It Washed Up, Joe R. Lansdale
It Washed Up, Joe R. Lansdale
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It Washed Up
A Short Horror Story

Author: Joe R. Lansdale, Theresa DeLucci

Narrator: Ramon de Ocampo

Unabridged: 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tor Nightfire

Published: 02/11/2020

Categories: Fiction, Horror

Synopsis

"It Washed Up" is a short horror story by Joe R. Lansdale, one of 35 entries in the audio horror anthology Come Join Us by the Fire.

A creature emerges from the sea. It will not return alone.

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 Joe R. Lansdale

Joe R. Lansdale is the author of over thirty novels and numerous short stories, including the Hap and Leonard mystery series (Savage Season, Mucho Mojo) and The Bottoms. His work has appeared in national anthologies, magazines, and collections, as well as numerous foreign publications. He has written for comics, television, film, newspapers, and Internet sites. His work has been collected in many short-story collections, and he has edited or co-edited over a dozen anthologies.

Reviews

Goodreads review by karen

SPOOKTOBER DAY TWELVE 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 together! 6......more

Goodreads review by Kelly⁷

10/10 would follow the seafoam man into the sea.......more

Goodreads review by Marc D.

4/5 estrellas. Brillante.......more

Goodreads review by Kate

I got this audio short story free here. "It Washed Up" was like the Pied Piper, except a.) a weird seaweed monster, b.) playing a harmonica, and c.) taking anyone who can hear, for no real reason. I thought that exception of the Deaf was an interesting choice, especially when the Deaf ran away inste......more

Goodreads review by Madhurabharatula

Another great story in this anthology. A re imagining of the pied piper of hamelin with a lot of lovecraftian elements thrown in. Lansdale manages to marry a bonkers plot, folklore, jazz and the concept of a 'dead city' to humorous and sometimes bizarre and disquieting effect. The mood and atmospher......more

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