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  • Behind Dark Doors: The Complete Collection

  • By: Susan May
  • Narrated by: Hollis McCarthy
  • Length: 13 hrs and 15 mins
  • 3.6 out of 5 stars (8 ratings)

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Behind Dark Doors: The Complete Collection

By: Susan May
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Summary

Eighteen suspenseful short stories with a twist for lovers of Twilight Zone, Stranger Things, and Black Mirror. 

Brought to life by the incredible narration performance of Hollis McCarthy, AudioFile contest winner. 

These stories will delight fans of Twilight Zone, Outer Limits, Ray Bradbury, and genius twists tinged with wicked irony. Brought to you by the international best-selling author audiences have likened to Stephen King and early Dean Koontz. 

Journey into strange worlds and meet their unusual and sometimes terrifying residents in these stories spanning suspense, horror, paranormal, science fiction, and supernatural from the dark mind of short story award-winning author Susan May. 

Join a sweet, octogenarian couple celebrating 70 years of marriage, where something darker lies behind the smiles. Meet a desperate Alexander Graham Bell the day of his historic patent filing for the telephone who has made a call to the future. The Intelervate Chip repairs brain-damaged babies, but as the children mature the world soon forgets the lessons of the past. Travel with a family taking a scenic route which delivers them to an overnight stay that will change their lives forever. 

When a bully is assigned the class’s weird new kid to baby-sit, she may find she’s picked the wrong victim. A World War II veteran has endured vivid flashbacks for decades, but tonight a 70-year-old secret will come for him. A talented chef must survive the elimination round of an intense cooking competition where stakes are higher than you can imagine. Plus many more unique and original, entertaining tales. 

From an international award-winning short story writer and novelist comes these bite-sized tales that will have you listening to "just one more" as you are captivated by the clever twists and fascinating characters. Enjoy each story’s Imagination Vault, with insights into its inspiration, as revealed by Susan May.

©2019 Susan May (P)2019 Susan May

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Very entertaining

A great selection of short stories by this author. I couldn't believe it when I got to the end, I was waiting for more and didn't realise I'd listened to them all, the time passed so quickly! I love the explanation of how Susan came up with ideas for each one, this made the stories even more interesting. I have another book of Susan's, "Best Seller" which I'm really looking forward to starting now after this imaginative taster of her very descriptive writing style. I'd definitely recommend this book and really enjoyed Holly McCarthy's excellent narration too.

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Wow!

If you want to sleep don’t listen to this book. The stories are amazing. Susan’s ‘ imagination vault’ just blew me away. Such intrigue leaving you wanting more and more. Excellent

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Great if you’re a story-dipper

I often think that short stories are so under-rated and often overlooked. Whereas in reality they’re a difficult thing to get right. They need to able to stand on their own feet, and not just exist as that under-height cousin in the family photo.
This collection more than fills its stature. It’s a decent sized collection of stories with a supernatural twist, as defined by Susan May’s writing. And she does it well. They’re great for listening to in the car - just right for a journey to work.
I especially like this author’s work as she lets the story tell itself without gratuitous violence or sex, something that often find it’s way into this genre. I’d even suggest she could appeal to the upper aged young adult bracket - not an easy age group.
I also liked the explanation of each story and how they were conceived. It’s always fascinating to hear an author explain how a story or character takes over when being written.
First-class narration too.

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EXCELLENT

This collection of short stories were not only excellent but truly unique

Completely page turning

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