Horror Stories, Jack Kilborn
Horror Stories, Jack Kilborn
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Horror Stories
Twenty-Six Scary Tales

Author: Jack Kilborn, J.A. Konrath

Narrator: MacLeod Andrews

Unabridged: 7 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 08/09/2011


Synopsis

This collection features a menagerie of horror stories. Some are scary. Some are disturbing. Some are funny. Meet werewolves, vampires, zombies, psychopaths, aliens, cannibals, ghosts, and various things that go bump in the night.Previously published in dozens of anthologies and magazines, some of these tales are mild, but some are extreme. Let the reader beware...The stories include:Finicky Eater - It's after a nuclear war, and a mother and her son are in a fallout shelter, the food long long...The Screaming - Van Helsing and vampires, in 1960s England.Mr. Pull Ups - A body modification tale taken to the extreme.The Shed - Two burglars find the door to hell.Them's Good Eats - Rednecks vs. aliens, on a spaceship ride of horrors.First Time - A coming of age tale where all may not be what it seems.Forgiveness - A dying serial killer asks for a priest to hear his last confession.Redux - Ghost story noir, about a private eye and a deadly haunting.The Bag - What's in the bag? You really don't want to know...Careful, He Bites - Lycanthrope flash fiction.Symbios - A sci-fi novella about man's first encounter with alien life, and how things can quickly turn bad.A Matter of Taste - Zombie flash fiction.Embrace - A bit of gothic horror.Trailer Sucks - Some trailer park jerks kidnap a vampire.Markey - Flash fiction, from a twisted point of view.Punishment Room - A horrific suspense tale about a not-so-distant future.The Confession - Terrible crimes, told entirely in dialog.Basketcase - Hardboiled noir with a horrific twist.The Agreement - A gambler pays the ultimate price to get out of a debt.Well Balanced Meal - The worst restaurant you've ever been in.S.A. - A werewolf novella about a Shapshifters Anonymous group that must battle Santa Claus.Dear Diary - A very twisted pom pon girl reveals the secret of her inner strength.Mr. Spaceman - We've come to mate with earth women.Appalachian Lullaby - What do you do with a radioactive monkey?

About Jack Kilborn

Joseph Andrew Konrath’s first novel, Whiskey Sour (2004), introduced Lt. Jacqueline "Jack" Daniels. The books combine hair-raising scares and suspense with laugh out loud comedy. Under the name Jack Kilborn, Joe wrote the horror novel Afraid (2009). Joe's been nominated for several awards, including the Anthony, Macavity, Gumshoe, Dagger, and Barry, and has won the Derringer, Bob Kellog, EQMM Reader's Choice, and two Lovie awards. Joe is married, has three children and three dogs, and currently lives in a suburb of Chicago.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Misty Marie on December 06, 2021

This is exactly the type of book you would expect from Kilborn. Brutal, bloody, and a really good time. I enjoyed majority of the stories in the collection. Well worth a read. 😺😺😺😺......more

Goodreads review by Michelle on November 16, 2021

Warning!!! Some of these stories are extremely difficult to stomach! There were a few that I had to pass up on. They just made me feel icky to read and felt immorally wrong to read. There is some really sick and twisted stuff within this short story collection. With that being said, there were a few......more

Goodreads review by Steven on May 12, 2021

Note: I recently did a reread of this and while my review still stands, I've added some extra notes and fleshed out some things. Enjoy Anthology series are oftentimes a mixed bag. A lot of writers have done them and since they oftentimes cover a wide range of publications, the quality varies from st......more

Goodreads review by Bandit on September 22, 2011

Exactly the kind of mad nasty crazy gory bloody and occasionally hilarious stories one would expect from the author of Afraid. This book was lots of fun, great cover art too. I'm so glad I was able to find this at the library. I highly recommend this one.......more

Goodreads review by Michelle {Book Hangovers} on November 25, 2020

Hmmm...pretty good stories...they definitely kept me entertained, that’s for sure. Some were great, some were awful, but they were all pretty damn funny. I was pretty bummed out with the last stories...the finale. It was actually my least favorite, and I found myself hoping that it would just end al......more