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Her Body And Other Parties Audiobook— narrated by Amy Landon

8 hr 42 min

A debut story collection that fuses queer desire, horror, fairy tale, and the surreal into something genuinely new, where women's bodies become haunted houses and the danger is always coming from inside. Wildly inventive and impossible to shake off.

Why the audiobook wins

Amy Landon narrates all eight stories here, and her control is what makes the collection's swerves between horror, fairy tale, and blunt realism feel like one coherent voice rather than a grab bag. She shifts from a fairy-tale cadence to the clipped rhythm of a story built from episode summaries without ever breaking the sense that something is watching from just outside the frame.

These stories work by accumulation, dread built sentence by sentence rather than through jump scares, and a single steady narrator suits that kind of slow pressure. Landon doesn't oversell the horror; she lets the domestic detail sit there until you notice what's wrong with it yourself, which is scarier than an obvious scare would be.

At just under nine hours, this is a collection you can finish in a couple of long sits, ideal for anyone who wants their horror literary and their prose unforgettable. One credit gets you a debut that expanded what the short story could hold.

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Who narrates the Her Body And Other Parties audiobook?
Amy Landon narrates the audiobook edition of Her Body And Other Parties.
How long is the Her Body And Other Parties audiobook?
The audiobook runs 8 hr 42 min.
Is the Her Body And Other Parties audiobook worth listening to?
We scored Her Body And Other Parties 4.4 out of 5. Amy Landon narrates all eight stories here, and her control is what makes the collection's swerves between horror, fairy tale, and blunt realism feel like one coherent voice rather than a grab bag. She shifts from a fairy-tale cadence to the clipped rhythm of a story built from…
Can I listen to Her Body And Other Parties free with an Audible trial?
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Is Her Body And Other Parties on Kindle Unlimited?
Yes. Her Body And Other Parties was included with Kindle Unlimited when we last checked on August 18, 2026.
How much does Her Body And Other Parties cost?
On Amazon: Kindle $9.99, Paperback $9.55, Hardcover $229.93. Prices as of August 21, 2026 at 3:47 AM EDT and may change.

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