THE RIVER
Eleven tales of Philippine folk-horrorBy Ivory F. Wild
Length8h 11m
About this audiobook
THE RIVER
The boatman has never once been late, and he never hurries. Eleven miles to the other side, he tells you. Eleven souls to pay the toll.
Across the black water, the fog opens onto eleven ordinary lives — a father who brings home more than he bargained for, a widow who finds a drying pond too full of fish, a logging crew that hears something laughing in the trees, a husband who keeps setting two places at the table. Each one reached for something they were owed, and found that the old, hungry things of the Philippine dark keep better accounts than the living do.
Every story ends with one more object dropped into the bottom of the boat. Every mile, the boatman is watching to see what you do with what you're shown.
The River is the first crossing of the Tabi-Tabi trilogy: eleven tales of Philippine folk-horror, told by a guide who has never once lost a passenger — and never once let one leave untouched.
Audiobook details
GenreHorror, Other
Length8 hrs 11 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateAug 20, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
9Story Seven: The Divided Woman
2Prologue: The Muddy Bank
10Story Eight: The Ghost Flare
3Story One: The Shadow-Pet
11Story Nine: The Crying Field
4Story Two: The Bait
12Story Ten: The Hive Mind
5Story Three: The Scavenger’s Tax
13Story Eleven: The Watcher
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6Story Four: The Joke
14Epilogue: The Other Bank
7Story Five: The Silent Wing
15A Note on the Creatures of the Crossing
8Story Six: The Straight Line
16Publication Details
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