The Anatomist's Mnemonic: A Short Horror Story

Priya Sharma

Feb 2020 · Come Join Us By the Fire Book 13 · Nightfire · Narrated by Ramon de Ocampo

About this audiobook

"The Anatomist's Mnemonic" is a short horror story by British Fantasy Award-winner Priya Sharma, one of 35 entries in the audio anthology Come Join Us by the Fire.

Life is laid out in lines: life, heart, and head. The lines of destiny, affection, and the sun are all there in the palm of your hand, but not all desires can be held.

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 felt chills going down my spine. The author Really gets your attention of the main character. You cam really listen on what the character likes and how he feels. I loved this audio book ☺

This was really good! It's about a fetish that goes too far. When Sam walks into her home and sees the instruments, you kinda have an idea that something is going to happen. Still, really good story.

Absolutely horrifying surprise.

About the author

Priya Sharma's fiction has appeared in Interzone, Black Static, Nightmare, The Dark and Tor.com. She’s been anthologised in several of Ellen Datlow’s Best Horror of the Year series, Paula Guran’s Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror series, Jonathan Strahan’s The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2014, Steve Haynes’ Best British Fantasy 2014, and Johnny Main’s Best British Horror 2015. She’s also been a Shirley Jackson Award finalist, and won a British Fantasy Award for Short Fiction.