I have managed to listen to all 3 "Coyote Tales" here on PP in absolutely backwards order. That being said, I did not really enjoy "The Dreaming Way" (school shootings are horrific enough, the story felt like a Navajo Obi-Wan Kenobi come to teach Harry Potter magic, etc. etc.) but I loved "Love Like Thunder" since it was so different and original.
I also loved this one. A very, very, very classic story (ghost of someone wrongfully dead returns to the world of the living to expose its murder - I'm pretty sure some guy named Shakespeare wrote something similar? Nah). But incredibly interesting because of the Navajo perspective. I totally loved the imagery of the monster. Very unique - but, I'm a sucker for unique looking grotesques.
I certainly hope the "Coyote Tales" anthology gets published. I will certainly buy one.
My sole criticism of this piece seems common to most of this author's works: the action scenes felt a little weak. I think, after listening to this one and "Love like Thunder" I am getting closer to knowing why: (1) too much detail crammed in slows the scene; (2) book-isms where a name would do ("the white man" or "the father"). BTW - did the father have a name? That would have made the fight scene less awkward.
Other than that, this piece was wonderful and well worth the listen. Cheers to PP for producing it.
Excellent reading by Ben, BTW.