Mister Lullaby

By: J. H. Markert

Narrated by: David Bendena, Lauren Ezzo

Length: 12 hrs and 7 mins

Publisher's summary

The small town of Harrod’s Reach has seen its fair share of the macabre, especially inside the decrepit old train tunnel around which the town was built. After a young boy, Sully Dupree, is injured in the abandoned tunnel and left in a coma, the townspeople are determined to wall it up. Deputy sheriff Beth Gardner is reluctant to buy into the superstitions until she finds two corpses at the tunnel’s entrance, each left with strange calling cards inscribed with old lullabies. Soon after, Sully Dupree briefly awakens from his coma.

Before falling back into his slumber, Sully manages to give his older brother a message. Sully's mind, since the accident, has been imprisoned on the other side of the tunnel in Lalaland, a grotesque and unfamiliar world inhabited by evil mythical creatures of sleep. Sully is trapped there with hundreds of other coma patients, all desperately fighting to keep the evils of the dream world from escaping into the waking world.

Elsewhere, a man troubled by his painful youth has for years been hearing a voice in his head he calls Mr. Lullaby, and he has finally started to act on what that voice is telling him—to kill any coma patient he can find, quickly. Something is waking up in the tunnel—something is trying to get through. And Mr. Lullaby is coming.

©2023 J. H. Markert (P)2023 Dreamscape Media

Definitely out there

Had to lean into it because it was so out there. It's like zombies except with serial killers driven by mythical lullabies? Great voice acting kept me engaged. Stuck with it because I needed to know what happens after all the chaos. Unfortunately I was disappointed with the ending which I guess leaves you with your own interpretation

Hated the ending

Loved the story line but hate how it ended and it all seemed to rush. The ending was way too fast with no real conclusion to the story. Wish it had more of a stead story line and a conclusion to end it properly.

Fast moving plot

I like how the author doesn't become mired in the details, his style of writing horror books is refreshing. This is a great story!

so creative

I loved this book!! I loved the Nightmare Man too. The authors imagination is beyond creative. He really knows how to bring you into his world.

Good Read

I hated the ending ... it definitely left me wanting more. there should be a part 2.

Good story/horrible ending

I bought this book after reading another one of his books and loving it. I was disappointed with the ending and left wanting more

great world building.

the story ended a bit abruptly. it feels like part one of another larger story.

Shocked that it ended 

I was really enjoying the story and was pretty into it and then suddenly it ended. I actually said out loud, “that’s it?“ Otherwise I liked the narrators. I enjoyed getting to know the different characters and their connections to each other and the history of the town.

The last hour and a half…

The entire book is like trying to get untangled from vines with the cast of characters and different stories, but… in a good way. The last hour and a half really takes off and you’re in for a wild ride.

Really Enjoying this Author

I picked this book up immediately after I finished The Nightmare Man. I was captivated by this author I'd never heard of in a genre (horror) that I'm passionate about. This book did not disappoint, and I simply cannot wait for what comes next. For anyone wondering, this book takes place in the same "universe" as the Nightmare Man, but doesn't need to be read afterwards. Although I think there's some Easter eggs if you do. Regardless, if you like horror and a fascinating story, do yourself a favor and get this book.