Was She Wicked? Was She Good?, M. Rickert
Was She Wicked? Was She Good?, M. Rickert
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Was She Wicked? Was She Good?
A Short Horror Story

Author: M. Rickert, Theresa DeLucci

Narrator: Ramon de Ocampo

Unabridged: 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tor Nightfire

Published: 02/11/2020

Categories: Fiction, Horror


Synopsis

"Was She Wicked? Was She Good?" is a short horror story by award-winning author M. Rickert, one of 35 entries in the audio anthology Come Join Us by the Fire.

Not all anniversaries are happy occasions. One family copes with the damage that remains after being victims of a home invasion.

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 M. Rickert

Before earning her MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts, M. Rickert worked as a kindergarten teacher, coffee shop barista, Disneyland balloon vendor, and personnel assistant in Sequoia National Park. She has published the short story collections Map of Dreams, Holiday, and You Have Never Been Here. Her first novel, The Memory Garden, won the Locus award. Her second novel was The Shipbuilder of Bellfairie. She is the winner of the Crawford Award, World Fantasy Award, and Shirley Jackson Award. She has also lost several awards for which she was nominated, including the Nebula, Bram Stoker, International Horror Guild, Sturgeon, and British Science Fiction Award. She currently lives in Cedarburg, Wisconsin.


Reviews

Goodreads review by karen

SPOOKTOBER DAY TWENTY-TWO 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 together......more

So many questions after listening to this. Did this happen on Earth? Are the parents "normal" or half-lings or something?? I want more information!! All in all, good gruesome short story.......more

Pieces slowly come together to paint the story of how this young family came not only to live in the countryside, but also why they must carefully check their daughter's room and always, always keep the windows closed. She comfortably wears both her pink nightgown and the dirt and blood on her finge......more

I didn't like this one. I have no idea what most of the facts of the situation are. I think it's meant to be left up to interpretation, but I'd prefer to have a few clear options to choose between, not just creepy vagueness. I also didn't like the writing style, which was very heavy on sensory image......more

DNF'd due to the graphic imagery involving animals. I'm sure it is a horror story that many would enjoy, so I refuse to rate it any lower.......more