Scary Stories: A Collection of Horror - Volume 1

By: Billy Wells

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Ten tales of terror for readers who would enjoy a stroll through a graveyard after midnight.

Hark! Don’t read this book if a deranged maniac has escaped from the local asylum. Otherwise, enjoy the horror!

STORIES IN THIS BOOK:

SOMETHING IN THE ATTIC: Norma goes to the attic for a Halloween.costume. She lapses into unconsciousness after reading from an old book that belonged to her grandma, who was burned at the stake during the Salem witch trials,.

FIDO: After George loses his job and decides to leave his hometown to start a new life, he considers a rich recluse an easy target for some fast cash except for the sign on the wall of her estate, "Beware of Fido".

NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS Four friends make New Year’s resolutions to overcome phobias each of them have in the coming year. A month later, three of them have met with unexplained deaths. The survivor keeps having nightmares his friends were murdered.

RED HATS MASQUERADE BALL A retired psychopath can't wait to blind and disfigure a group of ladies with an exploding gag gift at their upcoming Halloween party.

THE ICE MAN A woman and her boy friend try to convince her bridge partner that her husband is an infamous hit man with a reputation for unspeakable acts and cruelty.

THE MAKEOVER: A plastic surgeon seeks revenge for his serving hard time in prison for ten years due to a malicious client bribing the judge, jury, the attorneys, and the warden.

THE BLIZZARD: The worst blizzard in thirty years spoils Helen’s Christmas holiday with her husband at a secluded estate on the very night a maniac escapes from the local asylum.

IT LURKS ON THE MOUNTAIN: Three hunters are missing and the game warden has found bloody body parts of headless torsos at Widow’s Peak. Is there really a hairy monster on the mountain or is Bubba Rexrode up to his old tricks?

COLD CALLS Mortimer will stop at nothing to find new clients for a failing funeral parlor business passed down to him by his ruthless father.

THE TOMB: The museum director offers Brian one last chance to keep the job by finding the last undiscovered Egyptian Pharaoh’s tomb, despite ancient beliefs that doing so will bring death to all mankind.

˃˃˃ Don’t read this book during a thunderstorm that could plunge your home into pitch blackness. Otherwise, enjoy the horror!

˃˃˃ Don’t read this book if you don't own a crucifix, and you hate the smell of garlic.

˃˃˃ Don’t read this if you believe the boogeyman lives in your closet.

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Excellent stories !

I was so surprised by how really good all the stories were ! it's now one of my favorites.
Even the virtual voice was good ! Could hardly tell it was virtual.
If you like a variety of scary / spooky stories I highly recommend this !

Weird

Definitely not just read by AI also written by AI very strange stories that do not flow well…

Interesting stories

I thought the stories were good overall.
The automated narration was very monotone and bland with various mispronunciations.

Worth a listen

Nothing really stood out to me. I didn't love it but I didn't hate it. The narration was decent though.

Wow

I am continually amazed by the Virtual Voice. After a minute or two I stop noticing the voice and only hear the story. And these were good, I recommend them.

And I personally get LOLs when the V-V mispronounces a word, it isn't so often it pulls me out of the story. I also appreciate it because if I notice it, that shows me I'm listening and that my attention hasn't wandered.

Some surprising twists

The stories are horrific and intriguing, as I had hoped. However, the “virtual” narration is noticeable. I much prefer actors, but this work has not yet earned enough respect. It has tremendous potential for eventually being properly performed.
I will listen again.

Good Stories. The virtual narration takes getting used to though.

The virtual narration is very bland and dry. It takes some getting used to for a sure. Otherwise I liked the stories and the characters.

Use real people

overall it was a damn good listen. However, Virtual Voice being unable to pronounce certain words properly, throws off the listening enjoyment.

37754245 Stars!

Such a good collection of stories!!! Def recommend. Narration waa also very good too!

Monotone virtual voice narration ruined some good stories

Stories were well written.... But that monotone AI narration did not pair well. Barely made it to the end.