Audiobooks by Ed Gorman

Different Kinds of Dead, and Other Tales

"This collection of short stories displays Ed Gorman’s talents as a masterful storyteller across a range of genres. A mysterious and beautiful girl who teaches arrogant young men about true love, a lonely traveling salesman who learns that his passenger is Death, children who can absorb the psychic pain of their parents, a desperately pursued serial killer who hides his face under gauze in a hospital room, and a woman who loves the alien infant nobody else wants—these stories and ten others make up this collection by award-winning author Ed Gorman. Here are stories that led him to be called “one of the best” by Dean Koontz and “one of the most original writers in crime fiction today” by Kirkus Reviews. Here you’ll find the extraordinary range of storytelling skill and powerful emotions that won Gorman the prized International Fiction Award. Included in Different Kinds of Dead, and Other Tales are “Different Kinds of Dead,” “Deathman,” “A Girl like You,” “Loverboy,” “Muse,” “Riff,” “The Brasher Girl,” “Survival,” “Masque,” “Second Most Popular,” and others. This collection reveals the extraordinary range of storytelling skill and powerful emotions that won Gorman the prized International Fiction Award. His protagonists, gritty and gruff, are strangely likable, and his writing, according to Mystery News, is “powerful, disturbing, [and] often poetic.”"

Ed Gorman (Author), Aaron Johnston, Arte Johnson, Gabrielle De Cuir, Moira Quirk, Rex Linn, Stefan Rudnicki, Stephen Hoye (Narrator)

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Riders on the Storm

"In 1967, a brutal murder in the midst of an anti–Vietnam War group sparks an investigation by Sam McCain, in Ed Gorman's most politically charged mystery yet. When we last saw Sam McCain he had been drafted to fight the war in Vietnam. But Sam's military career ended in boot camp when he was accidentally shot in the head and forced to spend three months in a military hospital to recover. Sam has now returned to his hometown of Black River Falls, where he works as a lawyer and part-time investigator for the court of the snobbish but amusing Judge Esme Whitney. Two of Sam's oldest friends are caught up in the same battle. Veteran Steve Donovan brutally belittles and finally savagely beats his old friend, veteran Will Cullen, when Cullen announces he's joined the antiwar group. When Cullen is found murdered, the obvious suspect is Steve Donovan, but Sam has serious doubts about the man's guilt. At least three people had reasons to murder Cullen, and Sam begins to suspect he'll discover even more as his investigation heats up, in this dynamic new politically charged mystery novel by a veteran of the form."

Ed Gorman (Author), Joe Barrett (Narrator)

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Bad Moon Rising

"A hippie commune has invaded Black River Falls. While the majority of the townspeople believe that the bohemians have the right to stay—despite how bizarre some of their ways can seem. As always, there is a minority that constantly accuses them of everything from criminal activities to satanism. As usual, lawyer and private investigator Sam McCain finds himself in the middle of the controversy, especially when the teenage daughter of Paul Mainwaring, one of the town's wealthiest men, is found murdered in the commune's barn. A deeply troubled young man, and Vietnam vet named Neil Cameron, is immediately charged with the crime, but Sam has serious doubts. In this lively and poignant new novel, Ed Gorman offers listeners his richest portrait yet about Black River Falls and its people."

Ed Gorman (Author), Joe Barrett (Narrator)

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The Little Regiment & Other Great Civil War Stories

"A collection of stories about America's bloodiest conflict by some of the greatest writers of the 19th and 20th centuries. The War between the States comes alive in this outstanding anthology of Civil War stories. Conjuring up the best in historical storytelling, this collection features tales of brother taking up arms against brother; the clash of the blue and the gray; the war between north and south. Tales of heroism and victory, of death and defeat, and most of all–humanity–come alive in these thrilling stories: 'The Little Regiment' by Stephen Crane (read by David Ackroyd) 'The Die Hard' by Stephen Vincent Benet (read by William Windom) 'The Brothers' by Louisa May Alcott (read by Gabrielle de Cuir) 'One of the Missing' by Ambrose Bierce (read by Stefan Rudnicki) 'The Valley Was Still' by Manly Wade Wellman (read Richard Gilliland) 'The Unknown Soldier' by Kristine Kathryn Rusch (read by Dan Musselman) 'The Lamp of Psyche' by Edith Wharton (read by Amanda Karr) 'How Stonewall Came Back' by James Warner Bellah (read by William Windom) 'The Locket' by Kate Chopin (read by Judith Cummings) 'The Face' by Ed Gorman (read by William Sanderson)"

Ambrose Bierce, Ed Gorman, Edith Wharton, James Warner Bellah, Kate Chopin, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Louisa May Alcott, Many Wade Wellman, Stephen Crane, Stephen Vincent Benet (Author), Amanda Karr, Dan Musselman, David Ackroyd, Gabrielle De Cuir, Judith Cummings, Richard Gilliland, Stefan Rudnicki, William Sanderson, William Windom (Narrator)

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Stalkers: Original Tales by Masters of Terror

"There are two types of entities: the Hunter and the Hunted— and revenge, guilt, lust, and desperation drive all of them. Darkness falls quickly when you're being stalked— but it is always dark when you' re the stalker. From shadowy city streets and Amazon jungles to deep-South swamps, this collection of eight stories involving elements of mystery, science fiction, and horror is sure to entertain. Unabridged selections include: • ' The Stalker of Souls' by Edward D. Hoch, read by Joseph Campanella • ' Pilots' by Joe R. Lansdale and Dan Lowry, read by Joseph Campanella • ' Lizardman' by Charles de Lint, read by David Dukes • ' The Sacred Fire' by Robert R. McCammon, read by Arte Johnson • ' The Hunt' by Richard Laymon, read by Arte Johnson • ' Trapped' by Dean Koontz, read by Bess Armstrong • ' Rivereñ os' by Trish Janeshutz, read by Bess Armstrong • ' Stalker' by Ed Gorman, read by Arte Johnson"

Ed Gorman (Author), Bess Armstrong (Narrator)

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