

The Haunted
Author: Bentley Little
Narrator: Dan Butler
Unabridged: 11 hr 49 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Published: 04/01/2012
Categories: Fiction, Horror, Suspense & Thriller
Author: Bentley Little
Narrator: Dan Butler
Unabridged: 11 hr 49 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Published: 04/01/2012
Categories: Fiction, Horror, Suspense & Thriller
Bentley Little is the author of numerous novels, short stories, articles, essays, and reviews. After earning a BA in communications and an MA in English, he sold his soul and abandoned all artistic integrity, working for eight years as a bureaucrat for a midsized city in Orange County, California. His first novel, The Revelation, won the 1990 Horror Writers Association Bram Stoker Award for best first novel. A Luddite with no access to the internet, he still listens to vinyl records and does not own a cell phone, an iPod, an MP3 player, or a Blackberry. He has one wife and one son.
Dan Butler, audiobook narrator, actor, writer, director, and producer, has had major roles on and off Broadway and has appeared in numerous television shows, including Frasier, House, and Monk. He cowrote and directed Karl Rove, I Love You and has appeared in such feature films as Crazy, Stupid, Love; Silence of the Lambs; Enemy of the State; and Fixing Frank, among others.
Despite its bleakness, Bentley Little's newest, The Haunted, was a lot of fun to read. Although Little is known for his sense of humor, I warn you to not look for that here. This is a book that is dark, bleak, and full of despair as the Perry family loses control of their average, every day lives. Th......more
The woman had already strung up two of her children. They hung from ropes attached to a beam on the wraparound porch, twisting slightly in opposite directions, eyes bulging and mouths open in dark purplish faces No, The Haunted is not for the faint of heart! The Haunted is my first Bentley Little nove......more
2.5 stars… I guess? It was kinda entertaining but also kinda awful?......more
The next morning, [he] found a bobcat skeleton in the dirt. I’ve been meaning to start reading Bentley Little for some time now. I wasn’t quite sure what to expect from The Haunted; not only is it one of Little’s newest novels, it also received some fairly polarised reviews. She stopped, stared, her h......more
3.5 Stars At times, this book felt more like a contemporary, focusing on the mundane details of family life, real estate and politics. However, this book also contained some very explicit sex scenes, which were quite unexpected in this seemingly quiet haunted house story. The psychological sexual eff......more
“The Haunted is a fast-paced, fresh take on the haunted house theme with enough twists to keep you reading long into the night. The Haunted is highly recommended…a ‘must read.’” Horror Zine magazine
“Reading at a comfortable pace in a midwestern accent, Butler carefully builds mood, expressing initial bafflement to full-blown terror as the story races to a dramatic and violent conclusion. Butler distinguishes among family members through modulations in pitch and tone as he personalizes the characters’ experiences and responses. His wonderfully effective performance demonstrates that listening to a horror novel is often more terrifying than silently reading the text.” Booklist (audio review)