Stemming the Tide, Simon Strantzas
Stemming the Tide, Simon Strantzas
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Stemming the Tide
A Short Horror Story

Author: Simon Strantzas, Theresa DeLucci

Narrator: Ramon de Ocampo

Unabridged: 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tor Nightfire

Published: 02/11/2020

Categories: Fiction, Horror


Synopsis

"Stemming the Tide" is a short horror story by Simon Strantzas, one of 35 entries in the audio anthology Come Join Us by the Fire.

The tide at Hopewell Rocks comes in every six hours and thirteen minutes. Sometimes, it brings the dead with it.

Come Join Us by the Fire, edited by Theresa DeLucci, is an audio-only horror anthology of 35 short stories from Nightfire Books, a horror imprint of Tor Books. The collection showcases the breadth of talent writing in the horror genre today, with contributions from a wide range of bestselling genre luminaries including China Miéville, Chuck Wendig, Richard Kadrey, and Victor LaValle; Shirley Jackson Award winners Paul Tremblay, Priya Sharma, and Sam J. Miller; Nebula Award winners Brooke Bolander, Alyssa Wong, Kij Johnson; and many, many more.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Marc D.

4/5 estrellas. Woa, I really like this one.......more

I actually really liked this one, the narrator has an incredible voice.......more

Stemming the Tide is an interesting short story, and once again I find myself torn on how to rate it. I enjoyed the writing and the overall premise. However, the main character was pretty horrible, though perhaps that was with intention (the more I think about it, the more convinced I become that th......more

This story has pacing issues, taking too long to establish the stakes, only for the reader to realise there aren't any towards the end. The protagonists are not sympathetic and the story itself goes nowhere. The idea though is excellent but needs to have been fleshed out more before putting to paper......more

Goodreads review by Kendra

This was a all written short story. I just thought it was a little bland. Not enough action for my taste, even for a short story.......more