PreApproved for Haunting, Patrick Barb
PreApproved for Haunting, Patrick Barb
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Pre-Approved for Haunting
And Other Stories

Author: Patrick Barb

Narrator: Leon Nixon, Pete Cross, Stephanie Willing, Janina Edwards, Hillary Huber, Mark Sanderlin, Qarie Marshall, Pat Grimes, Jess Nahikian, David Bendena, TJ Trumbull

Unabridged: 8 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/31/2023


Synopsis

In this new collection, Patrick Barb explores themes of family found and lost, media consumption and the dangers of runaway nostalgia, the supernatural in our lives, and the impact of violence in both the long- and short-term. -A young couple is reunited with their lost son whose favorite fuzzy bear suit connects him to the ghost of a vengeful mama bear while he's alone in the forest. -A jaded screenwriter can’t escape the haunted screenplay that’s ruined his career. -A man returns to his small hometown, where the people are gone and the trees have taken over. -A Slasher and Final Girl brother-sister duo match wits and blades against a sentient, dimension-hopping apocalypse at a never-ending summer camp. From rural backwoods to Park Slope brownstones, Barb's characters face impossible, awful situations, testing their inner strength and understanding of reality. Covering quiet horror, weird fiction, supernatural horror, slasher horror, topical dark fiction, and more, these stories spotlight supposedly familiar terrors and fears in new and unexpected ways..

About Patrick Barb

Patrick Barb is an author of weird, dark, and horrifying tales. A member of the Horror Writers Association and the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association, he has had short fiction appear in a number of recognized horror and speculative-fiction magazines and anthologies. His debut dark urban-fantasy novella, Gargantuana's Ghost, was a part of Grey Matter Press’s Emergent Expressions line. Originally from the South, he currently lives with his family in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

About Leon Nixon

Leon Nixon is a Los Angeles based voice actor who has narrated audiobook titles in a wide range of genres, including crime, mystery, science fiction, romance, and nonfiction. Classically trained as an actor and improviser, he can also be found performing on stage.

About Pete Cross

Pete Cross is an award-winning audiobook narrator and engineer who earned his MFA from the California Institute of the Arts. A multiple Earphones Awards winner and Audie finalist, he was nominated for a SOVAS award for his narration of Moby Dick and received the 2022 Audie Award for Ryan La Sala’s Be Dazzled and the 2023 Odyssey Award for Ryan La Sala’s The Honeys.

About Stephanie Willing

Stephanie Willing is a voiceover artist based in New York. With an MFA in creative writing, classical training as a dancer, and a decade of experience treading the indie theater boards of New York City, she combines all her training and experience to bring each audiobook she narrates to life.

About Janina Edwards

Janina Edwards is a graduate of the acting program at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. Based in Atlanta, she voices webinars, eLearning, and audiobooks in a variety of genres, including drama, romance, nonfiction, and mysteries.

About Hillary Huber

"Hillary has recorded close to 700 audiobooks spanning many genres.  She is a multiple Audie Award finalist, multiple Earphone Award winner, Voice Arts Awards winner and one of Audiofile Magazine's best voices.  Hillary has a BA in English Literature and is a voracious reader and listener.  Likes: yoga, hip hop dancing, baking sourdough, bourbon. Dislikes: liver. Raised in conservative Connecticut and hippy Hawaii, Hillary now splits her time between Santa Monica and New York.   Most of that time is in a 4x4 padded room. Er...booth. Her superpower is reciting the alphabet backwards. Created with WordToHTML.net trial."

About Qarie Marshall

Qarie Marshall has narrated over thirty series for the Discovery Channel and the BBC. He has also been a guest voice on Comedy Central's Drawn Together and has recorded BBC radio plays, the in-flight programming for Virgin Atlantic Airlines, over eighty video games for the PlayStation and Xbox, and numerous audiobooks. In 2007, he was made an Associate Artist of The Purple Rose Theatre.

About Pat Grimes

Pat Grimes is an experienced voice actor. When not recording, he can be found writing, playing guitar, singing, traveling, or doting on his small dog, Charlie. Born in Los Angeles, he now makes his home in Ypsilanti, Michigan.

About Jess Nahikian

Jess Nahikian is a Midwest-born, British-trained actor and voiceover artist who has worked on sets, on stages, and in sound booths in Scotland, St. Petersburg, the United Kingdom, the United States, and everywhere else in between. She currently resides in New York City.

About David Bendena

David Bendena is an actor and a musician based in the Midwest. His theatre experience over the past twenty years has taken him to stages throughout Chicago, Kansas City, and Michigan. He is very proud to be a member of the Actors Equity Association and to be a Resident Artist with the Purple Rose Theatre Company.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Stitching on September 28, 2023

Pre-Approved for Haunting is kind of a hard one to review for me because there's no uniting theme and the stories were really uneven. There's a few stories that are really strong so I would still recommend the collection as a whole for these but there were quite a few of the stories that I felt need......more

Goodreads review by Marci on November 13, 2023

This is a collection of several short stories. I was very impressed with a handful of the stories and a few of them were simply okay. All of the stories were incredibly well written. I would like to rate this 3.5stars.......more

Goodreads review by Lezlie The Nerdy Narrative on September 25, 2023

I received a copy of the ARC from the publisher, Keylight Books (an imprint of Turner Publishing Company), in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own and are subjective to myself as a reader. Patrick Barb is known for his excellent prose, his ability to expose and explore the dual natu......more

Goodreads review by Syn on September 05, 2023

A chilling collection of short stories, a variety that meshes and threshes together quite well. Barb's terrrifying tales are a fantastic body of work. They make you want to sit around a campfire and roast marshmallows while reading aloud scary stories in the dark as the flames flicker from the fire.......more

Goodreads review by Carson on September 14, 2023

For many fans, the horror genre transcends the roller coaster-thrill of sitting in a dark theater, white-knuckling the arm rest. Given enough time, horror has a way of seeping into your bones and forming the lens of your perspective. Conversations on bodily autonomy reflect The Exorcist, consumerism......more