Murderfish

About This Audiobook

*Murderfish* isn’t just another horror anthology—it’s a taxidermied freakshow of aquatic nightmares, stitched together with the kind of dry, encyclopedic wit that makes the grotesque feel *educational*. Mike Jack Stoumbos takes the mock-reference format of *The Unhelpful Encyclopedia* and drowns it in brine, delivering 20-odd stories that read like field notes from a cryptid-obsessed ichthyologist who’s seen too much. Think less “Jaws” and more “if H.P. Lovecraft wrote Wikipedia entries for fish that shouldn’t exist.” The prose is razor-sharp, oscillating between clinical detachment and sudden, visceral horror—like a scalpel slipping between ribs.

Narrator L. Connor McGeverly leans into the anthology’s absurdist tone with a performance that’s equal parts deadpan professor and unhinged storyteller. His pacing is deliberate, letting the weirdness marinate, but he’s not afraid to snap into manic energy when a tale demands it (the standout *“The Angler’s Lament”* benefits hugely from his shift into breathless, cult-leader cadence). What sets this audiobook apart is its *structure*: each story feels like a standalone exhibit in a museum of maritime horrors, yet the cumulative effect is a creeping sense that the ocean’s depths are far, far weirder than we’re told. Best listened to in one sitting—like bingeing a podcast you shouldn’t be hearing.