Kissing Carrion

Stories

By: Gemma Files

Narrated by: Neil Hellegers, Xe Sands, Natasha Soudek, Chelsea Stephens, Paul Woodson, Andrew Eiden, Meghan Kelly

The first horror story collection from the author of Experimental Film, “one of the most powerful and unique voices in weird fiction today” (Paul Tremblay, award-winning author of A Head Full of Ghosts).

These seventeen tales take listeners into the uniquely twisted mind of “one of Canada’s most promising new horror writers” (Publishers Weekly). From a live necrophilia show starring reanimated corpses to a confrontation between a security guard and inhuman squatters, from who can be found at an all-night laundromat to what lies in wait at the bottom of the sea, from undead addictions to all-consuming obsessions, Kissing Carrion is “a journey through some of the most beautifully rendered visions of darkness and death to be published this past year."

©2003, 2015 Gemma Files (P)2022 Blackstone Publishing

Horror that leaves a residue

Almost everyone of the stories in this collection left me stunned. I would give it 5 stars across the bored but unfortunately I wasn’t a big fan of Megan Kelley’s narration.

My kind of story telling.

Short stories that will burrow in and stick with you. Enjoyed all of them but one. Couldn’t get past the whispering narrator. Enjoy the ride.

Hit and miss

Some of the stories were amazing and limit pushing- some were long winded and or boring.