Life is Short and Then You Die, Kelley Armstrong
Life is Short and Then You Die, Kelley Armstrong
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Life is Short and Then You Die
Mystery Writers of America Presents First Encounters with Murder

Author: Kelley Armstrong

Narrator: Laura Knight Keating, Graham Halstead

Unabridged: 12 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 09/10/2019

Synopsis

Life Is Short and Then You Die is the Mystery Writers of America's first teen anthology, edited by #1 New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong. Adolescence is a time of "firsts." First kiss. First love. First loss. First job. The first taste of adult responsibilities, and the first look at an independent life away from both the restrictions and the security of home. And in this case, a very different type of "first": murder. This short story collection of murder mysteries adds a sinister spin to the joy and pain of firsts that have always been a major part of life, whether it be high school cliques who take the term "backstabbing" too seriously, stumbling upon a body on the way home from school, or receiving a Snapchat message that promises something deadly. Contributors include Barry Lyga, Caleb Roehrig, Emmy Laybourne, Jonathan Maberry, R.L. Stine, Rachel Vincent, Y.S. Lee, and more!

About Kelley Armstrong

Kelley Armstrong is the New York Times bestselling author of over thirty novels. Her books include the Women of the Otherworld paranormal suspense series, the Darkest Powers young adult urban fantasy trilogy, and the Nadia Stafford crime series. Armstrong lives in southwestern Ontario with her husband, kids and far too many pets.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Amy on November 14, 2020

There were a few stand outs in this collection, but overall I was slightly disappointed. Teens encountering death/murder in all of its forms was a really cool concept—but the stories mushed together with very similar tones and plots.......more

Goodreads review by Tyffany on April 22, 2021

4.5/5 I haven’t read anything really rooted in the horror genre for soooo long, and when I went into this collection of shorts I only really knew a couple of the authors. But man, I’m remembering so much why I used to binge read horror books 🤣 Okay, so that might sound kinda bad when the collection of......more

Goodreads review by Kristi Housman on July 20, 2019

Thank you to Imprint/Macmillan for my review copy. I'm going to start with the warnings first.  Since this anthology is all about death and murder, you can already expect that it contains just about every trigger warning there is.  Murder, implied suicide, implied sexual assault, some sex (nothing ex......more

Goodreads review by Ben on October 19, 2019

Life Is Short and Then You Die: First Encounters with Murder from Mystery Writers of America is an anthology of eighteen short stories which was collected and edited by Kelley Armstrong. It is a collection of eighteen tales of murder witnessed, committed, and experienced, from an array of Young Adul......more

Goodreads review by S.C. on June 04, 2019

A fun, if uneven, jaunt into short YA murder fiction. Like many (if not, dare I say, all) anthologies, there are some remarkably solid inclusions (“Summer Job,” “Gnat," “First Party Back,” etc.) amidst some weaker entries (“Daddy's Girl,” “The Company I Keep,” “Night of the Living Dog,” etc.). While......more

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