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The Weird Ones

By: Steve Vernon
Narrated by: Daniel Dorse
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About this listen

Some stories tiptoe up and whisper in your ear - all sweetness and gumdrops and happy-ever-after-after-there-you-go.

Then, there are the weird ones.

We're talking talking-chickens, blue plague spam monkeys, tug boats of unbridled and fetid fecundity, tulwar-swinging cab drivers, malls that maul you, gnawing on screwdrivers and jig-lining elder gods coming at you faster than a ride-on mow-down massacre mower shopping cart caravan.

This is a collection for the seriously messed up minds of all you listeners who have grown tired of the trite detritus of day-to-day storytelling. These are some of the weirdest, most messed up mind-bending kind of stories that have ever been written - and I'm daring you to listen to them now.

"Plague Monkey Spam" - a novella of spider-gods, storytelling and the kitchen sink. "Gnarly Ho-Tep Hoedown Two-step" - a story told over a hand of potato chip poker. "Hunger Time at the Midnight Mall" - a yarn of belly-grumble and fear. "The Last Curl of Gut Rope" - chicken, egg, chicken, egg, crack this riddle if you dare.

All of this wonderful madness is brought to you by Steve Vernon - the creator behind the cult novella classic - Long Horn, Big Shaggy: A Tale of Wild West Terror and Reanimated Buffalo.

©2011 Steve Vernon (P)2013 David N. Wilson Anthologies Anthologies & Short Stories Horror Scary Short Stories Fiction
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Bobby received one of those scam emails - and answered it!
The result was , to say the least, surprising.
So much blue dung everywbere.
The sound of the words, as read, without attaching meaning, moulds into something mesmeric, mad but almost tangible. Almost anti erotic.
And I have no idea what it's all about.
All power to narrator, Daniel Dorse, who read with a deliciously understated delivery.

My thanks to the rights holder of The Weird Ones, who, at my request freely gifted me with a complimentary copy via Audiobook Boom. Definitely an odd one, not for the faint hearted. But certainly different. And weird!

"There's always something bigger, Story Man."

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As the title says, it is indeed weird.

I liked the book overall, and the narration is quite good. Is it worth a credit? I would say yes. It's not a masterpiece, but it is good overall. I don't feel I like it enough for 4 stars, but the mere fact that this is actually different makes it worth a credit and make me give it a score of more than 3.

Erm, it is weird. 3.5 out of five.

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