THE PALLBEARERS CLUB

This psychological thriller gives narrators Graham Halstead, Xe Sands, and Elizabeth Wiley the perfect opportunity to exercise their considerable dramatic skills. Halstead portrays Art Barbara, founder of the Pallbearers Club, in the voice of a 17-year-old. Art's sultry friend, Mercy, portrayed by Xe Sands, has a penchant for taking pictures of the dead in their caskets. These moments foreshadow the creepy but not-too-upsetting vampirism that becomes obvious later. Sands also functions as a single-woman Greek chorus as Halstead pieces together this horror story bit by delicious bit. As Art's long-suffering mother, Elizabeth Wiley blends perfectly into the production. Together, the three narrators create a crescendo of horror, humor, and decadence. E.E.S. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2022, Portland, Maine [Published: AUGUST 2022]