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Shoggoths in Traffic and Other Stories
- Author
- Tobias S. Buckell
- Narrator
- various
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish Date
- 18 October 2022
- Run Time
- 9 hours 48 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Fantasy, Short stories
What to expect
sentry keeping motorists from stumbling into something ancient and evil, a man who puts stranded ghosts to rest, an ex-soldier traveling the seas who trades his new life of hardship for a return to swords and blood, and many more tales of speculative fiction.
Buckell’s fertile imagination is on display in Shoggoths in Traffic and Other Storiesas he comments on edgy issues of injustice and offers a thorny path to discover the human heart and all the strange things humans do. All the while, he keeps you looking over your shoulder, waiting for rush hour to end.
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Details
- Author
- Tobias S. Buckell
- Narrator
- various
- Duration
- 9 hours 48 minutes
- Release Date
- 18 October 2022
- ISBN
- 9781705067086
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Inc.
- Genre
- Fantasy, Short stories
Synopsis
Traffic is piling up, and strange things are headed your way in this new story collection by World Fantasy Award–winning author Tobias S. Buckell. In these twenty-four stories you’ll find inhabitants of a small town who won’t vaccinate against a zombie plague, a lone sentry keeping motorists from stumbling into something ancient and evil, a man who puts stranded ghosts to rest, an ex-soldier traveling the seas who trades his new life of hardship for a return to swords and blood, and many more tales of speculative fiction.Buckell’s fertile imagination is on display in Shoggoths in Traffic and Other Storiesas he comments on edgy issues of injustice and offers a thorny path to discover the human heart and all the strange things humans do. All the while, he keeps you looking over your shoulder, waiting for rush hour to end.
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