OVERGROWTH

Caitlin Kelly narrates this horror story about a race of alien plants and their impending invasion. Anastasia was forever altered at 3 years old when she went missing in the woods and encountered a cannibalistic plant. Now her mundane adult life includes working at a call center and dating her trans boyfriend, but she'll tell anyone she meets that the invasion is coming. Kelly differentiates characters smoothly, and her youthful voice and enhanced articulation suit Anastasia's feelings of otherness. Where the pace of the prose slows, Kelly's narration keeps listeners focused on the drawn-out details of Anastasia's experience with bodily changes. And as the world begins to realize that Anastasia is telling the truth, Kelly expands her emotional depictions of the characters and the situation they find themselves in. A.K.R. © AudioFile 2025, Portland, Maine [Published: SEPTEMBER 2025]