Afterlife

About This Audiobook

Duncan Ralston’s *Afterlife* isn’t just another haunted town story—it’s a relentless descent into cosmic dread where the dead don’t just linger, they *remember*. Duck Falls, six months after the Ghostland Disaster, is a place where grief curdles into something uglier: a hive mind of vengeful spirits that won’t let go. Ralston’s prose is lean and brutal, stripping away any pretense of comfort to show horror in its rawest form. The activist group Ghosts Are People Too might sound like a well-meaning foil, but Ralston twists their idealism into something tragic, their fight against exploitation becoming a grotesque mirror of the forces they oppose. The pacing is a slow burn that never lets up, ratcheting tension like a noose tightening around your neck. This isn’t horror for jump scares or gore; it’s horror for readers who want to feel the weight of a story long after the narrator’s last word. Joe Hempel’s narration elevates it further, his voice a gravelly growl that suits the story’s unrelenting tone. He doesn’t just read lines—he inhabits them, making the horror visceral without overplaying the melodrama.