The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 4

By: Paula Guran - editor

Narrated by: Kristin James, Matt Godfrey

The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror series returns with a splendidly startling fourth volume!

From paranormal plots to stories of the supernatural, tales of the unfamiliar have always fascinated us humans. To keep the tradition alive, fantasy aficionado Paula Guran has gathered the most delightfully disturbing work from some of today's finest writers of the fantastique!

No two mysterious shadows are alike, and the same can be said for the books in this series. The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 4 contains more than twenty stories. Listener beware and indulge if you dare, because these chilling tales are sure to spook and surprise!

Contains mature themes.

©2023 Paula Guran (P)2023 Tantor

Mixed narration and story quality

Pretty standard collection of stories - other volumes in the same series are better. Narrators struggle at times, especially with accents - in particular, there are some really bad Scottish, Irish, and Indian accent attempts and a nearly unlistenable Caribbean story. The stories vary and are stronger on the fantasy side with weaker horror elements. Some interesting new stuff, some repetive horror tropes, and a lot of rehashing of the same "horrors of covid isolation" theme.