Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
3/5
A Life That Is Not Mine: A Short Horror Story
Written by Kristi DeMeester
Narrated by Saskia Maarleveld
Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars
2.5/5
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About this audiobook
A woman spirals as her life descends into a never-ending night in "A Life That Is Not Mine", a short horror story by Kristi DeMeester, from the audio 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.
LanguageEnglish
PublisherTor Nightfire
Release dateFeb 11, 2020
ISBN9781250749796
Author
Kristi DeMeester
Kristi DeMeester (she/her) is the author of Dark Sisters, Such a Pretty Smile, which was selected as a Georgia Author of the Year finalist, and Beneath. Her short fiction has appeared in publications such as The Dark, Black Static, multiple volumes of The Year’s Best Horror, Year’s Best Weird Fiction, and in her short fiction collection Everything That’s Underneath. She lives, writes, and makes horror-themed candles in Atlanta, Georgia.
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21 ratings2 reviews
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5
Sep 25, 2023
Weird story I guess I missed the point unless the point was being a teacher sucks - Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5
Sep 25, 2023
Short listen… basically it’s only scary because it describes every day hell.