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My Body, Herself: A Short Horror Story
Written by Carmen Maria Machado
Narrated by Saskia Maarleveld
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About this audiobook
A woman learns that death is not the loneliest thing in "My Body, Herself", a short horror story by Carmen Maria Machado (Her Body and Other Parties), from the audio anthology Come Join Us by the Fire.
Come Join Us by the Fire, edited by Theresa DeLucci, is an audio-only horror anthology of 35 short stories from Nightfire Books, a horror imprint of Tor Books. The collection showcases the breadth of talent writing in the horror genre today, with contributions from a wide range of bestselling genre luminaries including China Miéville, Chuck Wendig, Richard Kadrey, and Victor LaValle; Shirley Jackson Award winners Paul Tremblay, Priya Sharma, and Sam J. Miller; Nebula Award winners Brooke Bolander, Alyssa Wong, Kij Johnson; and many, many more.
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5It was very well written, and I think I got metaphor.