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The Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All

Written by: Laird Barron
Narrated by: Ray Porter
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Over the course of two award-winning collections and a critically acclaimed novel, The Croning, Laird Barron has arisen as one of the strongest and most original literary voices in modern horror and the dark fantastic. Melding supernatural horror with hardboiled noir, espionage, and a scientific backbone, Barron's stories have garnered critical acclaim and have been reprinted in numerous year's best anthologies and nominated for multiple awards, including the Crawford, International Horror Guild, Shirley Jackson, Theodore Sturgeon, and World Fantasy awards. Barron returns with his third collection, The Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All. Collecting interlinking tales of sublime cosmic horror, including "Blackwood's Baby", "The Carrion Gods in Their Heaven", and "The Men from Porlock", The Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All delivers enough spine-chilling horror to satisfy even the most jaded reader.

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Peak horror

I've gone through a few Laird Barron books before this and can say this is my favorite yet. Both the stories and the narration are top-notch. My personal favorite stories were: The Men from Porlock, Vastation, Jaws of Saturn, and Hand of Glory - but there aren't really any weak stories; they all hold their own. I don't think I can do it justice in this review, but suffice it to say: this is probably the best collection of short horror stories I've ever 'read.' Love the unique tone and the stories never feel cliché.

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