Spin a Black Yarn, Josh Malerman
Spin a Black Yarn, Josh Malerman
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Spin a Black Yarn
Novellas

Author: Josh Malerman

Narrator: Ashley Laurence, James Fouhey, Pete Bradbury, Josh Malerman

Unabridged: 12 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/15/2023


Synopsis

Five harrowing novellas of horror and speculative fiction from the singular mind of the New York Times bestselling author of Bird Box, featuring the World Fantasy Award finalist “Half the House Is Haunted”

BRAM STOKER AWARD FINALIST • AN ESQUIRE AND LIBRARY JOURNAL BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR

Josh Malerman is a master weaver of stories—and in this spine-chilling collection he spins five twisted tales from the shadows of the human soul:

A sister insists to her little brother that “Half the House Is Haunted” by a strange presence. But is it the house that’s haunted—or their childhoods?

In “Argyle,” a dying man confesses to homicides he never committed, and he reveals long-kept secrets far more sinister than murder.

A tourist takes the ultimate trip to outer space in “The Jupiter Drop,” but the real journey is into his own dark past.

In “Doug and Judy Buy the House Washer™,” a trendy married couple buys the latest home gadget only to find themselves trapped by their possessions, their history . . . and each other.

And in “Egorov,” a wealthy old cretin murders a young man, not knowing the victim was a triplet. The two surviving brothers stage a savage faux-haunting—playing the ghost of their slain brother—with the aim of driving the old murderer mad.

About Josh Malerman

Josh Malerman is the acclaimed author of Bird Box and more than three dozen books, as well as the lead singer and songwriter for the rock band the High Strung. He has been nominated for multiple Bram Stoker Awards and lives in Michigan.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Nilufer on August 15, 2023

Look what we got after our Malerman-style Easter Egg hunt: five well-written, unique, original, mind-bending novellas! The best part of this experience is that the entire stories are big winners. They are intelligent, captivating, and riveting enough to draw you in. The first story, "Half of the Hous......more

Goodreads review by LIsa Noell "Rocking the chutzpah!" on August 12, 2023

My thanks to Random House/Ballantine, Josh Malerman and Netgalley. Honestly? I wasn't a fan. I struggled and was often quite bored. Thing is that I love Malerman and his books. Full on stories. When he does his short story crap...well, that's when he loses me. This is my second collection of shorts fr......more

Goodreads review by Debra on July 05, 2023

Spin a Black Yarn is a collection of five novellas/short stories. I found this to be an enjoyable and thought provoking mixed bag of stories. "Half the House Is Haunted"- an older sister, eight-year-old sister Stephanie tries to convince/show her six-year-old brother Robbie that the house is haunted.......more

Goodreads review by johnny on March 18, 2023

wow, this was a total let down. none of the stories felt particularly compelling or complete. i didn’t enjoy a single novella in this collection because most of the action happened within the dialogue. there was a severe lack of description. the stories are mildly creepy, but not at all scary or thr......more

Goodreads review by Mallory on August 07, 2023

I haven’t read any of Josh Malerman’s previous works but I have heard of him and was excited to try him out with this collection of novellas. Overall I enjoyed the collection quite a bit. Half the House was Haunted was a little hard to follow at times, but that added to the creepiness of the story a......more