And Then I Woke Up, Malcolm Devlin
And Then I Woke Up, Malcolm Devlin
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And Then I Woke Up

Author: Malcolm Devlin

Narrator: Graham Mack

Unabridged: 4 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 02/14/2023

Categories: Fiction, Horror


Synopsis

In the tradition of Mira Grant and Stephen Graham Jones, Malcolm Devlin's And Then I Woke Up is a creepy, layered, literary story about false narratives and their ability to divide us.

In a world reeling from an unusual plague, monsters lurk in the streets while terrified survivors arm themselves and roam the countryside in packs. Or perhaps something very different is happening. When a disease affects how reality is perceived, it's hard to be certain of anything . . .

Spence is one of the "cured" living at the Ironside rehabilitation facility. Haunted by guilt, he refuses to face the changed world until a new inmate challenges him to help her find her old crew. But if he can't tell the truth from the lies, how will he know if he has earned the redemption he dreams of? How will he know he hasn't just made things worse?

About Malcolm Devlin

Malcolm Devlin's stories have appeared in Black Static, Interzone, The Shadow Booth, and Shadows and Tall Trees. His first collection, You Will Grow Into Them, was published by Unsung Stories in 2017 and shortlisted for the British Fantasy and Saboteur Awards. He currently lives in Brisbane.


Reviews

**3.5 Stars** What if you killed your husband, kids, friends, and that nosy neighbor believing they were the undead trying to eat you? You find other "survivors" to team up with. Now, what if I told you that was all a lie. There is a new disease that could trigger your brain to think the zombie apoca......more

"I was, in my own mind, already a survivor. I was already used to looking out for myself and keeping away from the deep gravity wells of other people's trouble.” Let me start off by saying this will be one of those books where you’ll have to let it simmer in your brain before deciding whether you lik......more

Goodreads review by Blair

Solid horror novella with a good idea at its heart: a virus that makes the infected unable to see the world as it really is, so that about half the population effectively fall prey to the delusion that there’s a zombie apocalypse going on. (Or do they?) In the aftermath, Spence – one of the ‘cured’......more

This was a really interesting little horror novella using a (maybe?) zombie apocalypse to talk about false narratives people believe. It feels very apropos of what is happening in the real world with fake news, culture wars, and people believing all kinds of narratives driven by charismatic people. A......more