Only If You Dare, Josh Allen
Only If You Dare, Josh Allen
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Only If You Dare
13 Stories of Darkness and Doom

Author: Josh Allen

Narrator: Rachel L. Jacobs, Andrew Joseph Perez

Unabridged: 4 hr 22 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 10/18/2022

Synopsis

Thirteen chilling short stories to keep you up at night—but only if you dare.

You never know what's out to get you. Though you might think you're safe from monsters and menaces, everyday objects can turn against you, too. A mysterious microwave. A threatening board game. A snowman that refuses to melt. Even your own heartbeat has its secrets. Thu-thump. Thu-thump. When you stop to listen, each beat sounds more menacing than the last.

Master storyteller Josh Allen brings thirteen nightmare scenarios to life in this must-listen collection that's perfect for budding horror junkies. In his wondrous world, danger waits behind every doorway . . . even in the most ordinary places. Listeners will sleep with one eye open!

About Josh Allen

Josh Allen checks under his bed before switching off the light each night. During the day, he teaches creative writing and literature at Brigham Young University-Idaho. His work has appeared in Cricket, Dialogue, Juxtapose, and other literary magazines. He lives in Idaho with his family.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ashley on November 06, 2021

This book was a lot of fun. Tales of middle school clones, a haunting bowl of oatmeal, and a creepy substitute teacher. Bonus: the cover glows in the dark! Eerie!......more

Goodreads review by Melanie on May 29, 2021

Like most collections of middle grade scary stories, “Only If You Dare” is a mixture of truly creepy, not so creepy, and a few somewhat predictable. Josh Allen’s book does not resort to the traditional horror tropes, not a single vampire or witch, and based on the one completed illustration and a bu......more

Goodreads review by Beth on November 21, 2021

I liked this collection of stories much better than his first one. Of course, it could be that I met the author before reading this, and I liked his enthusiasm and natural story telling skills. I also knew what to expect. Or maybe these stories were better - who knows. Point is, I really liked this......more

Goodreads review by Suzette on February 09, 2022

Another volume in this middle-grade horror series. Each story is quirky and creepy in a Twilight Zone-ish/X Files type of way. To me "Hi, Jenny" had a lot of symbolic meaning in the way our phones kind of harass us. "Lumpy, Lumpy" was my own personal nightmare because I was forced to eat Cream of Wh......more

Goodreads review by Rajiv on October 03, 2021

[Blog]::[Youtube]::[Twitter]::[Instagram]::[Pinterest]::[Bloglovin] I love how “Only If You Dare” has various oddities to hold your interest and scare you. I enjoyed reading most of the tales and found the collection to be impressive. The Substitute – What a great start to the book! I loved Hazel,......more

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