Pigeons, Nibedita Sen
Pigeons, Nibedita Sen
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Pigeons
A Short Horror Story

Author: Nibedita Sen

Narrator: Deepti Gupta

Unabridged: 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tor Nightfire

Published: 03/02/2021

Categories: Fiction, Horror


Synopsis

Kat practices on pigeons so she can raise bigger things from the dead. But that comes with bigger consequences.

Content warning: this story involves the death of a child.

"Pigeons" by Nebedita Sen is one of 18 short horror stories in Nightfire's audio anthology. 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 Caitlin 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.

Reviews

Goodreads review by karen

WELCOME TO DECEMBER PROJECT! this explanation/intro will be posted before each day’s short story. scroll down to get to the story-review. this is the SIXTH year of me doing a short story advent calendar as my december project. for those of you new to me or this endeavor, here’s the skinny: every day i......more

It has such a promising and intriguing start, and the revelation is well done, but I think it could have used a bit more length to it. It feels like the first installment, a teaser, of something that is bigger, and much darker. Just like Kat practices her magic on small pigeons, this story seems lik......more