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The Merry Spinster: Tales of Everyday Horror Audiobook, by Daniel Mallory Ortberg Play Audiobook Sample

The Merry Spinster: Tales of Everyday Horror Audiobook

The Merry Spinster: Tales of Everyday Horror Audiobook, by Daniel Mallory Ortberg Play Audiobook Sample
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Read By: Christina Traister Publisher: Brilliance Audio Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 3.50 hours at 1.5x Speed 2.63 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: June 2018 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9781978607767

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

11

Longest Chapter Length:

45:04 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

16:40 minutes

Average Chapter Length:

28:30 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

1

Publisher Description

From Daniel Mallory Ortberg comes a collection of darkly mischievous stories based on classic fairy tales. Adapted from his beloved "Children's Stories Made Horrific" series, The Merry Spinster takes up the trademark wit that endeared Ortberg to readers of both The Toast and his best-selling debut Texts From Jane Eyre. The feature has become among the most popular on the site, with each entry bringing in tens of thousands of views, as the stories proved a perfect vehicle for Ortberg’s eye for deconstruction and destabilization. Sinister and inviting, familiar and alien all at the same time, The Merry Spinster updates traditional children's stories and fairy tales with elements of psychological horror, emotional clarity, and a keen sense of feminist mischief.

Readers of The Toast will instantly recognize Ortberg's boisterous good humor and uber-nerd swagger: those new to Ortberg's oeuvre will delight in his unique spin on fiction, where something a bit mischievous and unsettling is always at work just beneath the surface.

Unfalteringly faithful to its beloved source material, The Merry Spinster also illuminates the unsuspected, and frequently, alarming emotional complexities at play in the stories we tell ourselves, and each other, as we tuck ourselves in for the night.

Bed time will never be the same.

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About Christina Traister

Christina Traister, Earphones Award–winning narrator, has worked nationally as a professional actor for over fifteen years with a career focusing on classical theater. She teaches acting, voice, and stage combat in the Department of Theatre at Michigan State University.