The Beasts of the Earth, the Madness ..., Brooke Bolander
The Beasts of the Earth, the Madness ..., Brooke Bolander
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The Beasts of the Earth, the Madness of Men
A Short Horror Story

Author: Brooke Bolander, Theresa DeLucci

Narrator: Saskia Maarleveld

Unabridged: 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tor Nightfire

Published: 02/11/2020

Categories: Fiction, Horror

Synopsis

A ship's captain hunts her prey at sea with deadly consequences in "The Beasts of the Earth, the Madness of Men", a short horror story by award-winning author Brooke Bolander, from the audio horror anthology Come Join Us by the Fire.

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.

About Brooke Bolander

BROOKE BOLANDER writes weird things of indeterminate genre, most of them leaning rather heavily towards fantasy or general all-around weirdness. She attended the University of Leicester 2004-2007 studying History and Archaeology and is an alum of the 2011 Clarion Writers’ Workshop at UCSD. Her stories have been featured in Lightspeed, Strange Horizons, Nightmare, Uncanny, and various other fine purveyors of the fantastic. She has been a finalist for the Nebula, the Hugo, the Locus, and the Theodore Sturgeon awards, much to her unending bafflement.

Reviews

Goodreads review by karen

SPOOKTOBER "DAY FIVE" some months ago, i decided that, for spooktober, i would do a version of my december short story advent calendar project in order to take advantage of the wealth of free horror audio shorts available courtesy of nightfire. and then i forgot about this plan. so i'm going to backt......more

Goodreads review by Stephanie

The Moby Dick vibe coupled with the message of conservation/environmentalism and a splash of rotting flesh makes for an intriguing atmosphere and fleshy story you can sink a harpoon into. I'd read a longer version of this, too, as I think it could be expanded to its benefit.......more

Goodreads review by Liz (Quirky Cat)

A twisted retelling of Moby Dick, which in itself is actually quite dark to begin with. There are other elements woven into this narrative as well, making The Beasts of the Earth, the Madness of Men a unique and extremely disturbing read - yet still very worth it. TW: Death, decay, animal death......more

Goodreads review by Michelle {Book Hangovers}

An absolutely SEAsational short horror story about a Captain’s obsession turned madness… Think, Herman Melville’s Moby Dick?… …… ON WEED?! lol If you get the chance, check out the narrated version over on the NIGHTMARE MAGAZINE PODCAST!!......more

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