Cthulhu's Car Park

Third Shift, Book 1

De: D.S. Ritter

Narrado por: Natalja Jackson

There's something creeping around in the basement. And it has tentacles.

Sam's job as a parking attendant has always been boring. Until now. A hole straight to hell has opened up and evil lurks in the shadows of the garage. When management fails to help, Sam turns to her friends and coworkers.

But, can a handful of burned-out employees save a city? Will Sam discover the secret of the parking garage without getting fired, or will she die trying?

Find out in...Cthulhu's Car Park.

This horror novella contains strong language and some violence. Also, slime. Lots of slime.

©2018 Danielle S. Ritter (P)2019 Danielle S. Ritter

Addictively Creepy

This short listen introduces you to Sam, a parking garage attendant who’s biggest problem is rude customers and slacker trainees — until something much worse starts to show up in her world.

I love the fast pace and dark humor. Great female protagonist. I couldn’t stop listening — it just sucks you in. Great for fans of horror and action.

I read this book on Kindle as well and enjoyed the audio version even more. The deadpan narration makes it even creepier and underscores the sardonic tone.

Good Story

I found this audiobook while looking for Lovecraft-themed stories, and decided to try it. I found the narrator's style a little unusual until I got to know Sam, the protagonist’s, personality. Then I was able to appreciate that she nailed it.
It was a fun listen with eldritch horrors, insane cultists and impromptu heroes.

Ready for next one!

Great story, kept my interest. Loved the heroine, Sam. A likable character with lots of depth. This book is quite clever with a lot of lightness scattered amongst the dark theme. At first I wasn’t sure I liked the narrator, but that quickly changed and in the end the narration was perfect for the story.
I will definitely purchase the next book in this series and look forward to listening again to D.S. Ritter.

Unique and fun genre blend

I received this novella to judge for SFINCS. Opinion is my own, and does not represent that made by the team. I did also happen to purchase the audiobook, as I am super busy, and the narration was a nice plus.

This was an interesting mix of kind of slice-of-life styled mundane work and then urban fantasy-ish blended cosmic horror and action. A car park. Creepy lights and darkness. The car park workers. Discovering a cistern that’s slowly churning out multi-dimensional monsters. Oh and the monsters turn to sludge when they die, so no one will believe it.

The main character, Sam, is enjoyable and believable. Her experiences are so real and frustrating that I didn’t mind sitting in the booth with her while she worked. As a retail worker, I have experienced and heard some of these things myself, so it was spot on (sadly!).

I liked the idea of her recruiting the other car park employees to protect the place and stake out the cistern, however I did find the ending to come up a bit short. Both in the literal scale, and excitement. It wasn’t outright flat, it just felt as if it came and went, the action happening in one single little burst. It made the built up stakes not read as quite real.

Personally a 3.5/5*, I’d still recommend as I’m sure book 2 adds even more to it.