Hey Survivor,
Not sure if you’ve heard by recently Spotify has now added audiobooks to their platform, depending on your subscription, you are able to listen to 15 hours of audiobooks every month. I’m super hyped about this because I get like 95% of my reading done through audiobooks. I’m listening to one right now as I write this (Root Magic by Eden Royce) So I decided to go through the list of horror audiobooks that they have and pick out a few that I’m dying to read. Here are five of them.
White Flag Of The Dead:
A while back I did a survey in the Horror Writer’s Ink Facebook group to find out what fans believed was a must-read book in the zombie genre. White Flag of The Dead came up a number of times and since then I’ve been wondering what it’s all about. So I definitely have it on my TBR. Hopefully, I can get it done before the year is done.
Write Up:
Millions died when the Enillo Virus swept the earth. Millions more were lost when the victims of the plague refused to stay dead, instead rising to slaughter and feed on those left alive. For survivors like John Talon and his son Jake, they are faced with a choice: Do they submit to the dead, raising the white flag of surrender? Or do they find the will to fight, to try and hang on to the last shreds or humanity?
Lone Women:
I’ve been dying to read this book based off of the cover alone but I’m also super intrigued because it seems all of Victor LaValle’s books are on my TBR. I have The Ballad of Black Tom on hold right now in my Libby app. It seems everything this man writes I want to read, and this book just sounds fire. It would definitely be something that Catherine from my Planet Dead series would read.
Write Up:
Adelaide Henry carries an enormous steamer trunk with her wherever she goes. It’s locked at all times. Because when the trunk opens, people around Adelaide start to disappear.
The year is 1915, and Adelaide is in trouble. Her secret sin killed her parents, forcing her to flee California in a hellfire rush and make her way to Montana as a homesteader. Dragging the trunk with her at every stop, she will become one of the “lone women” taking advantage of the government’s offer of free land for those who can tame it—except that Adelaide isn’t alone. And the secret she’s tried so desperately to lock away might be the only thing that will help her survive the harsh territory.
Night of The Living Dead:
Do I really have to explain why I would want to read this? Night of The Living Dead gave birth to the modern-day zombie genre. George A. Romero changed the world with this classic and I’ve watched it maybe four times this year. So when I saw they have an audiobook version of it, I was down to check it out.
Write Up:
A disparate group of individuals takes refuge in an abandoned house when corpses begin to leave the graveyard in search of fresh human bodies to devour. The pragmatic Ben does his best to control the situation, but when the reanimated bodies surround the house, the other survivors begin to panic. As any semblance of order within the group begins to dissipate, the zombies start to find ways inside -- and one by one, the living humans become the prey of the deceased ones.
Out There Screaming:
Jordan Peele and Monkey Paw brought together some heavy hitters in the Black Horror community to create this anthology of short stories. Tananarive Due, P. Djeli Clark, and more all pulled together like some horror Avengers into one epic book edited by Jordan Peele. I just watched Get Out last night… of course, I want to read this book.
Write Up:
A cop begins seeing huge, blinking eyes where the headlights of cars should be that tell him who to pull over. Two freedom riders take a bus ride that leaves them stranded on a lonely road in Alabama where several unsettling somethings await them. A young girl dives into the depths of the Earth in search of the demon that killed her parents. These are just a few of the worlds of Out There Screaming, Jordan Peele’s anthology of all-new horror stories by Black writers. Featuring an introduction by Peele and an all-star roster of beloved writers and new voices, Out There Screaming is a master class in horror, and—like his spine-chilling films—its stories prey on everything we think we know about our world . . . and redefine what it means to be afraid.
Featuring stories by Erin E. Adams, Violet Allen, Lesley Nneka Arimah, Maurice Broaddus, Chesya Burke, P. Djèlí Clark, Ezra Claytan Daniels, Tananarive Due, Nalo Hopkinson, N. K. Jemisin, Justin C. Key, L. D. Lewis, Nnedi Okorafor, Tochi Onyebuchi, Rebecca Roanhorse, Nicole D. Sconiers, Rion Amilcar Scott, Terence Taylor, and Cadwell Turnbull.
The Only Good Indians:
I’ve been wanting to read this book ever since it came out in 2020. The fact that it’s taken me so long is honestly just sad, but I’m gonna knock this book out one way or another. Also, Jones’ lineup of books all sound like “My Heart Is A Chainsaw”, “Night of The Mannequins”, “And “Don’t Fear The Reaper” This man is just popping out horror gold left and right.
Write Up:
Fans of Jordan Peele and Tommy Orange will love this story as it follows the lives of four American-Indian men and their families, all haunted by a disturbing, deadly event that took place in their youth. Years later, they find themselves tracked by an entity bent on revenge, totally helpless as the culture and traditions they left behind catch up to them in a violent, vengeful way.
So these are five of the epic books I’ve found. If you have Spotify what are you listening to this month? Let me know in the comments below and if audiobooks ain’t your thing, don’t forget you can get The Planet Dead 5 eBook Collection in SHOP DEAD or a signed copy of one of my books. Get something creepy this Halloween.
I just finished Lone Women. Superb.