• Certain Dark Things

  • By: M.J. Pack
  • Narrated by: Jacob York
  • Length: 7 hrs and 15 mins
  • 4.1 out of 5 stars (632 ratings)

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Certain Dark Things

By: M.J. Pack
Narrated by: Jacob York
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Publisher's summary

What grotesque surprises will you find in the secret place between the shadow and the soul?

In her debut short story collection, M.J. Pack offers up a new breed of terror sure to delight any true horror fan. Don’t miss out on tales of telepathic twins, a campfire ghost story gone terribly wrong, pills that induce life-threatening nightmares, and the disturbing new sideshow at Coney Island: Lady Alligator. Take a haunting trip down infamous Bubblehead Road and follow Danny around the country as he’s pursued by unseen (and unrelenting) creatures.

Prepare yourself, you’re about to indulge in some certain dark things...

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"Pack's horror anthology provides a great deal of haunting entertainment, especially as delivered by the gifted narrator Jacob York.... York narrates with such compelling energy that listeners will follow him through all the evil and deadly encounters in the collection." ( AudioFile)

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COUPLE, LOOKOUT POINT, HOOK IN DOOR

TIGER BEAT
On the one hand all collections have losers and this has a larger share of losers than most. On the other hand it is only 69 cents, making it worth taking a chance. There were 22 stories, some of them extremely short and hard to even be considered stories. I was glad I spend the 69 cents. I enjoyed the following stories, Women Seeking Men, Tracking, Bubblehead Road, We Find Ourselves Infested and For Everything There is a Season. Most of the rest were predictable and not even close to scary. None of these are in the class of J.A. Konrath or Blake Crouch or Stephen King, but they don't offer anything at this price either.

HAVE YOU EVER HAD A GUN POINTED AT YOU?
I found it funny that while listening I was trying to think how I would describe most of the stories and the old story about the couple making out in a car and finding a hook in the door or trunk the next day kept coming to my head as a way to explain and than in one of the stories she mentions that very story. This is a debut collection and the author is very young. Someday you may want to be able to say you read her stuff before it cost an arm and a leg. I thought the first three stories were pretty lame and if you think the same than just skip to the stores I have mentioned above. It's 69 cents.

MARIO LOPEZ SHIRTLESS
The narrator is very good, not up there with Porter , Wheaton or some of the others, but not bad either. The only problem I had was that the majority of characters were female and I believe a female narrator would have worked better.

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not what I expected but... entertaining

some good, some bad. but good enough to finish. not all stories are what I'd call horror but those are at least fast paced enough that I wasn,t bored for long.

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FANTASTIC!

This is hands down my favorite audiobook! Stories are amazing and I can't say enough about the performance. BRILLIANT! Highly recommend.

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Great performance

The stories are decent horror, atmospheric and disturbing, but the narration is what really pushes it into 5 star territory. Every voice, every mood, every turn of phrase, the reader really nails it.

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I want more!

This book went way too fast! The stories were really good! The variety with terrific and kept me wanting more. Seriously, the book ended way too soon 😩

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keeps you on your toes!!!!!

as you follow the winding path of short enchantingly dark stories, you can't help but be fascinated by each character however brief they maybe. If you like well written short stories i recommend this book to you!

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The Perfect Adult Halloween Book

A collection of truly dark and deep short stories,
many of which have a sexual element that makes this book so much more than your typical Halloween collections.

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The stuff nightmares are made of...

I could have listened to ten more stories, this book was so good. The narration was great and from the first story I was hooked. I can honestly say the author did a great job creating chilling, haunting, eerie scenarios. Cannot wait to read more.

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😳 Literary Horror

Beautiful, complex and horrific short stories told by an enthusiastic narrator. This is one book that must be listened to! Reminiscent of the greats: Lovecraft and Poe.

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amazing short stories

I love to the book and the narration. Very very rarely do you get short stories that are original and you wish that the book didn't end. I Goodreads more from this author and listen to more from the narrator. thanks Audible and thanks to the writer. A great deal. I think it is worth more. Good reading and listening.

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