Spin a Black Yarn

Novellas

De: Josh Malerman

Narrado por: Ashley Laurence, James Fouhey, Pete Bradbury, Josh Malerman

Five harrowing novellas of horror and speculative fiction from the singular mind of the New York Times bestselling author of Bird Box, featuring the World Fantasy Award finalist “Half the House Is Haunted”

AN ESQUIRE AND LIBRARY JOURNAL BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR

Josh Malerman is a master weaver of stories—and in this spine-chilling collection he spins five twisted tales from the shadows of the human soul:

A sister insists to her little brother that “Half the House Is Haunted” by a strange presence. But is it the house that’s haunted—or their childhoods?

In “Argyle,” a dying man confesses to homicides he never committed, and he reveals long-kept secrets far more sinister than murder.

A tourist takes the ultimate trip to outer space in “The Jupiter Drop,” but the real journey is into his own dark past.

In “Doug and Judy Buy the House Washer™,” a trendy married couple buys the latest home gadget only to find themselves trapped by their possessions, their history . . . and each other.

And in “Egorov,” a wealthy old cretin murders a young man, not knowing the victim was a triplet. The two surviving brothers stage a savage faux-haunting—playing the ghost of their slain brother—with the aim of driving the old murderer mad.

©2023 Josh Malerman (P)2023 Random House Audio

Ups and Downs

Like most anthologies, there is some good and some bad. It was sufficient. Nothing was stellar, and one story just bored me to tears.

Erie

Josh Malerman never disappoints. The last story in this collection had a hard time keeping my attention but the rest was 5stars for sure

very good

A good collection of tales. Egorov is probably my favorite... it's as if Poe wrote A Christmas Carol instead of Dickens.

Not an attention getter.. boring!

No mail biter .. just boring. Even the narraiting is bad. Dont waste your time. Thank you!

Stephen King-esque horror stories in MI

Josh Malerman is underrated and the fact that I'm the first to review this is criminal. The different stories in this book remind me so much of Stephen King's short stories in that they are so unique and bizarre that, at the beginning, you think you know why the story is a novella and no longer, but by the end of each one you wish there was more.

I loved it and as good as Bird Box is, if you're sleeping on his other stories, you're missing out on great stuff.

Ugh, it's SO bad!

I usually like Josh Malerman and have read several of his books. This short story collection was just terrible. Boring, self-important, and so, so tedious. Every story feels like it takes a year to get through and just cannot get to the point! Maybe the point was to terrify you with how boring it is... if that's the case, my apologies, this is the most terrifying book I've ever listened to.
The worst part is I paid money for this book so I can't even return it!
If you like this author pick up a different book and continue liking the author.

So very, very boring.

What an awful story! I am two hours in and I returned it. This story is neither scary or interesting. Just about two siblings and the older one emotionally tortures the younger one. Also, there is nothing worse then when a adult tries to sound like a child. So the narration was bad too. I thought I might listen to it on a higher speed but when I realized I had ten hours to go, I just couldn't continue. Maybe it is not fair to write a review on a story I did not even halfway through but there is really nothing here to recommend it.