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Dread

22 Tales of Terror

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Dread

By: Kevin Bachar
Narrated by: Cheryl May
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A child died in an avalanche, and she won’t leave me alone.

A woman plagued by blood-draining mosquitoes on the Alaskan tundra figures out a horrific way to scratch her unending itching.

There’s something outside my tent…and I think it’s hungry.

A collector of rare tropical fish receives a new fascinating and terrifying species.

Dread—Thousands of people have gone missing out in the wild and here is a collection of tales that offer up some horrifying reasons why. Emmy-award-winning National Geographic cinematographer Kevin Bachar has swum with sharks, climbed the peaks of mountains, and explored the darkest of forests. In Dread, he weaves together terrifying true stories from his real-life adventures with twisted fiction from the depths of his frightening imagination. Listen and indulge in the dark side of nature—haunted forests, tree demons, monstrous snakes, and a search-and-rescue team terrorized by the ghosts of those they couldn’t save.

Listen... if you dare.

©2023 Kevin Bachar (P)2025 Kevin Bachar
Anthologies & Short Stories Ghosts Horror Short Stories Haunted

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Weep For the Bedbugs

Dread is a fit name here with tales that have a neat pg13 style uneasiness with any scares focused on mood, buildup, or weirdness rather than gorey, extremes, or profanity. None of the stories overstay with one as little as under two minutes and the longest (final one) being 37 minutes. One of my favorite stories is about pizza and another (the lead) about an unusual grief. A lot of the stories have nature themes with cryptozology fiends, 'the Australia incident,' weird bug swarms, and other creature feature vibe oddities. In fact the outdoorsy theme gives a sense of continuity across stories even when they are unconnected as if peering into the evil of life itself behind the trees. This imagery/fiend oriented approach to horror requires some creativity which ranges from a story with a cryptic ending left to imagination to deliciously weird creatures (ten of them suddenly become twenty, etc). There were some stories that felt too soft and fizzled out - with for example a lot of (nice) drawn out buildup to end on a musing indefinite note but the pacing is good and there are more wins than lulls. [Note received a free copy for honest review]

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Bite sized terror

A nice collection of short stories that will creep you out! The calm tones of the narrators voice add to the terror and makes a great listen.

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