My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me

11 hrs. 9 min.

Language Russian

Author Kate Bernheimer

Narrator Irina Vorobyova

Description

Fairy tales are not for the faint of heart: in them it’s either “a prince” or “all is lost.” Yet we’ve been drawn to their world since childhood—not like ours, but no less real. A world of dangers, murders, and betrayals; an eternal sleep, fake brides, terrifyingly beautiful wonders, and talking donkeys.

Listeners will get twenty-one stories from around the world. Updike, Oates, Gaiman, and others—these are today’s storytellers. But they’re not really storytellers at all; they’re skilled masters of literature, which means they have even greater chances to lead readers into the scenery of words, where eternal stories will be brought to life once again.

Are you scared? No problem. Terrified? Even better. Don’t be afraid of the dark—you’ve grown up long ago. Although maybe only you think you have.

Contents:

Michael Martoun. A Bucket of Warm Saliva
Kelly Link. Cat Skin
Chris E. Driens. Tig O’Kane and a Corpse
Jim Shepard. A Boat Ride on the Lituya Bay
Katherine Davis. Flesh Without a Soul
Kelley Wells. Girl, Wolf, Witch
Sabrina Ora Mark. My Little Brother Gary… made a movie—and here’s what happened
Amy Bender. Mistress of Colors
Marjorie Sandor. The White Cat
Joyce Carol Oates. Bluebeard’s Lover
John Updike. Bluebeard in Ireland
Rabih Alameddine. A Kiss That Wakes the Sleeping
Stacy Richter. A Descriptive Study… of Intake Procedures and Risk Management by Staff of a City Medical Institution
Neil Gaiman. Orange (Testimony in Writing by a Third Party. From an Interrogation by an Investigator)
Francesca Lia Block. Dark of the Psyche Night
Lily Hoang. A Story About a Mosquito
Naoko Awa. Day of the First Snow
Hiromi Ito. I, Anzyuhimeko
Michael Mejia. The Coyote Drives Us Home
Kim Addonizio. From Then Until the End of Days
Kate Bernheimer. White Embroidery
Acknowledgments
About the authors