Standing Water, Caitlin R. Kiernan
Standing Water, Caitlin R. Kiernan
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Standing Water
A Short Horror Story

Author: Caitlin R. Kiernan

Narrator: Fajer Al-Kaisi

Unabridged: 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tor Nightfire

Published: 03/02/2021

Categories: Fiction, Horror


Synopsis

An impossible puddle holds unfathomable secrets.

"Standing Water" by Caitlin R. Kiernan 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.

About Caitlin R. Kiernan

Caitlin R. Kiernan is the award-winning author of over a dozen science fiction and dark fantasy works, including the novels The Drowning Girl and The Red Tree; many comic books; and more than two hundred published short stories, novellas, and vignettes. She is also the author of scientific papers in the field of paleontology. She has garnered numerous awards, including two World Fantasy Awards, two Bram Stoker Awards, and a James Tiptree Jr. Award.


Reviews

Goodreads review by karen

SPOOKTOBER DAY TWENTY-EIGHT 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 togeth......more

Goodreads review by Gareth

If you like strange stories about puddles then this one is for you.......more

Ah, the chill you get seeing a mysterious mud puddle when there hasn’t been any rain in over 16 days. And that’s before you even try to put anything into it to see how it came to be there.......more

Goodreads review by Donald

I found this rather boring. Poking dead things with a stick instead of a mysterious puddle wouldn’t of been more interesting. Even the characters seemed bored. The narrator did a rather I enjoyed. Smooth voice.......more