STAY AWAKE Stories

The vicissitudes of life pressure the characters in these horror stories by critically acclaimed novelist Chaon in a way that is both horrifying and heartbreaking. This is one of those books that is even more effective in audiobook form because of its first-rate narration—this one by Kirby Heyborne. He employs a calm, measured delivery to elicit that pleasurable queasy feeling in the pit of the stomach. Like the best of horror fiction, STAY AWAKE demonstrates that we’re all a heartbeat away from a horrible life-changing accident or wrong decision. It’s extraordinarily disturbing—in a good way! R.O. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2012, Portland, Maine [Published: FEBRUARY 2012]