Plastic Faces

A Disturbing Collection of Horror and Supernatural Short Stories: Terrifying Tales Told in the Dark

By: Marta Abromaityte, Velox Books

Narrated by: Annette Swift

Journey with NoSleep favorite Marta Abromaityte in this collection of tales that remind us that genuine horror isn't just what’s behind the mask, but why it was put on in the first place…

A terrified man descends into madness, convinced something is making his fingers disappear one by one. A hiker becomes trapped in a surreal empty town in the woods. A man becomes convinced creatures are living inside his blood… and they just want out. As the masks fall away in these and other disturbing tales, are you brave enough to see what lies beneath?

©2024 Marta Abromaityte (P)2024 Velox Books

Critic reviews

"Marta Abromaityte is a modern master of body horror and all things that make your skin want to skitter away from your bones.”—Travis Brown, author of House With One Hundred Doors

Great Narrator

The narration for this audiobook worked really well for the spooky nature of all of these short stories. The style allowed me to immerse myself in the horrors unfolding.

My favorite story of the collection was the title track, "Plastic Faces."

Plastic Faces

Anthologies always have a few standouts, a few clunkers and some in-between. Unfortunately, this one had more than its share of mediocre stories. First of all, many of them were super short and therefore weren't very fleshed out. Also, a lot of them were fairly repetitive in their storyline. How many stories can you read with maggots, fingers disappearing, people without faces (or other body parts) and fetuses from Hell?

There were a couple that will stick with me, especially "My dog Rufus". As a retired Veterinarian, this one hit too close to home to be forgotten. Another story featured mannequins, which are always creepy IMO. I think if I had read the stories over a long period of time instead of as a continuous book, I might have enjoyed them more and not noticed the similarities.

The narrator did a pretty good job, but the audio could have used some editing. There were a lot of stories with repeated phrases that were pretty distracting. And, that cover? The stuff of nightmares!!!