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Bare Books presents Ending Samara by J W Voyce and read by Daizi Rae. Find out more about J W Voyce here >> http://jwvoyce.com/ Part Two - Chapter 5: After a Cycle is Broken 'While many of Samsara’s encounters seemed to tax her emotionally, in ways difficult to identify, the constant travelling carried straightforward fatigue. And this was worsening year by year. She’d started to perceive jetlag a...

Bare Books presents Ending Samara by J W Voyce and read by Daizi Rae. Find out more about J W Voyce here >> http://jwvoyce.com/ Part Two - Chapter 4: After a Cycle is Broken 'Placating the authorities back in England was far easier than Marcus had expected. In a series of phone calls they both clung firm to their story of merely wanting to go off the grid, and this was accepted with little suspici...

Bare Books presents Ending Samara by J W Voyce and read by Daizi Rae. Find out more about J W Voyce here >> http://jwvoyce.com/ Part Two - Chapter 3: After a Cycle is Broken 'Still in Florida (and still unmoved by her serendipitous and interlacing universe), Sam returned to Memorial Hospital and another person’s bedside. Although this time it was not only the patient she was visiting. “Tiwari,” Ce...

Bare Books presents Ending Samara by J W Voyce and read by Daizi Rae. Find out more about J W Voyce here >> http://jwvoyce.com/ Part Two - Chapter 2: After a Cycle is Broken 'Four and a half thousand miles across the North Atlantic Ocean, Marcus and Mathilda ate breakfast in silence. The greyness outside imbued the tired dim bistro with an added air of dreariness. Since they’d read their names in...

Bare Books presents Ending Samara by J W Voyce and read by Daizi Rae. Find out more about J W Voyce here >> http://jwvoyce.com/ Part Two - Chapter 1: After a Cycle is Broken 'On an aesthetic level, hospitals varied so much from place to place. And Sam had visited some truly appalling ones in her time (rarely on her own account). From state-run institutions in developing countries, however, to the...

Bare Books presents Ending Samara by J W Voyce and read by Daizi Rae. Find out more about J W Voyce here >> http://jwvoyce.com/ Chapter 30: A Lie About a Liver 'Jordana could not pretend that the media at large had not taken a huge ethical nosedive in her lifetime—or even during the briefer period she’d been truly cognisant of current affairs. Undisclosed agendas and collusion from special interes...

Bare Books presents Ending Samara by J W Voyce and read by Daizi Rae. Find out more about J W Voyce here >> http://jwvoyce.com/ Chapter 29: One Person's Meat is Another's Saviour 'Cee slid her tongue over her teeth, grimacing at the furry texture. She hadn’t brushed them in at least a day. She’d worn the same oversized t-shirt and gym leggings for three, and she could not recall the last time she’...

Bare Books presents Ending Samara by J W Voyce and read by Daizi Rae. Find out more about J W Voyce here >> http://jwvoyce.com/ Chapter 28: A Misread Message '“I’m just saying, Tommy Boy. Two poxy gigs in… how many?” “Thirty-nine,” his manager responded without missing a beat. “There we go, Thirty-nine.” Zach smiled his pearly-white smile. “I’d say we’re doing all right.” Tom rolled his eyes. “You...

Bare Books presents Ending Samara by J W Voyce and read by Daizi Rae. Find out more about J W Voyce here >> http://jwvoyce.com/ Chapter 27: A Hit and Run in God's Waiting Room 'Olek had spent the last few days in a kind of surreal daze. Contemplating what might transpire beyond his own limited existence was not something he could conceive of. It was apparent that life would simply go on for the pe...

Daizi has read and reviewed Covid Blues and Twos by Onia Fox for this episode, and she had plenty to say about it... "...There are hints at an actual story line that could be a future prequel, or it could be just what it seems, a hint at something with no deeper meaning. I think the author is an intelligent writer, with a quick sense of humour and a strangely engaging pull, which got me through to...

Bare Books presents Ending Samara by J W Voyce and read by Daizi Rae. Find out more about J W Voyce here >> http://jwvoyce.com/ Chapter 26: A Seafaring Physician 'Cecelia’s hand was shaking violently as she held the receiver. It was difficult to distinguish if it was from fear or rage. “Dr Bryant is our consultant! We have a dialysis appointment and we were meeting with him today. How the hell is...

Bare Books presents Ending Samara by J W Voyce and read by Daizi Rae. Find out more about J W Voyce here >> http://jwvoyce.com/ Chapter 25: From Harm's Way to Stowed Away 'Gabe had learned three important things from his time with Renzo, the hulking Bajan policeman. First, he was a man of few words; second, he had very little time for most people including Gabe and third, he was absolutely besotte...

Bare Books presents Ending Samara by J W Voyce and read by Daizi Rae. Find out more about J W Voyce here >> http://jwvoyce.com/ Chapter 24: A Pilfered Venue 'Olek watched Ivan talking with his betrothed. His son was tall and powerfully built with a full head of lustrous black hair. Handsome and zestful at thirty years of age, his were the fresh untroubled eyes of someone with all of the adventures...

Bare Books presents Ending Samara by J W Voyce and read by Daizi Rae. Find out more about J W Voyce here >> http://jwvoyce.com/ Chapter 23: An Unfortunate Confession 'Zach awoke with a start in his hotel room in Cundinamarca, Colombia. His joints ached, the inside of his mouth had the texture of sandpaper, and it felt as though someone was lightly but persistently tapping nails into his temples. T...

Bare Books presents Ending Samara by J W Voyce and read by Daizi Rae. Find out more about J W Voyce here >> http://jwvoyce.com/ Chapter 22: Dented Principles '“When did this happen?” “Less than two hours ago. It’s a residential area slightly north of the capital, a stone’s throw from the most touristy part.” Mr O’Malley moved away from Jordana’s keyboard and rose to his full height. “This is appar...

Bare Books presents Ending Samara by J W Voyce and read by Daizi Rae. Find out more about J W Voyce here >> http://jwvoyce.com/ Chapter 21: A Fake Gun 'From instinct Gabe knew which areas to avoid in the day, and that venturing out alone at night was impossible. He’d also learnt that the circle of people he could trust in Trini had dwindled to a number he could count on one hand. It was time to le...

Bare Books presents Ending Samara by J W Voyce and read by Daizi Rae. Find out more about J W Voyce here >> http://jwvoyce.com/ Chapter 20: A Tall American in a Cafe 'The week after meeting the unexpectedly kind-hearted Blair had been hardest on Mathilda. Despite finishing the last of their personal cannabis supply in Inverness, and not smoking anything since, Marcus had been suffering from contin...

Bare Books presents Ending Samara by J W Voyce and read by Daizi Rae. Find out more about J W Voyce here >> http://jwvoyce.com/ Chapter 19: An Enraging Diversion 'Cee had felt rushed and agitated in every second spent at the office. Even with Jeremy back to help out, she still felt the crushing sense of there not being enough hours in a day. Her husband had been working from home and watching over...

Bare Books presents Ending Samara by J W Voyce and read by Daizi Rae. Find out more about J W Voyce here >> http://jwvoyce.com/ Chapter 18: A Last-Minute Replacement 'Jordana sat in her cubicle with her headphones on. She’d spent the day storming through a packed workload; presently she was editing her latest podcast and flitting occasionally to a second monitor to write up the key topics for the...

Bare Books presents Ending Samara by J W Voyce and read by Daizi Rae. Find out more about J W Voyce here >> http://jwvoyce.com/ Chapter 17: A Suspicious Greenhouse ' “Oh, bloody hell,” Olek grunted across the breakfast table. “Twelve across… Starts with ‘B’. Five letters, ‘sacred fig tree’.” “Bodhi,” Victoria replied almost instantaneously. “B-O-D-H-I.” “Ah. Perfect.” Olek scribbled it down. Altho...

Bare Books presents Ending Samara by J W Voyce and read by Daizi Rae. Find out more about J W Voyce here >> http://jwvoyce.com/ Chapter 16: A Riotous Distraction 'The last few weeks in the new mobile abode had not been without their minor hurdles and difficulties for Marcus and Mathilda. They had sometimes forgone warm showers, been forced to abruptly move on in the dead of night (mostly because o...

Bare Books presents Ending Samara by J W Voyce and read by Daizi Rae. Find out more about J W Voyce here >> http://jwvoyce.com/ Chapter 15: An Ugly Associate 'Zach could feel the pressure building in his temples as he collapsed onto the sofa in the tour bus. Like a petulant toddler, he leaned forward to swipe the stack of tabloids off the coffee table—the assortment he’d ordered Val to buy after o...

Bare Books presents Ending Samara by J W Voyce and read by Daizi Rae. Find out more about J W Voyce here >> http://jwvoyce.com/ Chapter 14: A Diamond Strategy 'Gabe had adored the three weeks he’d lived with Patrice. He could not remember the last time he’d stayed at a single location for such a prolonged period of time. The eccentric South African had been so impressed by Gabe’s early-morning han...

Bare Books presents Ending Samara by J W Voyce and read by Daizi Rae. Find out more about J W Voyce here >> http://jwvoyce.com/ Chapter 13: Advice from a Kiwi 'The anger steadily simmering in Cee’s subconscious differed from the way it’d felt a few weeks ago. It had contorted now, warped into something deeper, settling into a kind of sickened resentment, a wounded disbelief that her husband could...

For your listening pleasure! Special guest Jayne Love joins Daizi and April this week as they each read and discuss their unique flash fiction stories around this episodes writing prompt: Summer Holiday. You get to listen to three unique stories written exclusively for Bare Books.  Download and listen. Let us entertain you in true Bare Book's style. Maybe you'll be tempted to write a flash fiction...