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In Bloom
- Creature Feature Collection
- Narrated by: A. T. Chandler, Dara Rosenberg
- Length: 1 hr and 2 mins
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Summary
There’s something in the water in this hallucinatory short story by Paul Tremblay, bestselling author of The Cabin at the End of the World and The Beast You Are.
Journalist Heidi Cohen is in Cape Cod investigating the sources of recurring toxic algae blooms along the coast. A local named Jimmy has his own theory for her. Every year the fetid growth gets worse—but it’s been going on longer than anyone knows. Decades ago, something happened to Jimmy that he’s never forgotten. Is Heidi ready for the real story?
Paul Tremblay’s In Bloom is part of Creature Feature, a collection of devilishly creepy stories that tingle the spine and twist the mind. They can be read or listened to in one petrifying sitting.
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- Emma Washer
- 26-09-23
Another great short story
Really liked this one, just wished it was longer. These short story collections are great for introducing new authors I may not have tried before.
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- Ryan - UK
- 11-07-24
Focuses too much on mundane details
The story follows a journalist who is meeting up with a local expert to discuss algae that’s growing in the area.
Bored yet?
Well, the premise is that this algae person is the local weirdo and has a spooky tall tale to tell. Ok, that had potential… but no, first we have to dip in and out of irrelevant backstory about the main character’s feelings for their roommate who isn’t even present for the story. (That extended sidebar doesn’t go anywhere and feels like filler.)
Speaking of filler though, a large chunk of the story is the interviewee describing in painful detail a baseball match that they went to see. It’s relevant only in that it explains the setting and the others involved in his part of the story. However, for a short story, it feels like we spend far too long hearing about the minute details of this game and the players. It feels gratuitous considering they’re nothing more than background dressing.
By the time it got to the point, my attention span had expired and I was so bored I no longer cared. The horror/thriller element of the story was fleeting and had little impact on the main character.
The final cliffhanger felt like the story finally beginning, but disappointingly ends abruptly leaving you to wonder what could have happened if things had got going before the last paragraph…
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