Audio only
The Ammonite Violin & Others
By Caitlín R. KiernanNarrated by Kevin Kenerly, various narrators, Xe Sands, Lauren Ezzo, Neil Hellegers, Paul Woodson, Chelsea StephensLength8h 26m
About this audiobook
In Caitlín R. Kiernan’s The Ammonite Violin & Others, one of contemporary dark fantasy’s most bewitching and distinctive voices is back with another banquet of the weird and unexpected. In his introduction, Jeff VanderMeer (City of Saints and Madmen, Finch) writes, “Kiernan creates her own light in this remarkable collection, and shines it on dark places. In doing so, she gives us gritty, lyrical, horrible, beautiful truths.”
The Ammonite Violin & Others, the author rises to meet the high expectations she set with such collections as Tales of Pain and Wonder, A is for Alien, and the World Fantasy Award-nominated To Charles Fort, With Love. Within these pages, you’ll discover a dazzling suite of stories situated on the borderlands between the unspeakable and the erotic, the grotesque, and the sublime. Here are stories of dream and metamorphosis, strange lands, and beings existing beyond the veil of death and beyond this earth. Here is a selkie who’s lost her sealskin, a woman with a blackhole in her heart, a fairie girl fallen to the Queen of Decay, the descent of a modern-day Orpheus, and a killer who has fashioned the most exquisite musical instrument from the remains of one of his victims. Here are dreams, nightmares, and worse things yet.
The Ammonite Violin & Others is comprised of stories first published in the subscription only Sirenia Digest, run by Caitlin for her most devoted readers. This publication marks the stories’ first availability to the general public.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 4.2 (673)
Includes Goodreads, StoryGraph, LibraryThing, Amazon
GenreGeneral Fiction
Length8 hrs 26 mins
Narrated byKevin Kenerly, various narrators, Xe Sands, Lauren Ezzo, Neil Hellegers, Paul Woodson, Chelsea Stephens
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateJul 24, 2021
LanguageEnglish
More from Caitlín R. Kiernan
Two Worlds and In BetweenCaitlín R. Kiernan24h 9m4.3 (456)$30
Beneath an Oil-Dark SeaCaitlín R. Kiernan24h4.4 (160)$30
Tales of Pain and WonderCaitlín R. Kiernan14h 53m4.2 (324)$23 · $0.00
The Dinosaur TouristCaitlín R. Kiernan13h 2m4.2 (419)$23
Confessions of a Five-Chambered HeartCaitlín R. Kiernan13h 32m4.3 (130)$23
A Is for AlienCaitlín R. Kiernan7h 34m4.0 (175)$17
Houses under the SeaCaitlín R. Kiernan21h 5m4.3 (410)$30
Dear Sweet Filthy WorldCaitlín R. Kiernan13h 6m4.2 (178)$23 · $0.00
AlabasterCaitlín R. Kiernan5h 47m4.1 (1.1K)$17
To Charles Fort, with LoveCaitlín R. Kiernan9h 54m4.4 (316)$20
The Ape’s Wife, and Other StoriesCaitlín R. Kiernan11h 46m4.0 (462)$23
WhistlerAnn Patchett10h 45m4.6 (4.6K)$29 · $0.00
Demon CopperheadBarbara Kingsolver21h 3m4.5 (949.4K)$46 · $0.00
To Kill a MockingbirdHarper Lee12h 18m4.5 (7.4M)$29 · $0.00
Remarkably Bright CreaturesShelby Van Pelt11h 17m4.4 (1.7M)$29 · $0.00
Black History CollectionFrederick Douglass, Harriet Ann Jacobs, Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. Du Bois27h 9m4.6 (2.6K)$18 · $0.00
The Old Man and the Sea (Annotated)Ernest Hemingway4h 27m4.6 (1.4K)$2 · $0.00
White HotIlona Andrews13h 18m4.5 (136.9K)$5 · $0.00
The Ghost by the Billabong (The Matilda Saga, #5)Jackie French14h 58m4.6 (773)$33 · $0.00
Cast in BloodMichelle Sagara16h 35m4.6 (607)$33 · $0.00
The Captain Blood Trilogy (Annotated)Rafael Sabatini29h 20m4.6 (1K)$3 · $0.00
Ship of the Line (Annotated)Cecil Louis Troughton Smith11h 13m4.6 (1K)$2 · $0.00
The George Orwell CollectionGeorge Orwell24h 46m4.5 (14.4K)$12 · $0.00
Time RegainedMarcel Proust15h 38m4.5 (9.2K)$2 · $0.00
Driving ForceElle James4h 58m4.6 (407)$20 · $0.00
When God Calls the HeartBrian Bird, Michelle Cox3h 24m4.6 (439)$10 · $0.00
Five Little IndiansMichelle Good10h 34m4.5 (64.5K)$29 · $0.00
Lolth's WarriorR. A. Salvatore13h 20m4.6 (2.4K)$33 · $0.00
The Things We Cannot SayKelly Rimmer13h 48m4.5 (359.1K)$33 · $0.00
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du BoisHonoree Fanonne Jeffers29h 49m4.5 (58K)$8 · $0.00
Going PostalTerry Pratchett11h 23m4.5 (189.9K)$29 · $0.00
You may also like
The Wendigo (Unabridged) (Annotated)Algernon Blackwood2h 59m3.9 (12.5K)$1.99 · $0.00
THE WENDIGO (A Chilling Horror Classic)Algernon Blackwood2h 4m3.9 (13.9K)$1 · $0.00
The Best Horror of the Year, Vol. 4Ellen Datlow16h 54m3.9 (1.1K)$23
The Celestial Omnibus and Other StoriesE. M. Forster3h 41m3.8 (1.1K)$21 · $0.00
Hold the DarkWilliam Giraldi6h 41m3.5 (5.3K)$17
LureTim McGregor3h 22m4.2 (793)$10 · $0.00
CursedMarie O’Regan, Paul Kane9h 39m3.5 (3.6K)$20 · $0.00
The FestivalH. P. Lovecraft24m3.6 (4.1K)$2.30
The Black CatEdgar Allan Poe25m4.0 (59.3K)$2.30
To Charles Fort, with LoveCaitlín R. Kiernan9h 54m4.4 (316)$20
The Stories of Paul BowlesPaul Bowles28h 38m4.4 (1.5K)$53 · $0.00
The Horror in the MuseumHoward Phillips Lovecraft, Hazel Heald1h 15m4.0 (5.5K)$2 · $0.00
The House of SoulsArthur Machen8h 53m4.0 (1.2K)$2.30
Short Horror Stories Volume 9Scare Street1h 10m4.2 (253) Only with Ultra
Road of BonesChristopher Golden8h 35m3.6 (25.9K)$20 · $0.00
The Great God PanArthur Machen1h 59m3.8 (23.6K)$6 · $0.00
Herbert West–ReanimatorH. P. Lovecraft1h 23m3.9 (11.2K)$2.30
Don't Breathe A WordJennifer McMahon12h3.7 (20.1K)$29 · $0.00
Short Horror Stories Volume 6Scare Street1h 16m4.3 (33) Only with Ultra
The Women of the WoodAbraham Merritt1h 57m3.6 (58)$2 · $0.00