• Dark Dreams

  • A Collection of Horror and Suspense by Black Writers
  • By: Brandon Massey
  • Narrated by: various
  • Length: 13 hrs and 58 mins
  • 3.9 out of 5 stars (172 ratings)

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Dark Dreams

By: Brandon Massey
Narrated by: various
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Publisher's summary

With heart-stopping stories by Zane, Tananarive Due and Steven Barnes, Joy M. Copeland, Robert Fleming, Terence Taylor, Francine Lewis, Brandon Massey, and 12 other established or up-and-coming writers, Dark Dreams is a must-have contemporary anthology for fans of the supernatural.
©2004 Brandon Massey (P)2004 Recorded Books, LLC

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OUTSTANDING COLLECTION!!

Listen carefully to the editor's introduction and you'll agree that black writers have so much more to offer than those situational, dramatic, relationship-type novels. Now, I do *luvs* my "black soap opera" novels from time to time, but as the colors of the rainbow, I have an ecclectic appetite for literature and it is TRULY refreshing to own a collection like this offered in Dark Dreams.

I was not surprised at the profound, suspenseful, intriguing, and supernatural short stories in this collection of black writers because I'm a serious fan of Gary Hardwicke, Gar Anthony Haywood, Zane, Stephen Carter, and Tina McElroy Ansa. All of these writers can stand toe-to-toe (or shall I say, noun-to-noun) with those so called "New York Times Best Sellers" lists of authors any day!

I strongly advise those who tend to have an affinity to those "too much black drama for your mama" novels to expand your horizons a bit. Check out this collection of well written, intriguing short stories and I guarantee you will be truly pleased as I am!

--B4

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    4 out of 5 stars

slow start, but good

this a collection of horror stories by different Black American authors the first few stories I was really disappointed, the ending just left you hanging, like the narrator was about to go the next section and.....nothing, after the first few stories it got really good with some very good short stories by Blk amer. authors , some of these I'd seen in print but never purchased. I want substance and not a lot of unnecessary drama in what I listen to or read. But after the first 3 I was pleasantly suprised, I will look for these authors works I just wished more were in audio format

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What the?

Over all these stories were great and written and executed quite well. There were a couple that were too sexually explicit and one so bloody, I quite literally felt the need for a bath and a therapist.

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    1 out of 5 stars

Disappointed

Here was an opportunity to showcase African-Americans writing in genre miles away from, what has become, stereotypical. For a few fleeting moments we could set aside stories about the bonds of oppression or gratuitous sexual liaisons. What could be more interesting than an entire set of stories set in the macabre? How long have we waited to read the lines that tend to frighten Black folk? Maybe this would be something that I could listen to while traveling cross-county with my grandchildren, perhaps. Wishing for this is like wishing for an American car that outperforms its Japanese counterpart. One could only hope and here my hopes were dashed, again. I am no prude, really. I just do not feel that so much of what we write has to be laced with such graphic sexual imagery. It sort of like special effects used in a film. Usually they are there because the writing is so poor that no one would bother paying to see the film otherwise. Some of these stories were so well set and interesting that there was really no need to include the X-rated sex scenes, so why include them?

I really cannot recommend this title to anyone, unfortunately. I was listening to this audiobook with my wife and had to turn it off. That is how filthy the language was. It is a shame really. The editors should consider the audience for which this book was compiled. I think that they will find that most of the readers have forsworn gutter language, especially when it adds nothing to what is being said.

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  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars

Good horror

This was a good ecclectic collection of short horror pieces, some better than others, and a few outstanding. Narration was fantastic, from a number of sincere and dramatic voices. In my experience with horror anthologies, a book is worth getting even if there are only two or three chilling and disturbing tales which you will keep in the background of your thoughts for weeks afterward, which this collection has.

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    3 out of 5 stars

DID NOT ENJOY

14 hours of my life that i will never get back. Good that I have to commute daily to work. I think I may have like 2 to 3 stories from this collection...Did not really enjoy this book at all. I thought some of the stories were very slow. They were unable to hold my attention. This is one book I wish that i could have gotten a refund on.... Buy this one at your own risk!!

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enjoyable!

I enjoyed this Anthology but there were 2 stories that were just a little bit too wordy/ surreal / Macabe for me. Most stories were not Steven King Scary. Besides that I enjoyed it. my favorite was Red! Good balance of fear, sex, character development, and surprise.

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Gem after Gem

I need the extended versions of each story. Each story kept me in suspense. Power is my fav.

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A Twisted Book of Horrors

Wow, this has everything you could want in a horror compilation--gore, suspense, sex, among other frightening and disturbing items. The sexual stuff can be pretty twisted so brace yourself.

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I struggled to finish

I struggled to finish, but eventually I was able to. Some of the stories didn't make sense to me, some were not classified to me as "Dark Dreams"; really enjoyed the book, Danger Word, it was kind of scary after releasing what was going on

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