El Charro, John Langan
El Charro, John Langan
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El Charro
A Short Horror Story

Author: John Langan, Theresa DeLucci

Narrator: Ramon de Ocampo

Unabridged: 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tor Nightfire

Published: 02/11/2020

Categories: Fiction, Horror


Synopsis

"El Charro" is a short horror story by award-winning author John Langan, one of 35 entries in the audio anthology Come Join Us by the Fire.

A man wakes up in a cell with his badly-beaten friend. And something else. Something hungry.

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 John Langan

John Langan is the author of two novels and six collections of stories. For his work, he has received the Bram Stoker and This Is Horror Awards. He is one of the founders of the Shirley Jackson Awards, for which he serves on the Board of Directors. He lives in New York’s Mid-Hudson Valley with his wife, younger son, and a growing collection of bolo ties.


Reviews

Goodreads review by karen

SPOOKTOBER DAY TWENTY-SEVEN welcome to my spooktober audio advent calendar, where, each day during the month of spooktober, i will be celebrating by listening to a free audio short from nightfire's Come Join Us by the Fire series, and you can join ME by following the links. let's all be scared togeth......more

Goodreads review by Marc D.

4/5 estrellas. Estuvo increíble. Imposible no acordarme del clásico y cómo Vlad plantó temor y respeto en mi corazón. En cuanto a la narración, Ramón de Ocampo siempre es un 10/10✨......more

Goodreads review by Micah

4.5/5 Okay, so Macmillan has a new imprint coming soon called Nightfire books. They recently dropped 35(!) FREE audiobooks in an anthology called Come Join Us by the Fire to drum up hype for their upcoming published works. The drop has a ton of great authors from what I've been told including Paul Tr......more

A truly dark and twisted tale! This is not one for the faint of heart, seriously. It has some fantastic twists about classic tropes, making it an enjoyable listen. I loved the steady build-up, as well as the core concept and way the big revealed was put in motion. TW: Gore, tooth loss......more

Quite creepy with a slow reveal, makes me curious about the mythologies/legends that are behind its inspiration. Also, did it have to be teeth? When I have nightmares, they're about teeth. Brain, do not take this story as incentive to bring back those nightmares. Please.......more