The Fireplace, Clay McLeod Chapman
The Fireplace, Clay McLeod Chapman
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The Fireplace
A Short Horror Story

Author: Clay McLeod Chapman

Narrator: Clay McLeod Chapman

Unabridged: 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tor Nightfire

Published: 03/02/2021

Categories: Fiction, Horror


Synopsis

The thought of tossing our baby in the fireplace first popped into my head a month or so ago.

"The Fireplace" by Clay McLeod Chapman 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 Clay McLeod Chapman

Clay McLeod Chapman writes books, children's books, comic books, film and TV. His novels include The Remaking and Whisper Down the Lane.


Reviews

Goodreads review by karen

SPOOKTOBER DAY SIX all caught up! 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......more

Goodreads review by Nelli

“The thought of tossing our baby in the fireplace first popped into my head a month or so ago.” Wow, what a brilliant short story! “The Fireplace” kept me on my toes the entire time, it was creepy and insane from the very first sentence. The ending was shocking, I gasped out loud, I really loved it! L......more

Incredible narration by the author – it really sounded like he was reading this story to you at the fireside, acting everything out, and putting his heart into it. I like the insidious nature of the horror, how the main character gets slowly consumed and overcome by the creepiness/horror element, an......more

Goodreads review by Gareth

From the very first line this caught my attention. It felt like i should have been sitting beside a fireplace late on a winters night being told this. A good unsettling and scary story.......more