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All the Children on the Porch: A Short Horror Story
- Narrated by: Sarah L. Colton
- Length: 48 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Thriller & Suspense
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- Alan Preece
- 24-04-22
Not sure about this one...
Jenny was born on Halloween, but although she has celebrated her birthday she has never celebrated the holiday itself. She is always treated to a wonderful cake, that her father allows her to eat all to herself, and drifts off to sleep before the festivities around her begin.
One day before her birthday Jenny creeps into her fathers room and sneaks a look at his journal, and suddenly a light is shone on a particularly dark moment of the town's history, one where her family - and especially her mother - takes centre stage.
All The Children On The Porch is one of a collection of tales available by the author, each presented as a separate short story rather than in a collection. This puts a great deal of pressure on individual quality, as there’s no chance of a story that doesn’t hit home being offset by one that does, which makes me wonder if releasing stories this way is a good idea.
I mention this because All The Children On The Porch did not hit home for me, in spite of it being a well written tale, and I cannot quite put my finger on why this was the case. Perhaps there were too many things I thought of as inconsistencies (that were perhaps nothing of the sort) or perhaps the ending wasn’t as fulfilling as I wanted it to be (and this is one of those stories where it’s more about the destination than the journey).
If you read this far in my little review then this title must be of interest to you, then my advice would be to give this story a go and see what you think. In many ways it is an undeniably well written story, the performance (by Sarah L. Colton) is extremely good, and the atmosphere is well drawn between her efforts and the authors. My dissatisfaction may be entirely unwarranted, and as there was no other story to listen to I cannot tell if the author just isn’t for me, or if this is just an anomaly in her writing (or if I’m just being too harsh).
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- Janalyn
- 27-01-21
🙁 this story hadSo much potential but sadly in the
Sadly want to implement commonsense into the storyline it makes no sense. A little boy goes trick-or-treating at the scariest house in the neighborhood where an old lady takes in borders and the rumor is she buries them in the backyard again after trick-or-treating in the house with drugged and dead people with bowls of candy in the lab they go and witnessed her burying someone and run home but never tell the parents. She even videotaped the excursion. Now that was 1970, let’s fast forward to 2001 when the little boy is grown and married with a five-year-old daughter his wife is a nurse who goes and works at the boarding house with the older lady who is now very old. She finally gets caught collecting checks for dead people and dead people in her backyard, but she blames it all on the man’s wife which makes no sense because what they dug up the bones in the backyard they would know Debbie the nurse would’ve been a child when these murders took place or at least not an employee of the old lady. This book made no sense in it makes even less sense when Debbie the nurse gets sentenced to life in prison and the old lady goes free. The story has so much potential it’s a shame it couldn’t fulfill that. The narrator was good the first half of the story was really good and the second half as long as you’re not equipped with lots of common sense you may like this book. I did not.
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- Raven
- 16-11-18
Keeps you guessing
I enjoyed this short horror story. The plot is done in such a way as to keep you guessing right up until the end. The narrator did a fantastic job with the reading.
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- Melanie Osmond
- 19-10-18
My review
What a great little story. It’s nothing like I’ve ever seen before, if you like scary and psychological thrillers then this short story is for you.
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- J Smith
- 01-10-18
Warning: Do not read with the lights off!
Dona pulls yet another terrifying story out of the bag... thoroughly enjoyed it and only struggle to give it 5 stars due to it being so short.
Very well narrated by Sarah, who portrays the characters superbly well and fits the story perfectly.
This is an honest opinion of a free review copy.
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- Furny
- 29-09-18
A Twisted Horror
This tale is told by our young innocent narrator Jenny who we find out lives only with her Father.
Jenny was born on October 31st, Halloween but as she has got older she realises she has never got to go trick or treating like all the other children. In fact she always gets a birthday cake but all she can ever remember is tasting it and nothing else of the night and her Father shrugs off all questions. As she stumbles upon her Fathers diary she horrifyingly realises the truth and why she has been protected from been a child on the porch trick or treating around neighbours houses. Suddenly the notorious scary neighbours horrific scam is revealed and the reason her Mother was jailed disturbingly comes to light.
I really enjoyed this short story and would have loved it to have been a longer book. The story pulled me right in and the twist finished it perfectly. I will certainly be looking to listen to more of Dona's work.
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- ZOE R
- 20-10-18
Short horror story
I really enjoyed this short story and would have loved it to have been a longer . The story pulled me right in and the twist finished it perfectly. although it was a little bit too creepy for me.
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- CLOregon
- 15-10-18
A read that will sneak up on you
The writing style is the first thing that catches you on this. It's unsettling. You feel like looking behind you to make sure someone isn't there. Combined that with the mysterious story of a girl who thinks each year her dad drugs her birthday cake and, well, it because very disquieting. The fact it takes place on Halloween only adds to the haunting feel.
First class story all of the way. Loved the narrator as well. She helped really sell that skin-tingling feel.
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- Pam C
- 03-10-18
creepy
I made the mistake of listening to this book.
I don't like to be scared and don't like creep books.
THIS is both. It is very well written, and, although only a short book (audio is only about an hour), I almost had to stop listening. Totally creeped me out.
The narrator was perfect for this story and definitely does it justice.
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- sherry Christenson
- 29-09-18
Creepy creepy creepy creepy!!!!!
Thank god I decided to start this book on the way to work and not when I was driving home at Midnight! There is no way I could have listened to this in the dark alone.
Since I love to be scared I love this book. The suspense creeps up on you little by little building and building.
Even though it is a short story only about an hour long I felt like I lived the six year span of the book.
Narration was spot on point. Story was creepily excellent. If you love a good spooky Halloween story this one is for you
3 people found this helpful
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- norman
- 28-09-18
Horror in the mundane
Dona Fox is a master of finding horror in the mundane and ordinary. Told from the perspective of a young girl who finds her father’s diary, belief is supplanted with horrible reality. And as with many of her stories, there is no need for the supernatural when reality is terrible.
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- bluepits73
- 11-11-18
Unsettling!
This would have been a perfect Halloween listen, if you're in to feeling particularly festive. It is a great short horror and a very quick listen
The whole style of this book was unique. There is a definite creep factor and this short story is definitely eerie. It will leave you feeling unsettled, in a good way. It is not super scary on the surface; but if you let it sink in, it will leave you feeling perplexed.
The narrator did a great job!
I received a review copy at my request and have voluntarily left this unbiased review.
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- Geoff
- 04-11-18
Another great Dona Fox!
Dona's short stories are really dark and creepy. This one is no exception. Very well-written and well-narrated. You'll want to listen to all of her stuff. Highly recommended!
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- Murphy
- 19-10-18
Perfect Halloween Ghost story!
Listen to this story right before you take the kiddies out to trick or treat! Ha!
I dare you too!
Really enjoyed this story. So much so I bought another of Ms.Fox short stories. It’s a very fast paced story of a sweet little girl, her overwhelmed dad and a creepy neighbor!
I was given this story to read by the author, and I loved it. Really happy to find a new author to add to my nightmares.
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- Anna Hazelrigg
- 13-10-18
Twisted!
This story definitely has some twists. Overall it was a good story. The narrator done a great job!
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- Jen Hansen
- 30-09-18
Creepy and not what you think...
I love short horror stories because they always have so much going on in such a short span. This story was no different. I started the story so mad at the family for what they were doing, but after all was explained, and the story progressed, I started feeling like the family was in the right! It makes me wonder about the secrets my own neighbors are hiding! Fun story.
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