The Wishing Pool and Other Stories, Tananarive Due
The Wishing Pool and Other Stories, Tananarive Due
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The Wishing Pool and Other Stories

Author: Tananarive Due

Narrator: William DeMeritt, Jasmin Walker

Unabridged: 8 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 04/18/2023


Synopsis

American Book Award–winning author Tananarive Due’s second collection of stories includes offerings of horror, science fiction, and suspense—all genres she wields masterfully. From the mysterious, magical town of Gracetown to the
aftermath of a pandemic to the reaches of the far future, Due’s stories all share a sense of dread and fear balanced with heart and hope.

In some of these stories, the monster is racism itself; others address the monster within, each set against the supernatural or surreal. All are written with Due’s trademark attention to detail and deeply drawn characters.

In addition to previously published work, this collection contains brand-new stories, including “Rumpus Room,” a supernatural horror novelette set in Florida about a woman’s struggle against both outer and inner demons.

About Tananarive Due

Tananarive Due is a former features writer and columnist for the Miami Herald. She has written two highly acclaimed novels, The Between and My Soul to Keep. Ms. Due makes her home in Longview, Washington.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Sadie

THE WISHING POOL and Other Stories by Tananarive Due (other titles I’ve enjoyed, THE BETWEEN, THE GOOD HOUSE, and GHOST SUMMER) Release Date: April 18th, 2023 BISAC Categories: Short Stories (single author)Horror - General Science Fiction - Collections & Anthologies African American - Women Subgenre: A......more

"As an adult, Joy told the story often with a breezy air, never confessing how she'd walked far out of her way to avoid the Wishing Pool ever since. How maybe it was the Wishing Pool, not the boredom of fishing, that had soured her visiting the cabin with her parents after she graduated high school.......more

Goodreads review by Summer

The Wishing Pool and Other Stories is a short story collection by horror author Tananarive Due. The stories range from horror, science fiction, and even mystery/suspense. The stories range from a magical wishing pool, to the monsters inside of us. Some feature a dystopian future and others set in th......more

Goodreads review by capture

Be careful of what we wish for…. We might get the wishes but the wishes may not look the way we wanted.......more

4.5 stars rounded up Pretty much every story in this collection is great! These tales of horror span a range of themes, but they often creep up on you in the best way. They tackle family relationships, racism, cycles of abuse, and even what a post-apocalyptic world might loom look like. There is a se......more