🚀 You know those memes where it’s like “Other People’s Dreams: I had a dream where I met my crush vs My dream: [insert absolute chaos]”

🪐This book perfectly fits into the “My Dreams” category!

👩‍🚀I loved the imagery that made me feel me both invested and disturbed. Like every other William Pauley III book I’ve read, I was left discombobulated and wishing the book was longer.

🤘🏽 Luckily this book is #3 of the Bedlam Bible series, so I get to explore more disturbing corners of the 8th block tower.

🫶🏼Thank you NetGalley & Doom Fiction for the ALC! A special thanks to William Pauley III. All opinions are my own.

Story: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4/5)
Audiobook: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5/5) Connor Brannigan

I needed a palette cleanser and a quick read, and The Astronaut Dream Book did it! I've seen William Pauley's short stories appear everywhere (Mostly Fight Tub, lol) and thought I'd dive into Astronaut Dream since an audiobook was available.

I haven't read a psychedelic sci-fi horror book ever or even just a psychedelic book in general and that was a pretty good weird bizarre wild ride. It was different but in a good way! lol

As for the Audiobook, Connor Brannigan did pretty well. I enjoyed listening.

NetGalley provided The Astronaut Dream Book Audiobook; thank you, NetGalley and Doom Fiction, for the copy in return for an honest review.

Another excellent dark offering from William Pauley III, I really never tire of these baffling, thought provoking and nightmarish short stories.

The 8th block tower is a curious place with many strange goings on illustrated throughout the Bedlam Bible series. Really, you need to listen to the books to understand, but if you like 50’s horror, monsters and surrealism then you will have a great time with this book.

I have listened to this series in the wrong order, but it hasn’t hindered my enjoyment. As they are all interconnected, I think it would perhaps have been a little more linear but not much!

Connor is a fantastic narrator as ever.

Thank you NetGalley for a free copy in exchange for an honest review. This is the third book in the Bedlam Bible series. It was scary and trippy. I enjoyed this one, it left me with some questions at the end.

This one felt like being told a Halloween story, it was dark, a little weird and I’m not entirely sure what I had just spent the last 2 hours listening to. The book kind of circles back to the beginning at the end which I found rather comforting considering the twists and turns the book takes.
It follows a man who has been poisoned and the journey his mind takes.
I have given this title 3 stars, it was a very different book for me and I’m glad I have it a shot. I feel this book is better suited for people who like scary stories and don’t mind a little gore more than I do.
The narrator was great, the story is well written and I’d like to thank @netgalley for the opportunity to listen to the audio for this book.

Thank you to NetGalley and the author for letting me review this book in audiobook format. I think the narrator was perfect for this story. This book is my first experience with this authors work but it was fantastic; creepy, intriguing, I couldn’t stop listening. It was a short listen, which is perfect if you have just a little free time on your hands. If you’re looking for a weird (in a good way) story to breakup your everyday, I highly recommend this one! Apokalypsis was definitely my favorite. This is book three in the Bedlam Bible series, and while I’m sure there might have been some context I needed- I didn’t feel completely and totally lost with this so I think it could be enjoyed even with no prior knowledge of the series

This book was truly a wild ride! I found myself a bit confused at times (which may have been intentional) but when I picked this up, I also didn’t realize it was the third in a series. Even with that in mind, I will say, it does hold up well as a standalone. It’s hard to explain what this book is about but not in a bad way! It felt like a very strange, disturbing, fever dream and some of the imagery will definitely stick with me! I will for sure read the other Bedlam Bible stories after this one.

I am not sure of what I just did listen to, but I liked it.

5 Chapters, but 4 Stories.
Each getting more disgusting in a creepy awesome way.

I enjoyed all of these stories well enough to listen to this Audio-Book in one go.

The chapters were bizarre, were weird, they were.

Outlandish scenarios and cascaded what-ifs. Revolting moments of abnormal happenings just as much as sad moments of realisations… all brought together here.

My definitve favourite was the middle story… The Church of Death and Nothingness

Even though at one time I knew what was about to happen, I loved it most of them all none the less!

𝐈 𝐚𝐛𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞!

As a Pauley fan, this is not my first trip to see what the residents of Eighth Block are up to. If it’s yours, do not fret, the author has written this as a nice jumping on point as are many of his other books, though you can count on references to other works, as this is another chunk of lore to add to that existing universe.

I love that kind of stuff! It makes these tales extra rewarding to read and reread. Think of those weird interconnected kids books that would all take place in the same school or town, it’s like that but all grown up and way more messed up.

I enjoyed this as one of the better eighth block tales, but it also serves a pretty nice stand alone title. It’s weird, it’s creepy, and it’s trippy, you gotta love it!

I’m not sure whether this was a new book in the Bedlam Bible series, or a nightmare I had after listening to the first couple audiobooks in the series. Either way, it seemed to bring together a number of elements from the series, chaotically mixed together with a side of astronaut, an insect woman, and a dogman. If it wasn’t a nightmare before, it may well be now…

The audiobook was enjoyably narrated by Connor Brannigan.

Thank you William Pauley III, Doom Fiction, and NetGalley for providing this ALC for review consideration. All opinions expressed are my own.

I will always read this author. His short, trippy, horror stories are captivating. I listened to the audio book and I really enjoyed it. This story did not disappoint! Anything that I read and I can say “what the heck did I just heck did I just read” is 5-Stars in my book. Also, I absolutely love this cover.

This was my first The Bedlam Bible book and I was pleasantly surprised!
The atmosphere is very eerie and dark with an absurd undertone.
My favorite stories were 'Nostalgia Part 1', 'Nostalgia part 2' and 'Apokalypsis'.
The other ones were intriguing and fun after a reread but the first time I read those they were a bit harder to follow.
On that note I would definitely recommend rereading the book once you are finished with the crazy ending, as it's only 2 hours/112 pages and you really get more out of it once you know how the stories are interconnected!

Usually audio books leave me confused and annoyed that I couldn’t follow along. This book however, I felt I could understand everything that was going on and actually enjoyed listening. This was my first book by William and will for sure be heading to Barnes and noble this weekend for more. This cover is gorgeous as well.

This was wild! I had no idea what to expect going in but it was a very intriguing reading experience!

„The Astronauts Dream Book“ by William Pauley III is a sci-fi horror story that is split into five parts. I would rather see it as a mix between novella and short story collection since the stories themselves don’t follow a classical short story structure and they all form a unified narrative.

I really liked the fact that the parts where connected to each other. I was captured immediately by the bizarre descriptions and intense atmosphere. It was unsettling and my brain is still trying to piece together the different story fragments! It reminded me in parts of the eerie weirdness of „Love, Death & Robots“.

I had the pleasure to listen to it as an audiobook and I can say that the narration was perfect! Usually I don’t gravitate towards horror but the cover made me curious and I don’t regret that decision at all!

A big thanks to NetGalley and the publisher Doom Fiction for giving me the opportunity to read an advance copy in exchange for an honest review.

This is absurdist horror, that in a strange way makes sense. For the third time enter the tower. Horror seeps from the walls of that building, through the basement and all the flats infecting those . What will you find if you are unlucky enough to enter or live there? I have to ask have you to consider as you read have all the inhabitants been warped by the toxic environment or were some naturally completely unhinged? Listen to the previous books first, it will help make a little more sense. Thank you to Doom Fiction and NetGalley for the audio ARC. The views expressed are all mine, freely given.

I don’t think this was for me. I’m not sure I understood what the point was of this novella. I can only describe it as a a fever dream over a two hour audiobook.

This book was wonderfully grotesque. The story’s were very strong while being wonderfully creepy. I loved the pace and writers ability to sprinkle in great prose.

When I read sentences like - "Oily phlegm the colour of antifreeze" I know I'm in for some bizzare stuff, and I am immediately drawn in.

Intrigued from the beginning to end of this bite sized read. The audiobook narrator did a top tier job with voice works and cadence. This story was jarring and felt like a dark kaleidoscope of varying elements converging then dispersing.

I will be jumping into the first two books of this series and impatiently awaiting the next installments.

Thank you to Doom Fiction for the Advanced Audiobook in exchange for an honest review.

The feeling this book gave was dreamlike, characterized by absurdity, surrealism, and a disjointed sense. Narration was amazing and ending definitely caught me off guard.

I'm still processing what I just listened to. As with the other books in the series, this one is part horror, part gore and probably a lot more WTF then the rest of the series. LOL Even at the end, I was like NO there has to be more, that can't be the ending. Of course, I still loved the story telling and the narrator is as amazing as always and now I'm off to download the next book in series because I apparently need more WTF in my life.