Blithecraft

An Anthology of Weird Tales

By: C.R. Tyroak

Narrated by: Gareth Richards

A blithely return to the eccentric craft of weird short stories. Tales of other dimensions, eldritch beasts, and seditious sirens. Ancient witchcraft, necromancers, and giant arthropods. Worlds of past, present, and future are presented in a classical style with contemporary beguile. From the fishing port of Temple Blithe to the Cumbrian fells. From ancient woodlands to alien observatories.

This compelling collection will engage the lovers of horror, fantasy, and science fiction and marry their eccentric desires in the church of Blithecraft. Twelve stories suitable for the discerning fantasist.

©2018 C.R. Tyroak (P)2019 C.R. Tyroak

Great Short Stories!!

I found these tales to be very intriguing and well written. The author is well spoken and very descriptive so I thoroughly enjoyed listening to them. I will certainly be searching for books from this author again!

the craft is alive and well

The first thing to note is that the writing has craft to it, like an artist staying true to their art. These stories are thought-provoking and dynamic. The narrator does a good job of bringing them to life.

The Department of Snitches and Other Weird Tales

I love horror anthologies, they remind me of buffets, you get to have a little of everything. Usually collections are a mixed bag of good and bad, but that is the nature of collections. Overall I would say that these were all equally rounded and while only one stood out to me, they were in general, fun stories. I thought that this encompassed a wide spectrum of tales and it sounded like they not only spanned style, but they also spanned time. I felt that as the book progressed the stories sounded to move through time as well. I wouldn’t really call any of these stories really horror as I didn’t find any of them scary, although they were bizarre and weird in nature. Fans of older strange tales will most likely really enjoy these stories.

Gareth Richards did a good job with the narration. He has a strong accent that paired well with the stories. His cadence and overall narration really made the stories much more interesting.

I was voluntarily provided this free review copy audiobook by the author, narrator, or publisher.

Good story writing and good story reading

I liked most of the stories they were couple of them that I didn’t really understand. My favorite story was bitches and snitches it was really funny it made me laugh.

Weird indeed, and definitely a good time.

I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

Upfront bias disclaimer: I love short story collections. This is one's pretty good, and 'weird' is definitely the right word to describe this one. It's a grab bag of Lovecraft-esque lurking horor, monsters, pulp horror and a bit of humor, all of which are written in completely different styles which makes the collection feel a bit more novel than most. Most of the time when I see this sort of stylistic shifting from a single author the prose tends to suffer as a result, but that doesn't happen here. Not all of the stories are hits but there are several really good pieces in here and the narrator does an excellent job with all of them. I only wish the collection was a bit longer.