Arkham County

An Audible Original Drama

By: Guy Adams, AK Benedict

Narrated by: David Annen, Emily Barber, Burn Gorman, Alex Kingston, Stuart Milligan, Stanley Tucci

Welcome to Arkham County. Population: 749,824. But that number’s dropping all of the time....

Lying northeast of Massachusetts, just south of Hell, Arkham County is somewhere you find yourself, not somewhere you ever mean to go. Once you do find it though, you'd better get used to living there, as you may be there for however long you have left to live.

From within the walls of Arkham’s asylum, reclusive writer Randolph Carter tells the story of orphan Violet Flintock, who arrives in Arkham County in search of her own history only to be instantly greeted by the bloody realities of this small town, whose foundations are built from the lore and mythology of HP Lovecraft.

In this Audible Original production, Stanley Tucci (The Devil Wears Prada, Fortitude) leads a cast to introduce you to the horrific, bizarre and just plain weird world of Arkham County. This HP Lovecraft-inspired tale will delight fans and those unfamiliar with his wild, surreal and terrifying horror stories.

Starring;

Stanley Tucci as Randolph Carter

With:

David Annen as Vincent Matravers

Emily Barber as Violet Flintlock

Dakota Blue Richards as Morrigan

Burn Gorman as Wilbur

John Heffernan as Walter Gilman

Alex Kingston as Henrietta

Laurel Lefkow as Keziah Mason

Stuart Milligan as Marsh

Carlyss Peer as Chloe

Blake Ritson as Herbert West

Dan Starkey as Dean Halsey

Shane Taylor as Detective Lewis

Becky Wright as Lavinia

Directed by Simon Barnard

©2020 Guy Adams & AK Benedict (P)2020 Audible, Ltd

Thank goodness for Tucci!!

The whole thing is much like Twilight Zones. Stanley Tucci is the base for all the stories. The stories are interesting, intertwining and continue to draw you emotionally and intellectually.

a bit tough to follow

while this Lovecraft-inspired story was entertaining, by using so many names, places and situational events from the original HPL mythos, it was tough to follow and confusing to wade through the cast of characters - and their relationships.

I had to listen 3 times to figure it out.

Ok

It was ok, but a little lengthy. It didn’t keep my interest. An ok read.

Solid stories, aggravating production

I enjoyed the story component of this, it was a fun update of lots of bits and pieces of the Lovecraftian mythos. Unfortunately the production really drags out down. I'm not against full cast productions per se, but this is the style of them that aggravates me - there are enough actors doing dramatic performances that the volume is all over the place compared to a typical audiobook narration. Beyond that, all the sound effects muddy up the voices and occasionally jump in with excessively loud and grating noises. This all makes for a listening nightmare if you like to enjoy audiobooks in a relaxed way, without constantly policing the volume.

That's not enough to take away my recommendation, the actual stories are interesting enough to check out. Just go in prepared for the production choices.

It helps if you really know love craft

It is a well performed interesting story that has vibrant imagery and good writing. It doesn’t dwell on overworked tropes but embraces the inspiration. Have fun, be weird.