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It Waits in the Woods by Josh Malerman
5.0

This was my favorite of the creature feature shorts so far! I loved the atmosphere of the UNF and always love a 'lost in the woods' book, double bonus: the Opso is out there searching for a face.

I listened to this in audio as a gym book and the narrator did an amazing job with the creepy voice of the Opso. The last 1/3 was so fast paced I had to keep upping my sped on the treadmill to keep up.

Highly recommend if you are looking for a quick scare. I did wish one thing about the ending was different (or maybe just more fleshed out - spoiler -
SpoilerI wish they had mentioned if they did more to try to help the other lost girl
) but the story was focused just on the two sisters, who are teenagers, so I guess they are rather single-minded so I can let it go.