A Life That Is Not Mine: A Short Horror Story

Kristi DeMeester

Feb 2020 · Come Join Us By the Fire Book 33 · Nightfire · Narrated by Saskia Maarleveld

About this audiobook

A woman spirals as her life descends into a never-ending night in "A Life That Is Not Mine", a short horror story by Kristi DeMeester, from the audio anthology Come Join Us by the Fire.

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

I thoroughly enjoyed this reading. I was drawn in from the beginning. Even though this was not supposed to be a comedy, I did get quite a giggle out of most of it from the teacher's point of view in the story. Sounds like what I imagine my kids junior high teachers are feeling right about now. Lots of kids are sick with the flu, and in general, don't pay attention to the teachers.

This was an excellent story. It reminds us that we need to change our outlook on things. Makes me glad that her life is not mine.

I am very happy that.. it's a life that is not mind 😰 worth the listen

About the author

Kristi DeMeester is the author of Beneath, a novel published by Word Horde, and the author of Everything That's Underneath, a short fiction collection published by Apex Publications. Her short fiction has appeared in publications such as Ellen Datlow's The Best Horror of the Year Volume 9, Year's Best Weird Fiction Volumes 1, 3 and 5, Black Static, The Dark, Apex Magazine, and several others.