When Darkness Loves Us

Paperbacks from Hell

By: Elizabeth Engstrom

Narrated by: Karly Hutchins

Sally Ann and Martha. Two women, searching for love. Finding terror.

During a terrifying storm, a gentle childhood is destroyed by a twisted man who promises love but delivers nightmare.

In the lightless depths of an underground labyrinth, unseen creatures lie in wait for an innocent traveler, cold skeletal hands stretched out in welcome.

There is horror in darkness - horror made greater when darkness loves us....

©1984 Elizabeth Engstrom (P)2019 Valancourt Books LLC

Fantastic Stories

I've had this on my list from the Paperbacks From Hell book for a while and primarily do audiobooks so it took me a while to get to this. Engstrom is a an amazing storyteller, each beautifully written.

Truly excellent writing

Worth the credit. I can't believe I had never heard of this author before. Psychologically disturbing with a bit of depth if you sit and actually think about what the author is telling, however, I do not like to think too deeply and this was just a fantastic listen.

A rediscovered grotesque classic

80s horror fans will rejoice at this duology of novellas by Engstrom, which reveals allegiances to authors ranging from Clive Barker to Sherwood Anderson. Valancourt does fantastic work finding hidden gems of the horror genre, and this collection is no exception.

Mixed feelings.

The good first, the narration was great never had any issues at all and does decent voices for different people. The stories felt interesting but didn’t draw me in enough to care in the first 1/2 but had an interesting premise and the second half was the exact opposite being slow but didn’t really find a purpose.
It wasn’t bad but not quite for me I guess.

Both stories great...

So this book came out in 1985 and it has 2 stories. I enjoy them both, but I really liked the 2nd one a little bit more. It was a very quick easy listen, narrator did a wonderful job. Really psychological horror.