Genre ~ horror short stories
Publication date ~ September 22, 2026
Est Page Count ~ 337
Audio length ~ 9 hours 37 minutes
Narrators ~ Kathleen Early, Brittany Pressley, Abigail Reno, Emily Marso, Katy Bentz
There’s an illustration at the beginning of each story.
My review:
Never Kill the Medium
4⭐
Setting ~ Mikwaukee, Wisconsin
Chapter Count ~ 18 chapters
POV ~ single 3rd
Featuring ~ murder, violence, locked in
It’s Erica’s thirtieth birthday and she’s hosting a dinner party for herself. In attendance is her live in boyfriend, Chad, and a few of her friends ~ Beckie, Zach, Liv & Derek.
As a present Zach hired a medium so that she could talk to her sister again. How fun! Or not as it turns out. Spirits, rituals and even an Ouija board make an appearance.
Overall, it was a little bit predictable with one part, but there was a good amount of gruesomeness for its length.
The Nightmare House
4⭐
Setting ~ Tillington, Wisconsin
Chapter Count ~ 21 chapters +e
POV ~ dual 1st
Featuring ~ small town, post partum
Kristin & Patrick move from the big city of Chicago to a small town (pop 256) in Wisconsin for a fresh start with Hailey (15) and 12 week old, Henry.
Love me a haunted house and this one fit the bill. I liked that we got Hailey’s perspective. She came across relatable as a teen that is not happy to be taken away from her friends. And there’s limited cell service, gasp!
Overall, predicable, but I really liked the eeriness of it all with a creepy house & creepy neighbors. The ending worked perfectly. My favorite of the three stories.
Side note ~ they all drove there together, but somehow Kristin magically had her own car at one point.
All Curses Are Final
3⭐
Setting ~ Minnesota
Chapter Count ~ 19 chapters
POV ~ single 1st
Featuring ~ locked in feel with a blizzard, remote cabin, no cell service
College friends Blair, Jake, Noah, Maddie and Ricky are on a spring break trip together. Blair and Jake have recently broken up, so that brings some tension to the group. Nearly to their destination they decide to stop for gas and snacks.
ALL ITEMS CURSED. CURSE LIFTED AT TIME OF SALE.
A mysterious pen somehow ends up in Blair’s bag. Add in the fact there’s a blizzard outside, there’s no cell service and the homeowner keeps popping in with his creepy vibe and you might wonder why you chose this remote location for a week of fun.
Overall, this was the least scariest/creepiest of them all and my least favorite.
All in all, I’d recommend the collection for those horror lovers. They’re all just the right amount of length and they’re pretty fast paced. Not sure about the title, though.
Happy to see there are multiple narrators for the audiobook.
Thanks to Blackstone Publishing for my ARC!
Add to your never ending TBR ~ goodreads
I’d love to hear your thoughts if you’ve read it.
Book blurb:
Not all nightmares come from sleep. Some come from #1 New York Times bestselling author Jeneva Rose.
Three horror stories.
A dinner party. A quiet house. A roadside stop.
You’ll recognize the setup.
You won’t recognize what comes next.
Never Kill the Medium
A thirtieth birthday dinner turns deadly after someone hires a medium for a playful séance. When the ritual spirals out of control and the medium dies, the guests cover it up—unaware that leaving the séance unfinished has allowed something dark to cross over.
The Nightmare House
The Dalton family moves into what they believe is their forever home, in the quiet town of Tillington—until the house whispers, the neighbors watch, and no one believes the one person who knows something is wrong. Newly postpartum, Kristin Dalton soon uncovers a horrifying truth: every family who has lived in this house has died or disappeared.
All Curses Are Final
On the way to a remote winter cabin, a group of friends stops at a roadside store with a hand-painted “All items cursed. Curse lifted at time of sale.” They laugh it off—until one of them discovers an item in her bag she never paid for. As the storm traps them inside the cabin and bodies start to pile up, paranoia takes hold and suspicion turns inward.
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