El Charro: A Short Horror Story

John Langan

Feb 2020 · Come Join Us By the Fire Book 27 · Nightfire · Narrated by Ramon de Ocampo

About this audiobook

"El Charro" is a short horror story by award-winning author John Langan, one of 35 entries in the audio anthology Come Join Us by the Fire.

A man wakes up in a cell with his badly-beaten friend. And something else. Something hungry.

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

It doesn't get much better than langan. Not one if his best stories but still a very good and fun listen. The revel is a great take on an old trope by Langan. Check it.

Vampires are my favorite but, I didnt find this story interestng.

It was good. I would enjoy reading something else by this author.

About the author

John Langan is the author of the novels The Fisherman and House of Windows, and two collections of stories. The Fisherman won the Bram Stoker and This Is Horror Awards for superior achievement in a novel in 2016. Langan is one of the founders of the Shirley Jackson Awards, for which he served as a juror during its first three years. Currently, he reviews horror and dark fantasy for Locus magazine. He lives in New York's Hudson Valley with his wife, younger son, and many, many animals.