Black Bark: A Short Horror Story

Brian Evenson

Feb 2020 · Come Join Us By the Fire Book 12 · Nightfire · Narrated by Ramon de Ocampo

About this audiobook

"Black Bark" is a short horror story by award-winning author Brian Evenson, one of 35 entries in the audio horror anthology Come Join Us by the Fire.

A story-within-a-story vexes two cowboys on the run, looking for a cabin that may not exist.

Come Join Us by the Fire, edited by Theresa DeLucci, is an audio-only horror anthology of 35 short stories from Nightfire Books, a horror imprint of Tor Books. The collection showcases the breadth of talent writing in the horror genre today, with contributions from a wide range of bestselling genre luminaries including China Miéville, Chuck Wendig, Richard Kadrey, and Victor LaValle; Shirley Jackson Award winners Paul Tremblay, Priya Sharma, and Sam J. Miller; Nebula Award winners Brooke Bolander, Alyssa Wong, Kij Johnson; and many, many more.

Ratings and reviews

Wha? Not a good sign if I'm angry when the story ends. Really liked the genre and the descriptive narrative but the last quarter of the story made no sense whatsoever.

Western. Incomplete story. disappointing ending

I thought this was a great book. It did creep me out by the end cuz it really makes you think.

About the author

Brian Evenson is the recipient of three O. Henry Prizes and has been a finalist for the Edgar Award, the Shirley Jackson Award, and the World Fantasy Award. He is also the winner of the International Horror Guild Award and the American Library Association’s award for Best Horror Novel, and his work has been named in Time Out New York’s top books.