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craigmatthews87 's review for:
Sleeping In The Fire: A Collection of 9 Horrifying Tales
by John Durgin
I'm been a big fan of Durgin's novels, The Cursed Among Us and Inside The Devil's Nest, so I was looking forward to reading his short stories and seeing how he would approach them. I wasn't disappointed. Sleeping In The Fire is very solid collection, with a fair few stories that I found to be great.
This is a varied collection, taking in the wild west, theme park rides, deep sea terror, medical/borderline sci-fi in Oneiric, and even manages to extract horror from the idea of a child's request to Father Christmas. I find some collections can begin to feel a little repetitive, whether narratively or thematically, but this was deftly avoided here.
I listened to an audiobook copy, and Aaron Camacho did a strong job providing narration. It's never easy for one narrator to vary their performance across so many different stories, and bring so many characters to life, but I thought it was done admirably here. Camacho makes this audiobook an easy recommendation for anyone looking to get into Durgin's work, or for anyone who simply wants to listen to some chilling and dark tales.
This is a varied collection, taking in the wild west, theme park rides, deep sea terror, medical/borderline sci-fi in Oneiric, and even manages to extract horror from the idea of a child's request to Father Christmas. I find some collections can begin to feel a little repetitive, whether narratively or thematically, but this was deftly avoided here.
I listened to an audiobook copy, and Aaron Camacho did a strong job providing narration. It's never easy for one narrator to vary their performance across so many different stories, and bring so many characters to life, but I thought it was done admirably here. Camacho makes this audiobook an easy recommendation for anyone looking to get into Durgin's work, or for anyone who simply wants to listen to some chilling and dark tales.