the second installment of Nightfire's audio horror anthology, featuring a wide collection of short stories from emerging voices in the horror genre as well as longtime fan favorites.

The collection showcases the breadth of talent writing in the horror genre today, with contributions from a wide range of genre luminaries like Seanan McGuire, T. Kingfisher, and Caitlín R. Kiernan; it includes stories from Nightfire’s own Cassandra Khaw (Nothing But Blackened Teeth) and Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Certain Dark Things); and from rising stars like Nibedita Sen, Matthew Lyons, and Jessica Guess. Plus, it has Nick Antosca’s “The Quiet Boy,” soon to be a major motion picture, Antlers, starring Keri Russell.

Contents:
Cassandra Khaw - "Some Breakable Things"
Sarah Langan - "The Changeling"
Caitlín R. Kiernan - "Standing Water"
Tade Thompson - "Bone"
T. Kingfisher - "Origin Story"
Silvia Moreno-Garcia - "The Sound of Footsteps"
Damien Angelica Walters - "Tooth, Tongue, and Claw"
Matthew Lyons - "Blood Daughter"
Jessica Guess - "Mama Tulu"
Daniel M. Lavery - "Prodigal Son"
Seanan McGuire - "Emergency Landing"
‘Pemi Aguda - "Things Boys Do"
Kelly Link - "The Specialist's Hat"
Clay McLeod Chapman - "The Fireplace"
Nibedita Sen - "Pigeons"
Catherynne M. Valente - "The Days of Flaming Motorcycles"
Maria Dahvana Headley - "The Krakatoan"
Nick Antosca - "The Quiet Boy"

About Clay McLeod Chapman

Clay McLeod Chapman writes books, children's books, comic books, film and TV. His novels include The Remaking and Whisper Down the Lane.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Laurie (barksbooks) on November 20, 2020

I don't know if I have it in me to review this collection in any proper way so I'm throwing a 3.5 at it (bumping up for GR) It is huge and there so many stories and though I'm thankful for all of them, these things are a bitch to review. Most of the stories are fantastic. There were a few that didn'......more

Goodreads review by Beth on October 17, 2020

Another free group of short stories from Google Play Books. There are definitely some strong stories but more than a few duds.......more

Goodreads review by Tom on November 07, 2021

This is the second free audiobook anthology from the Google Play store, which I loved as much as the first one. Granted, there are a few duds in this collection, but my two favorites were Emergency Landing by Seanan McGuire, an author who was always a master of post-apocalyptic fiction, and The Q......more

Goodreads review by Becca on April 26, 2024

This was a really interesting concept. Like all anthologies though, I had some favorites and some misses. My favorite by far was The Song of the Lady Rose by Gabino Iglesias. This was such a captivating novella and really made use of those 23 minutes. Another one I liked is Spyder Threads. I ended u......more

Goodreads review by Darrell on October 25, 2020

Come Join Us by the Fire has released Season 2 just in time for Halloween. It’s available for free on the Google Play Books app. There’s a bit less stories than the first season, but with 27 horror stories, there’s still hours of spooky entertainment. Since the first season contained a lot of flash......more