Listened to this one in the car. Areg and I weren't too impressed. The language is sparse, stripped of most adjectives, the story is short, there isn't much mounting sense of dread, and the conclusion just kind of...exists. Meh.

Plot:
A bundle of seaweed that's actually a monster comes ashore and, Pied Piper-like, calls almost all the townspeople into the water to drown. Lansdale tells us that the only people left are the deaf, the babies, and people in comas. Subsequently, the babies and people in comas die where they are and the deaf leave. Why don't the deaf try to save the others, or call people to the town to help them? Totally unaddressed obviousity. Sigh. ( )