Rural Decay
Failed to add items
Add to Cart failed.
Add to Wish List failed.
Remove from wishlist failed.
Adding to library failed
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
Get 2 free audiobooks during trial.
Buy for $6.95
No default payment method selected.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
-
Narrated by:
-
Mark Royse
-
By:
-
Jason Nickey
About this listen
Jack Buckley always admired his father. even after he found out he was a serial killer. As Jack grows older, and he begins helping his father, he begins to develop an unhealthy obsession with him; an obsession that would send both of their lives crumbling into decay.
From Jason Nickey, Author of ‘Wreckage’, comes a new story of extreme horror.
©2024 Jason Nickey (P)2024 Jason NickeyListeners also enjoyed...
-
This House Will Never Be Warm
- By: Paul Avery Tindol
- Narrated by: Nate DuFort
- Length: 2 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
“Before there was light, there was a vast emptiness. That is Mother Cold, and we will all return to her." "As Confederate soldier Martin Tomball faces death, freezing overnight on a battlefield, Mother Cold comes to make a deal—a deal that will curse his family for generations to come. Now, in the winter of 2021, Texas is hit with a state-wide ice storm, leaving millions of households without power. Siblings Jasper and Autumn Tomball are going to have to find a plan to stay warm until the ice thaws—or until Mother Cold comes to collect her bargain.”
-
-
Hooks you right from the start
- By Renee Blair on 11-03-24
-
It Eats Your Hunger
- By: Joseph Murnane
- Narrated by: Tom Jordan
- Length: 6 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Ren has a problem, and it’s not his heroin addiction. Or that he’s wanted for murdering his step-father. He’s being haunted by something far worse than the ghost of his dead sister. When he hitches a ride with Lefty, Jersey, and Geena, a group of itinerant addicts on the run from their own problems, he starts to believe maybe things are looking up. But there’s something wrong with Lefty. Something unnatural. Something that wants to see them all dead. Can Ren stop it in time, or will he end up torn apart on the side of the highway? Or worse?
-
-
Deep and emotional!!
- By Alison O on 11-18-24
By: Joseph Murnane
-
When the Mockingbird Sings
- By: Stuart Bray, Jason Nickey
- Narrated by: Todd Waites
- Length: 1 hr and 35 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
This is the story of a vile, cruel, disgusting man, getting exactly what he deserves. Johnny is a gangster in 60's Moon City. When Johnny picks up a delivery for his boss at an old warehouse on the edge of town, his life changes in a way you won't soon forget.
-
-
Crazy!
- By Asher Dark on 03-30-24
By: Stuart Bray, and others
-
Golem
- By: PD Alleva
- Narrated by: Michelle Kato Sobeski
- Length: 14 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
On November 1, 1951, war hero John Ashton was promoted to detective. His first assignment: find the district attorney’s missing daughter. But his only lead is Alena Francon, a high society sculptor and socialite committed to Bellevue’s psychiatric facility. Alena has a story for the new detective. A story so outlandish John Ashton refuses to heed the warning. Alena admits to incarnating Golem, a demonic force, into her statue. A devil so profound he’s infiltrated every part of New York’s infrastructure.
-
-
Awesome narrative
- By Kindle Customer on 09-21-24
By: PD Alleva
-
A Werewolf's Diary
- The Full Moon, Book 1
- By: Alexandra Nisneru
- Narrated by: Herbert Wollgast
- Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
"My name is.... well, it’s not your f--king business. And it’s irrelevant for the magnificent plan I am trying to accomplish. If all goes well, in less than a year I will be the king of the werewolves." "My name is Matt and my whole life got turned upside down when a mysterious animal attacked me. If it is a curse or a blessing, well, that remains to be seen."
-
-
A Werewolf Story Like You've Never Read Before
- By Becky on 10-14-24
-
Blender Babies
- By: Jon Athan
- Narrated by: Beau Thomas
- Length: 7 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
No one saw it coming. It started with isolated reports of people kidnapping babies and blending them to drink their ‘essence’—a highly potent and highly addictive chemical compound found in infants. The phenomenon spread through social media, infecting other addicts. Cases of kidnapping and murder—femicide and infanticide—skyrocketed, leading to governments around the world to issue state of emergencies and strict shelter-at-home orders. But it was too late. Society had collapsed into itself.
-
-
Splatter fun
- By Hal on 10-18-24
By: Jon Athan
-
This House Will Never Be Warm
- By: Paul Avery Tindol
- Narrated by: Nate DuFort
- Length: 2 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
“Before there was light, there was a vast emptiness. That is Mother Cold, and we will all return to her." "As Confederate soldier Martin Tomball faces death, freezing overnight on a battlefield, Mother Cold comes to make a deal—a deal that will curse his family for generations to come. Now, in the winter of 2021, Texas is hit with a state-wide ice storm, leaving millions of households without power. Siblings Jasper and Autumn Tomball are going to have to find a plan to stay warm until the ice thaws—or until Mother Cold comes to collect her bargain.”
-
-
Hooks you right from the start
- By Renee Blair on 11-03-24
-
It Eats Your Hunger
- By: Joseph Murnane
- Narrated by: Tom Jordan
- Length: 6 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Ren has a problem, and it’s not his heroin addiction. Or that he’s wanted for murdering his step-father. He’s being haunted by something far worse than the ghost of his dead sister. When he hitches a ride with Lefty, Jersey, and Geena, a group of itinerant addicts on the run from their own problems, he starts to believe maybe things are looking up. But there’s something wrong with Lefty. Something unnatural. Something that wants to see them all dead. Can Ren stop it in time, or will he end up torn apart on the side of the highway? Or worse?
-
-
Deep and emotional!!
- By Alison O on 11-18-24
By: Joseph Murnane
-
When the Mockingbird Sings
- By: Stuart Bray, Jason Nickey
- Narrated by: Todd Waites
- Length: 1 hr and 35 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
This is the story of a vile, cruel, disgusting man, getting exactly what he deserves. Johnny is a gangster in 60's Moon City. When Johnny picks up a delivery for his boss at an old warehouse on the edge of town, his life changes in a way you won't soon forget.
-
-
Crazy!
- By Asher Dark on 03-30-24
By: Stuart Bray, and others
-
Golem
- By: PD Alleva
- Narrated by: Michelle Kato Sobeski
- Length: 14 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
On November 1, 1951, war hero John Ashton was promoted to detective. His first assignment: find the district attorney’s missing daughter. But his only lead is Alena Francon, a high society sculptor and socialite committed to Bellevue’s psychiatric facility. Alena has a story for the new detective. A story so outlandish John Ashton refuses to heed the warning. Alena admits to incarnating Golem, a demonic force, into her statue. A devil so profound he’s infiltrated every part of New York’s infrastructure.
-
-
Awesome narrative
- By Kindle Customer on 09-21-24
By: PD Alleva
-
A Werewolf's Diary
- The Full Moon, Book 1
- By: Alexandra Nisneru
- Narrated by: Herbert Wollgast
- Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
"My name is.... well, it’s not your f--king business. And it’s irrelevant for the magnificent plan I am trying to accomplish. If all goes well, in less than a year I will be the king of the werewolves." "My name is Matt and my whole life got turned upside down when a mysterious animal attacked me. If it is a curse or a blessing, well, that remains to be seen."
-
-
A Werewolf Story Like You've Never Read Before
- By Becky on 10-14-24
-
Blender Babies
- By: Jon Athan
- Narrated by: Beau Thomas
- Length: 7 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
No one saw it coming. It started with isolated reports of people kidnapping babies and blending them to drink their ‘essence’—a highly potent and highly addictive chemical compound found in infants. The phenomenon spread through social media, infecting other addicts. Cases of kidnapping and murder—femicide and infanticide—skyrocketed, leading to governments around the world to issue state of emergencies and strict shelter-at-home orders. But it was too late. Society had collapsed into itself.
-
-
Splatter fun
- By Hal on 10-18-24
By: Jon Athan
-
You Invited It In
- By: Sarah Jules
- Narrated by: Kevin E Green
- Length: 5 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Sometimes, it’s best to mind your own business. Felix Eastwood is your average guy, except for the fact that he can see the spirits of the dead. Lilith Lavelle is a fraudulent psychic, plying her trade on social media. When Felix stumbles across an advertisement for Lilith Lavelle’s Psychic Cleansing Services, he hires her under the pretense that his family is being haunted, hoping to expose her as a scam artist. By trying to play the hero, Felix puts his family in grave danger.
-
-
Spooky good.
- By Jessica martine on 08-18-24
By: Sarah Jules
-
Don't Look in the Trees
- By: Jason Nickey
- Narrated by: Joe Hempel
- Length: 1 hr and 41 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Don’t Look In The Trees; the main rule in Appalachia. Many question why, but Justin and Billy found out the hard way on their way home from a bonfire party after coming across a fallen tree and mysterious lights coming from the sky. Can they survive the night and the strange beings coming from the forest that surrounds their cabin?
-
-
Is it aliens or something else?
- By Neesie315 on 08-08-24
By: Jason Nickey
-
Ordinary Souls
- By: J. S. Bailey
- Narrated by: Ezekiel Robison
- Length: 8 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Ordinary Souls is an anthology about ordinary people. This new collection from J. S. Bailey features an archaeologist in the future who meets a resurrected woman from long ago, a spaceship crew stranded on a distant world, a wealthy divorcee whose love of antiques turns her life into a living nightmare, and much more.
-
-
Nothing ordinary about this one
- By CoolGhoulsBookClub on 09-28-24
By: J. S. Bailey
-
Vanity Kills
- By: Erica Summers
- Narrated by: Jake Blagburn
- Length: 6 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Haunted by his tragic past, Jack LeBlanc, a heavily scarred introvert, finds himself volunteering for the clinical trial of a miraculous new tissue-regeneration drug nicknamed Obsidian. Jack and the other test subjects soon discover that the medication is not what was promised. They’re about to find out the hard way that the pills have nightmarish consequences and that Jack’s pained conscience isn’t the only thing with teeth.
-
-
Slow start turned into a sizzle!
- By S. Johnson on 09-23-24
By: Erica Summers
-
Wreckage
- By: Jason Nickey
- Narrated by: Tom Jordan
- Length: 1 hr and 18 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
After losing everything in life, Frank is eager for a fresh start. He books a flight to Alaska for a job interview, but never reaches his destination. The plane crashes, and his fight for survival becomes a surreal spiral to a point where it becomes hard to differentiate between what is real... and what isn't.
-
-
Loved it
- By timj26 on 07-21-23
By: Jason Nickey
-
The Bird Eater
- By: Ania Ahlborn
- Narrated by: Peter Berkrot
- Length: 9 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Twenty years ago, the mysterious death of his aunt left Aaron Holbrook orphaned and alone. He abandoned his rural Arkansas hometown vowing never to return, until his seven-year-old son died in an accident, plunging Aaron into a nightmare of addiction and grief. Desperate to reclaim a piece of himself, he returns to the hills of his childhood, to Holbrook House, where he hopes to find peace among the memories of his youth. But solace doesn't come easy. Someone - or something - has other plans.
-
-
Terrible Narration
- By KK on 05-14-14
By: Ania Ahlborn
-
Writhe
- A Vile Tale of Psychosis... and Bloodworms
- By: Erica Summers, H. M. Wohl
- Narrated by: George Brandenburg
- Length: 3 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Garrett was an ordinary New Yorker, appeasing annoying neighbors and paying over-inflated rent for a dumpy apartment in Hell's Kitchen. That is... until the larvae hatched. With a brain squirming with voracious worms, Garrett's humanity dissipates and rage takes its place. As the end of the year draws near, his violent wrath is unleashed in a torrent of bloodshed and carnage.
-
-
Invasive Rage Worms
- By Blackeagle on 06-09-24
By: Erica Summers, and others
-
Rose
- By: Rami Ungar
- Narrated by: Sara Parlier
- Length: 5 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Rose Taggert awakens in a greenhouse with no clear memory of the past two years and, to her horror, finds her body transformed into an unrecognizable form. Paris Kuyper has convinced Rose that they are lovers, and as Paris could not bear for her to die, he has used an ancient and dark magic to save her from certain death. But the dark magic Paris has used comes at a price. A price which a terrible demon is determined to extract from Rose.
-
-
I Now Love Plant Horror!
- By Alli on 09-16-24
By: Rami Ungar
-
Unworld
- By: J.R. Curtis
- Narrated by: Lori Faiella
- Length: 6 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Fleeing an abusive relationship, Ellie Carson suddenly finds herself in The Unworld; a peculiar in-between, mimicking our reality. A place with infinite entrances for those who aren’t looking. A strange realm filled with forgotten things, people, and beings that shouldn’t exist. The underside of the cross-stitching of time, never seen and all binding. The way out is always shifting, and may not exist at all.
-
-
An unexpected treat
- By Maxton's Mom on 07-23-24
By: J.R. Curtis
-
The Laughing Policeman
- Brimstone Chorus, Book 1
- By: Elizabeth J. Brown
- Narrated by: Nigel Peever
- Length: 12 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Charlie Haynes is an aging ex-detective, working unsolved cases. Obsessed with cleanliness and order, Charlie is a loner who trades on his experience of grisly crimes, and struggles to maintain a relationship with his adult daughter. When three teenagers are murdered in a public cemetery, the ritualistic killings show similarities to one of Charlie’s old investigations: a savage serial killer who targeted the members of a notorious Traveller family, the Boswells.
-
-
Sound Effects
- By Sarah Simon on 07-24-24
-
Broth House
- By: Robert Essig
- Narrated by: Andrew Gibson
- Length: 4 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Brad and Jeffery are having the night of their lives when tragedy strikes like a slaughtering hammer to a cow's skull. After a fatal meeting with the Butter Boys, they will never be the same. Investigative reporter Veronica Hensley works on facts and instinct. After being taken off of her story following the strange abductions in the San Diego town of Hillcrest, she goes rogue, and what she finds is a bloody mess no one could have unraveled.
-
-
What a ride
- By Jim on 09-06-24
By: Robert Essig
-
Tent Revival
- Rebecca Mythos, Book 1
- By: Edmund Stone
- Narrated by: Nicholas Donald Malcolm
- Length: 6 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Salt Flat, Kentucky is a sleepy town. Until a mysterious Tent shows up one day, with a charismatic preacher, inviting the people to an old-fashioned tent revival. Everyone’s mesmerized by his presence, entranced by the magic he performs. Sy Sutton isn't fooled by what’s going on. But as his son becomes entrenched in the craziness around him, he has no choice but to get involved.
-
-
Fast paced story with great villain
- By Kristen G on 06-10-24
By: Edmund Stone
Related to this topic
-
Credence
- By: Penelope Douglas
- Narrated by: Sofia Willingham, Greg Tremblay, Carson Beck, and others
- Length: 16 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Tiernan de Haas doesn’t care about anything anymore. The only child of a film producer and his starlet wife, she’s grown up with wealth and privilege but not love or guidance. And when they suddenly pass away, she knows she should be devastated. But has anything really changed? She’s always been alone, hasn’t she? Jake Van der Berg, her father’s stepbrother and her only living relative, assumes guardianship of Tiernan who is still two months shy of 18. She's sent to live with him and his two sons, Noah and Kaleb, in the mountains of Colorado.
-
-
😒 creepy underage vibes/horrible narration
- By Chelsea Wentworth on 05-28-21
By: Penelope Douglas
-
Priest: A Love Story
- By: Sierra Simone
- Narrated by: Jacob Morgan, Elena Wolfe
- Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
There are many rules a priest can't break. A priest cannot marry. A priest cannot abandon his flock. A priest cannot forsake his God. I've always been good at following rules. Until she came. Then I learned new rules.
-
-
Forbidden Romance at its Finest!!
- By Shannon on 06-28-17
By: Sierra Simone
-
The Rational Male
- By: Rollo Tomassi
- Narrated by: Sam Botta
- Length: 14 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Rollo Tomassi is one of the leading voices in the globally growing, male-focused online consortium known as the "Manosphere". Outlined are the concepts of positive masculinity, the feminine imperative, plate theory, operative social conventions, and the core psychological theory behind game awareness and "red pill" ideology. Tomassi explains and outlines the principles of intergender social dynamics and foundational reasoning behind them.
-
-
Highly, highly recommend!
- By Zack on 10-18-16
By: Rollo Tomassi
-
The Man's Guide to Women
- Scientifically Proven Secrets from the "Love Lab" About What Women Really Want
- By: John Gottman, Julie Schwartz Gottman, Douglas Abrams, and others
- Narrated by: Eric Michael Summerer
- Length: 5 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The Man's Guide to Women offers the science-based answers to the question: What do women really want in men? The book explains the hallmarks of manhood that most women find attractive and helps men hone those skills to be the men women desire.
-
-
Great advice from the Love Lab again
- By Steve C on 02-10-16
By: John Gottman, and others
-
My Secret Garden
- Women's Sexual Fantasies
- By: Nancy Friday
- Narrated by: Cindy Harden, Annie Hinkle, Raquel Harris, and others
- Length: 13 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Nancy Friday's taboo-shattering best seller My Secret Garden is the most popular and controversial book of women's sexual fantasies ever published. Women who feared their erotic fantasies called it scandalous. Women who recognized their own fantasies in its pages, rejoiced. Outspoken, graphic, vulnerable and shameless, My Secret Garden is a classic study of female sexuality. Friday interviewed hundreds of women from every part of the country to learn their sexual private thoughts, and she listened like no one else.
-
-
Great read! Even for men!
- By Thomas Carter on 12-31-18
By: Nancy Friday
-
Dark Notes
- By: Pam Godwin
- Narrated by: Ava Erickson, Tad Branson
- Length: 13 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
They call me a slut. Maybe I am. Sometimes I do things I despise. Sometimes men take without asking. But I have a musical gift, only a year left of high school, and a plan. With one obstacle. Emeric Marceaux doesn’t just take. He seizes my will power and bangs it like a dark note. When he commands me to play, I want to give him everything. I kneel for his punishments, tremble for his touch, and risk it all for our stolen moments.
-
-
My favorite book of all time - even better in audio 🔥🔥🔥
- By Anonymous User on 04-02-18
By: Pam Godwin
-
Credence
- By: Penelope Douglas
- Narrated by: Sofia Willingham, Greg Tremblay, Carson Beck, and others
- Length: 16 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Tiernan de Haas doesn’t care about anything anymore. The only child of a film producer and his starlet wife, she’s grown up with wealth and privilege but not love or guidance. And when they suddenly pass away, she knows she should be devastated. But has anything really changed? She’s always been alone, hasn’t she? Jake Van der Berg, her father’s stepbrother and her only living relative, assumes guardianship of Tiernan who is still two months shy of 18. She's sent to live with him and his two sons, Noah and Kaleb, in the mountains of Colorado.
-
-
😒 creepy underage vibes/horrible narration
- By Chelsea Wentworth on 05-28-21
By: Penelope Douglas
-
Priest: A Love Story
- By: Sierra Simone
- Narrated by: Jacob Morgan, Elena Wolfe
- Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
There are many rules a priest can't break. A priest cannot marry. A priest cannot abandon his flock. A priest cannot forsake his God. I've always been good at following rules. Until she came. Then I learned new rules.
-
-
Forbidden Romance at its Finest!!
- By Shannon on 06-28-17
By: Sierra Simone
-
The Rational Male
- By: Rollo Tomassi
- Narrated by: Sam Botta
- Length: 14 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Rollo Tomassi is one of the leading voices in the globally growing, male-focused online consortium known as the "Manosphere". Outlined are the concepts of positive masculinity, the feminine imperative, plate theory, operative social conventions, and the core psychological theory behind game awareness and "red pill" ideology. Tomassi explains and outlines the principles of intergender social dynamics and foundational reasoning behind them.
-
-
Highly, highly recommend!
- By Zack on 10-18-16
By: Rollo Tomassi
-
The Man's Guide to Women
- Scientifically Proven Secrets from the "Love Lab" About What Women Really Want
- By: John Gottman, Julie Schwartz Gottman, Douglas Abrams, and others
- Narrated by: Eric Michael Summerer
- Length: 5 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The Man's Guide to Women offers the science-based answers to the question: What do women really want in men? The book explains the hallmarks of manhood that most women find attractive and helps men hone those skills to be the men women desire.
-
-
Great advice from the Love Lab again
- By Steve C on 02-10-16
By: John Gottman, and others
-
My Secret Garden
- Women's Sexual Fantasies
- By: Nancy Friday
- Narrated by: Cindy Harden, Annie Hinkle, Raquel Harris, and others
- Length: 13 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Nancy Friday's taboo-shattering best seller My Secret Garden is the most popular and controversial book of women's sexual fantasies ever published. Women who feared their erotic fantasies called it scandalous. Women who recognized their own fantasies in its pages, rejoiced. Outspoken, graphic, vulnerable and shameless, My Secret Garden is a classic study of female sexuality. Friday interviewed hundreds of women from every part of the country to learn their sexual private thoughts, and she listened like no one else.
-
-
Great read! Even for men!
- By Thomas Carter on 12-31-18
By: Nancy Friday
-
Dark Notes
- By: Pam Godwin
- Narrated by: Ava Erickson, Tad Branson
- Length: 13 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
They call me a slut. Maybe I am. Sometimes I do things I despise. Sometimes men take without asking. But I have a musical gift, only a year left of high school, and a plan. With one obstacle. Emeric Marceaux doesn’t just take. He seizes my will power and bangs it like a dark note. When he commands me to play, I want to give him everything. I kneel for his punishments, tremble for his touch, and risk it all for our stolen moments.
-
-
My favorite book of all time - even better in audio 🔥🔥🔥
- By Anonymous User on 04-02-18
By: Pam Godwin
What listeners say about Rural Decay
Average customer ratingsReviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Renee Blair
- 11-16-24
Fantastic narration, extreme horror, five stars!
Oof the narration helps bring this extreme horror story to life, gripping you in an unrelenting chokehold from beginning to end.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Alison O
- 11-17-24
Deeply emotional and intense!
Rural Decay by Jason Nickey
🌟🌟🌟🌟🪓 (4.5 rating)
This is an intense, splatter punk horror novella! It’s a little hard to review because my jaw was wide open the whole story, but the book is very well written!! It’s a rough one with lots of triggers and tough/dark scenes. It’s very descriptive, which sometimes made several of the scenes hard to read.
This story follows Jack, as a young boy living with his father, and the exploits that his father has within his lifestyle. Jack looks up to his dad and wants to follow in his footsteps, which is not a pleasant path. There’s lots of emotional drama in this story!
The narrator did a great job too!
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- TheGoodRevTom
- 11-16-24
A short, but brutal listen.
There's a reason I've been hearing so much about Jason Nickey... this story. This story is bizarrely heart-warming for being a story about a serial killer and his father-idolizing son. The narrator brings the characters and their hearts into the performance. Frok the innocence, awe, and child-like fascination of the son to the caring, yet straightforwardness of the father, who is a man's man. I can't go into the story much more without spoiling anything... but definitely worth the listen. Not for the weak of stomach nor the closed of mind, as any good extreme horror or splatterpunk is.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
1 person found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- CoolGhoulsBookClub
- 11-19-24
an experience
Well it's official, Jason Nickey is now on my must read list. If he writes it, I will read it. This novella was delightfully deranged. That's it, that's the review. We good? No? Let's talk about it.
Imagine you're a little boy being raised by a single father, a man you adore and idolize. In your eyes, he is the epitome of masculinity. You love your daddy and he loves you. The only thing you don't love is when he locks you in your room to have some private time. You don't know what he's up to, but you hate being away from him. Why does he need private time, you must know! (Kids, ugh lol) One day your curiosity gets the best of you and you decide to find out what you're missing out on. Because you're a little kid, your escape tactics come from cartoons and whatnot. You make a rope out of sheets tied together and try to use that to climb out your window. You overestimate your knot tying ability and end up falling on your butt. That was the one laugh I got out of this impossibly bleak story. Anyway, you sneak around until you find your father in his murder shack (you don't know that's what it is yet). You hear screaming and grunting and see your daddy doing things to a strange woman that you've only seen in daddy's secret movies. The woman sees you before your daddy does and she begs you to help her, but she does not understand your reverence for your father or your own fascination with this scene. Your daddy does though. He understands too well. When he invites you to participate in the second half of his private time, your life is forever changed.
Let's talk about the audiobook for a moment. Mark Royse's voice and inflection are perfect for this tale. While the beginning of this story is told from the perspective of a child, it is written in simplified but not childish language and Royse does not do a kid voice. His narration progresses with Jack's growth. It's difficult to describe, but it fits perfectly. I really enjoyed Royse's narration and hope to hear more from him. You hear that, extreme horror authors? Pick Royse.
This story includes lots of sensitive topics, so be sure to look up content warnings if you need them. Or send me a message. I am only not including them in my review because some are a bit spoilery. I personally don't mind spoilers, but I also don't want to ruin the experience for anyone else. And this book IS an experience. You have been warned.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!