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Title: Facts of Fiction

Author: Norman Collins

Narrator: Damian OHare

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 15 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-16-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Short Stories & Anthologies

Publisher's Summary:

This is a collection of essays on essays on Smollett, Lawrence, Austen, Dickens & others, by a man who went on to write a number of hugely popular novels. The classic book on the craft of writing, this is Norman Collins first published work.

Norman Richard Collins (1907-1982) was born in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire. In his early career he worked in publishing while also writing and publishing several successful novels. In 1941 Collins began working at the BBC. During this time he became known for his innovative programming, which included Womans Hour, which still airs today on BBC Radio Four. He rose to controller of the BBC Television Service, later leaving to co-found what is now ITV after deciding a competitior to the BBCs monopoly was needed.

Collins continued to write fiction throughout his busy working life. Although never a full-time writer he was a fluent and prolific author, with 16 titles and two plays to his credit between 1934 and 1981. An autograph edition of 12 of his novels was published during the 1960s.

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Title: Arielles första kärlek [Arielle's First Love]

Author: Monika Fagerholm

Narrator: Monika Fagerholm

Format: Unabridged

Length: 56 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-16-13

Publisher: Novellix

Genres: Fiction, Short Stories & Anthologies

Publisher's Summary:

"Men det blir shär. Att hon tänker p honom hela tiden. Värmebölja: han p stenen. Tiden som stannar upp i ngra dagar. Figurerna i hopptornet i röda, gröna baddräkter. Hettan ökar. Tystnad. Fördömelsen. Pojken som säger: "Du kommer att förlora allt du har. Allt som dig ges ska tas ifrn dig."

Please note: This audiobook is in Swedish.

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Title: Goose Girl and Other Stories

Author: Eric Linklater

Narrator: John Lee

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-13-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Genres: Fiction, Short Stories & Anthologies

Publisher's Summary:

Eric Linklater was one of the most respected and prolific Scottish writers of this century, yet more than 25 years have passed since his last collection of short stories was published. This selection covers Linklater's entire writing life.

Eric Linklater (1899-1974) wrote scores of novels for adults and children. He was also a journalist in India, commander of a wartime fortress in the Orkney Islands, and rector of Aberdeen University.

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Title: Something Else: The Complete First Season

Author: John A. Robinson

Narrator: John A. Robinson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 53 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-06-13

Publisher: One Tusk Audiobooks

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Fiction, Short Stories & Anthologies

Publisher's Summary:

Twenty-four pieces of short fiction, inspired by pieces of digital photography taken with varying phone cameras. The subject matter covers everything from the undead and what they want from you to the latest in neural viruses and cleansing.

Members Reviews:

Little Bites of Madness and Delight

Would you consider the audio edition of Something Else: The Complete First Season to be better than the print version?

Yes. While the little photographs are missing, almost any book is superior when read by the author. And this particular author is a talented performer.

What about John A. Robinsons performance did you like?

It was a performance, rather than just a straight reading. And again, he's good at this.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

Yes, but it was the ending to a story, so I'm not going to spoil it.

Any additional comments?

This is a book of VERY short stories-- brief glimpses of a universe, or a person's life. Brilliant ideas, sketched out quickly and in remarkable detail. Some are fascinating. Some are amusing. Some are CREEPY. And many are a combination of both. But all are very well done.

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Title: Places We Never Went: A Series of Imaginary Events

Author: Aliza Wiseman

Narrator: Aliza Wiseman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 53 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-03-13

Publisher: Love Letter Productions, LLC

Genres: Fiction, Short Stories & Anthologies

Publisher's Summary:

Places We Never Went is an uplifting series of romantic events, in short story format, revolving around a leading male character named Orso, who doesn't exist.

Orso is sophisticated, fun-loving and always just around the next corner, ready to offer a big-city dose of his own, special variety of magic and pizaaz to each and every dating experience that never actually happens.

Author, Aliza Wiseman, takes listeners on an unexpected joy ride, peppered with poetically drawn, fun-loving, sensuous, humorous, soulful, spontaneous, passionate and altogether 3-D experiences, reminding us of how powerful the human imagination is, in lifting us up, over and above the ordinary (and sometimes extremely challenging) experiences of everyday life).

Members Reviews:

How to date when not dating (hint, imagination is EVERYTHING:-)

This book is a series of romantic events, in short story format, revolving around a leading male character named Orso, who doesn't exist. I wrote it while not dating, as a way of coping, through my divorce. Of all times one needs to laugh and know kindness - to feel good in every possible way - this is one of those times, in life.

Places We Never Went is light, sexy, funny, image rich and fast-moving. Each story has it's own pace / tone / flavor. So, while one takes you down to a quiet place, others are anything but quiet. My grandfather was Al Wiseman, the ghost cartoonist for Dennis The Menace (AlWiseman dot ORG) and I hope my first book has him smiling down, somehow. Thanks for reading and reviewing! ~Aliza

Little bonbons for the imagination

I read this book in little snippets whenever I needed a quick pick-me-up and a reminder that life can be fantastic. Each little vignette with Aliza and Orso left me alternately refreshed, touched, filled with longing or crying with joy. Aliza got me wondering whether Orso had a brother who could take ME for a motorcycle ride too!

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Title: Hades & Hocus Pocus

Author: Lester Dent

Narrator: Mark Delgado

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 34 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-24-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Genres: Fiction, Short Stories & Anthologies

Publisher's Summary:

Two classic noir novellas about young men who find treacherous jobs during the Great Depression.

In "Hades", Alexander Titus, a former Olympic decathlon star, comes to Hollywood looking for work. He and his friend Haw Gooch are down to their last dollar when they find jobs as bodyguards for erratic film producer Roger Quinlan. Quinlan seems quite paranoid, claiming that hes being stalked by a demon and that he found Hades in a cavern in New Mexico. The story sounds crazy, but when Titus is framed for murder, he realizes Quinlans alleged hell might be the one place where he can also find the truth.

In "Hocus Pocus", two penniless traveling magicians respond to an ad for a mind reader. A psychology professor hires them to infiltrate a group of evangelists who incorporate mind reading into their preaching. Cal Marvelous Merton and his assistant, Imagination Daly, will study the evangelists methods and report back on whether their mind reading is genuine. But as Merton and Daly join the New Apostles, the air of danger is palpable, and questions arise about their employer and what exactly theyre investigating.

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Title: Halcyon

Author: A. Dale Triplett

Narrator: A. Dale Triplett

Format: Unabridged

Length: 22 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-24-13

Publisher: Arbra Creative Solutions

Genres: Fiction, Short Stories & Anthologies

Publisher's Summary:

A comet defying universal laws is blazing towards earth. Mankind feebly scrambles to prepare...

Members Reviews:

Great Story...Gripping

I am not what you would call an all out science fiction fanatic, but this story gripped me and wouldn't let me go until its surprising conclusion. To be honest, I am glad Halcyon is short because I really couldn't put it down and I had stuff to do. To my knowledge, this is A. Dale Triplett's first published book, but I hope it's not his last.

Compelling and thought provoking

This is an excellent read. Mr. Triplet moves the story along at the perfect pace, and yet still keeps the reader in suspense. Once you start reading, it's very difficult to put down. I can hardly wait till Halcyon's Wake!

Laugh and keep reading.

Terrific handling of a serious concern. We messed up the world. Now what!? Punchy dialogue. Vivid vignettes keep it moving. Start from the middle and you'll wish you could go back to the beginning. You can't stop, wherever you start.

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Title: Lady of Secrets and Other Stories

Author: Rita Lawrance

Narrator: Elliott Bentley

Format: Unabridged

Length: 55 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-18-13

Publisher: The Lindsay Players

Ratings: 2 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Short Stories & Anthologies

Publisher's Summary:

These innovative short stories by Rita Lawrance give the listener a fascinating insight into different aspects of life. Particularly, in Lady of Secrets, the project that Leonardo and Giacoma are working on is one of the most important works of art that the world has ever known.

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Title: The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar

Author: Edgar Allan Poe

Narrator: Mike Vendetti

Format: Unabridged

Length: 25 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-15-13

Publisher: Spoken Realms

Genres: Fiction, Short Stories & Anthologies

Publisher's Summary:

A short story by Edgar Allen Poe about a mesmerist who puts a man, M. Valdemar, in a hypnotic state at the moment of death. M. Valdimar remains in the state for seven months. When the mesmerist removes M. Valdemar from this state, it resembles opening the door of a freezer that has been unplugged for months, the turkey inside.

Members Reviews:

Scary masterpiece that predicts Ebola effects

I read this very short story as a child and loved it (also terrified by it). But after reading a lot about Ebola I reread the story and was even more shocked!.

Good short story

I enjoyed this book. It is very short but the story is compelling. I would recommend it to any Poe fans. This is one of his lesser known books.

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This was a great short story. I really enjoyed reading this. I would to recommend it to any Poe fan.

Short, distrubing (what else?) Poe story

I found out about this short story, as well as âThe Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym, Nantucket,â both by Edgar Allen Poe, from a reference by Bart Dawes, protagonist of Richard Bachman/Stephen Kingâs book âRoadwork,â related to what happens to a person at the moment of death. This was a freebie from Amazon/Kindle, as is the other work.

In this short story, the narrator is a hypnotist (âmesmerist,â in his terms). He is interested in what may happen if a person is mesmerized âin articulo mortis,â a Latin phrase meaning âat the moment of death.â His particular interest is if death can be put off or otherwise interfered with by this process. His subject is a sickly friend, M. Valdemar, who is dying of phthisis, an old term meaning pulmonary tuberculosis (see, you learn something new every day), Valdemar had hitherto been a willing subject of the narratorâs hypnotism experiments and is very willing to participate in this one. There are a couple of doctors and a medical student who are monitoring Vadlemarâs vitals throughout this process. And when the moment comes and Valemar is put under the tranceâwell, that would spoil the ending, wouldnât it? Interesting little story, even if one must sort of trudge through the 19th Century English, but it does not disappoint. Recommended!

An interesting story about old Victorian occultists. A man ...

An interesting story about old Victorian occultists. A man is hypnotized on the brink of death, and continues to speak from beyond the grave. It's not a particularly scary story, so much as intriguing. I've seen the same basic idea used recently on the NoSleep Podcast, in "My Brother Kept Talking" by Robert Ahern, which has a greater focus on horror. Poe's story doesn't look all too much at the information provided by Valdemar. It's really more of a "hey, we did it!" sort of tale, with just the tiniest of implications at the end.

This story is in the public domain. I listened to the free audio production from Librivox's 5th ghost and horror collection.

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Title: Touchy Subjects

Author: Emma Donoghue

Narrator: John Cormack, Caroline Lennon, Maggie Mash, Daniel Coonan, William Hope, Jennifer Woodward

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-04-13

Publisher: Whole Story Audiobooks

Genres: Fiction, Short Stories & Anthologies

Publisher's Summary:

Touchy Subjects is about things that make people wince: taboos, controversies, secrets, and lies. Some of the events that characters crash into are grand, tragic ones: miscarriage, overdose, missing persons. Other topics, like religion and money, are not inherently taboo, but they can cause acute discomfort because people disagree so vehemently.

These stories are about the spectrum of feeling that runs from awkwardness through embarrassment to shame.

Members Reviews:

Lovely, Diverse Collection of Stories

Of Donoghue's short story collections to date, I think this is the best. "Touchy Subjects" offers 19 takes on contemporary topics from babies and family life to art, writing, brief encounters - sexual and non-sexual - and death. Some stories are poignant, some are laugh-out-loud funny, one is deliciously erotic, all are thoughtful and entertaining. The diversity of topics and moods is what made this one so satisfying for me.

Among my favorite stories: the title story "Touchy Subjects" involves a male-female rendezvous in a hotel with a surprising twist; "Pluck" reveals how one man reacts to something really annoying about his lover; "The Sanctuary of Hands," is about a lonely tourist finding unexpected companionship in the caves of southern France; and "Speaking in Tongues" is a hot story about a one night stand told cleverly from the alternating viewpoints of two people in the grips of desire.

"Touchy Subjects" is a great intro to Donoghue in terms of her style and range. Like all her work, it exhibits real depth and understanding of people at the same time that it thoroughly entertains. The writing is simple and clear and should be accessible to all readers. I highly recommend it. Also, it's a great gift for a loved one's birthday or the holidays.

Donoghue's other collections includeAstray,The Woman Who Gave Birth to Rabbits: StoriesandKissing the Witch: Old Tales in New Skins(fairy tales).

**TOP NOTCH PROSE **

If you are looking at this review to consider reading a new author for you, what have you waited for? If you are her to read another Donoghue book, why do you hesitate? Irish born, Canadian Emma Donoghue is simply put, fabulous!! For me she is up there with or above the word smiths like Thomas Sanchez that are not widely known. READ THIS AUTHOR!! TOUCHY SUBJECTS is a collection of short stories, amazing little tales about life and discovery. Start here then maybe HOOD or SLAMMERKIN ( a classic already), or THE ROOM all wonderful books. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

Magnificent!

Emma Donoghue's latest collection of short stories is extraordinary. Each story is a perfectly polished gem, with the depth of characterization and emotion that you would expect from a great novel. And she's funny, too. Donoghue captures the family, with all its pain and humor, and her wry and compelling observations on relationships are not to be missed. If AOL allowed it, I would give this collection ten stars.

Fictional characters you'll recognise

A mixed bag, some stories stronger than others. Enjoyed 'Astray' stories more, maybe because

of their historical anchors. Some great characters, some I'm sure I've met!

To predictable

To predictable