• The Last Stair into Darkness

  • By: Cliff Barlow
  • Narrated by: Chandra Skyye
  • Length: 4 hrs and 18 mins
  • 3.8 out of 5 stars (903 ratings)

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The Last Stair into Darkness

By: Cliff Barlow
Narrated by: Chandra Skyye
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Publisher's summary

The Last Stair into Darkness is a collection of 20 horrifying tales by author Cliff R. Barlow. Contained within are 20 stories to consume your days in fear and enfold your nights in restless nightmares. From a demon hiding under the basement stairs to the most terrifying specter of all, the monster within, Cliff brings a fresh and unique take to the genre that you won't soon forget. Just remember to sleep with the lights on....

©2014 Cliff R. Barlow (P)2014 Audible Inc.

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Wow what book did these people listen to???

Because I thought the stories were FN great! They were interesting, spooky, different. There's A LOT of crap out there. Trust me. I know. But this is not one of those collections. There are some very good ideas here. Please do more audiobook short-story collections author!

And I also liked the narrator as well. Had no problems with her.

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I'll definitely listen to this collection again.

Quick and dirty short stories that definitely fill you with a sense of horror. Decent narration, though not the best I've heard. Overall, a great addition to my short horror stories library.

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Horror galore

Definitely packed full of gruesome horror tales, the narrator was ok not terrible but I would have preferred a mix of narrators to break up each story as they seemingly bled into one another so you don’t realize at first you’re listening to a new tale, there’s no logic to the chapter break up, it would just have been more enjoyable if there was a clear indication of the new story taking place, otherwise the stories were great!

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Next time get a narrator who can pronounce

Such good stories read by a poor narrator. Please letter her know, for example, that it’s “written” and not “wri-en, etc. Really took away from the listening experience.

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Needed a different narrator

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

No. The narrator ruined it for me.

How would you have changed the story to make it more enjoyable?

Again...another narrator. She is like listening to a machine. She did not do the stories any justice. The stories were good but the narrator made it just sooo boring that I had a hard time listening.

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Cliche and unexpressive

I'm pretty sure I got this for free, but I still paid too much. I'm finishing the book purely as a lesson for what to avoid in my own writing. This feels like a first draft.

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Pronounce your “Ts” !!!

Interesting stories, some positively outre! If It wasn’t for the narrator dropping the “Ts” in so many of the words, I would have enjoyed it much more. That was extremely annoying!

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Love the stories, not the narrator so much.

I absolutely loved these weird and unusual stories, however the narrator’s inability to pronounce the letter “T” in the middle of words drove me nuts. Nevertheless, I have listened to this collection over and over while cringing when she says words like “per-in-ent” instead of pertinent, and “bu-ens” instead of buttons. So if you don’t mind the narrator’s regional pronunciation of certain words, you will love this collection.

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Pause please

I really enjoyed most of these stories, but absolutely hated the way they all ran together. The stories at times seemed like a run on sentence. While the stories themselves were good, the performance was good, but I really didn’t care for the lack of “a pause” between them.

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Writing was verbose and stilted

Narrator was terrible struggled to finish it. Free was to much to pay. Dont waist your time

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