Something Wicked This Way Comes/A Sound of Thunder

In Something Wicked This Way Comes, two teenaged boys try to save the souls of the town when a "dark carnival" sets up its frightening attractions. In A Sound of Thunder, a safari company transports adventurers back in time to hunt animals, but one foolish hunter upsets the plan, and with it, the course of the future.

Five Stars MSM Great story. Bradbury Classic Holds Up Dark is truly a scary monster. I cannot think of a more horrifying image than skin being covered with crawling, squirming images that seethe and move deeper under the flesh and surge out in the next moment. One spider crawling up my arm is enough to give me a fit. In movies, an illuminated man usually is pictured as a tattooed man - but that is not what Bradbury created here. This being's skin literally crawls around because of multitudes of images being alive. (Plus, Dark enslaves souls because he feeds on their suffering, and age is not a consideration - he'll take children a

The smoothness of Rudnicki's performance enhances this haunting tale of a fiendish carnival as it attempts to prey on a local town. Rudnicki sustains his energy for an encore performance, the bonus story, "A Sound of Thunder." L.E. With the help of Will's father, the heroes must defeat the evil machinations of the carnival without succumbing to its many temptations. His vocal range and well-paced narration leave listeners trapped in a hypnotic trance as he juggles the dark mood of the story with the light and youthful vigor of protagonists Will Holloway and Jim Nightshade. © AudioFile 2006, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine. From AudioFile With his deep, gentle voice, Stefan Rudnicki lures the listener into this audiobook like the sirens of old