A Life That Is Not Mine: A Short Horror Story
Written by Kristi DeMeester
Narrated by Saskia Maarleveld
2.5/5
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About this audiobook
A woman spirals as her life descends into a never-ending night in "A Life That Is Not Mine", a short horror story by Kristi DeMeester, from the audio anthology Come Join Us by the Fire.
Come Join Us by the Fire, edited by Theresa DeLucci, is an audio-only horror anthology of 35 short stories from Nightfire Books, a horror imprint of Tor Books. The collection showcases the breadth of talent writing in the horror genre today, with contributions from a wide range of bestselling genre luminaries including China Miéville, Chuck Wendig, Richard Kadrey, and Victor LaValle; Shirley Jackson Award winners Paul Tremblay, Priya Sharma, and Sam J. Miller; Nebula Award winners Brooke Bolander, Alyssa Wong, Kij Johnson; and many, many more.
Kristi DeMeester
Kristi DeMeester (she/her) is the author of Beneath, a novel published by Word Horde Publications, and Everything That’s Underneath, a short fiction collection from Apex Books. Her short fiction has appeared in publications such as Ellen Datlow's The Year's Best Horror Volume 9, 11, and 12; Stephen Jones' Best New Horror, Year’s Best Weird Fiction Volumes 1, 3, and 5; in addition to publications such as Pseudopod, Black Static, Fairy Tale Review, and several others. In her spare time, she alternates between telling people how to pronounce her last name and how to spell her first.
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- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Weird story I guess I missed the point unless the point was being a teacher sucks
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Short listen… basically it’s only scary because it describes every day hell.