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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/ Chapter 12: A Rudely Rescheduled Conference '“I’m fine, dear,” Olek muttered. He looked down to find his hand had turned black, charred like a piece of meat left too long on a grill. He concealed it in his trouser pocket and continued to trail Victoria down the glorious e...

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 11: An Unreturned Watch 'Jordana groaned as she tossed her mail on the kitchen counter. She’d been safely home in Canada for three hours, and her gratitude had already disappeared. Five days the guy had promised her. Five days. Of the influx of nonsense posted thr...

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 10: A Half-Paid Debt 'Marcus ended the call, fighting a fierce impulse to vomit. It took him several minutes to overcome the trembling in his legs. Although his heartrate had resumed its normal pace, his stomach remained unsettled as he reread the article on his p...

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 9: A Hotelier in Hot Water 'This was not the call Gabe had been expecting. Since the moment Cherelle had reluctantly accepted the flight money, he’d been confident he was giving her a better life. It’d been a trying week; he’d gone to sleep hungry each night, in u...

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 8: A Disobedient Dealer '“O.K., I’m sitting with my friend Faisal here, and he’s asking if you want the Lemon haze or something called the—” Zach heard Tom muttering unintelligibly away from the phone. “Something called OG Cush.” The Aussie thought on this for a m...

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 7: A Last-Second Outbidding '“There’s no one you can think of?” “No, Cuss.” Mathilda was brusque and distant. She’d been this way for days. It was a symptom of their self-imposed isolation. Being shut up inside should not have been such an ordeal; they’d lived thi...

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 6: The Kindness of a Stranger 'Oleksandr sat on the bench outside Grantley Adam’s airport with his iced Americano, which was now just lukewarm and light brown liquid. He despised airports and wanted to soak in every last second of sunshine before he was confined 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 5: The Wrong Reporter 'Gabe wandered the backstreets of Prince's Town. The area was small and word travelled faster than a lightning bolt to those with open ears. A reporter was in the area searching for sources, compiling yet another story on the escalation of ga...

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 4: An Abandoned Interview '“I’m sorry, Madam. They’re not here.” “So you’re telling me I’ve travelled half-way around the world, jet-lagged, sleep-deprived, and Spirit Inferno are where exactly?” “All we know is that the gig was cancelled, and they’ve left the ven...

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 3: A Lost Voice '"If it’s not here, the show isn’t going ahead. And I’m telling the driver to carry straight onto the next town.” “Zach,” Tom pleaded. He was exhibiting the familiar signs: the throbbing vein in his temple, the spasmodic twitch in his right eye; an...

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 2: A Deserting Husband 'Cee knew the resentment she felt towards Jeremy was misplaced. She should have been mad at the company; they were the ones who’d summoned him to London. Given his circumstances he had every right to refuse, but what then? Risk losing their...

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 1: A Friend Left Hanging 'As a clandestine entrepreneur (as Marcus would occasionally refer to himself), work was either a breeze or an all-out hustle. And no two days were the same. He’d long ago decided that to run a successful operation—and one with longevity—c...

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/ “How significantly can you affect another person’s life without ever meeting them?” Marcus Taylor scoffs at the argument posed on an internet thread; his destiny can’t be determined by anyone outside of his circle. The viewpoint is shaken when he witnesses a murder—an inc...

April has read and reviewed At Home in the Pays d'Oc: A tale of accidental expatriates (The Pays d'Oc series Book 1). The following is some of the writeup on Amazon, but what did April think of it?... "This is the story of how a small brown and white spaniel turned the lives of two English holidaymakers upside down. Patricia and her husband Patrick are spending the summer in their holiday home in...

For your listening pleasure! Guest co-host Dean Wrigley joins Daizi and April this week as they each read and discuss their unique flash fiction stories around this episodes writing prompt: Sleepwalking. You get to listen to three unique stories written exclusively for Bare Books, and read for you by their authors.  Download and listen, Let us entertain you in true Bare Books style. Maybe you'll b...

Daizi has read and reviewed Reliance (Powerless Earth Book 1) by Paul McMurrough for this episode, and she had plenty to say about it... "When i started this book, I thought the rather lengthy explanations about the solar storm and the resulting global loss of power was a bit long winded, but, and I don’t say this often, I was wrong. When I think of a power cut, the first thing that comes to mind...

Bare Books Season Four Trailer Welcome back to Bare Books, Join us to find out what is coming this season: From reviews of self-published authors, and you could still be a part of that as we have a couple of spots left if you want to submit your book for review.  Get writing and be a part of this season's flash fiction, you'll find the writing prompts on our social media along with the deadlines f...

Bare Books Podcast - Flash Fiction - Authors Choice! Our last episode for season 3 is a Flash Fiction episode with no writing prompt, so our authors were free to write whatever they wanted, limited only by their own imagination. And here we are, humbled and massively impressed by the 4 stories being read to you today:    We kick off with a story titled The Last Mascara, written for us and read by...

Bare Books Podcast - Flash Fiction - Under The Bed! Our penultimate episode of season 3 and yet again we are truly astounded by the high standard of stories we receive into our email inbox for these flash fiction episodes.  We kick off with a sci-fi meets fantasy story written for us by Gerry O'Keeffe. Followed by Daizi's dose of gossip over the garden fence. April brings us a huge dose of quirky...

Bare Books Podcast - Return to Kirrin v Ending Samsara We have been blessed with some brilliant titles in our inbox recently, so we have chosen our favourites of the moment. April has read Return to Kirrin by Neil and Suzy Howlett, so listen up to find out what she thought of it. April, like me, grew up reading The Famous Five, Secret Seven and Malory Towers, so expectations are high! I (Daizi) am...

Bare Books Podcast - Flash Fiction - Don't Be Embarrassed, It's Normal! April is exercising her funny bone this week! Who know she even had one! Her story proper tickled me, have a listen and see what you think. I (Daizi) have written a flash fiction without even a hint of a dead body, it's so light hearted I'm not sure that the pair of us haven't had a bump on the head!  So sit back and relax as...

Bare Books - The Weight of Rain by T. C. Emerys The Weight of Rain, T. C Emerys' debut collection of short stories, are set across Britain and Ireland. They are emotional, suspenseful and hopeful. The two stories from this collection that we are reviewing on this episode are the title story The Weight of Rain and The Beach at Rinsmore Point, where Cathryn's wife is hiding something. Each of these...

Bare Books Podcast - Flash Fiction - Why are you blushing! Carolyn Ward-Daniels is co-hosting with us on this episode, as we have 3 more brand spanking new original stories to read to you for the writing prompt; Why are you blushing. With no prior discussion between the three of us, we each managed to have philandering adulteress men in our stories. Spooky or what! So sit back and relax as we read...

Bare Books Podcast - Murder at Melrose Court v Saving Grace We have been sat with our feet up reading recommended titles again this week. April sat and read Murder at Melrose Court A 1920s Christmas Country House Murder (Heathcliff Lennox Book 1) by Karen Baugh Menuhin that she found online. Daizi has read Saving Grace a psychological thriller by D M Barr which she awarded a meaty 4 out of 5. Whic...

Bare Books Podcast - Flash Fiction - Never thought I'd Curse The Day! Relax and let us read you a story or three, all based on the writing prompt Never thought I'd curse the day. We have guests Dean Wrigley and Tracey Spencer with us on this episode. We're trying something a little different and allocating parts to read this story that these two collaborated on. The past will always come back and...