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Title: A Piece of Cake (A Roald Dahl Short Story)

Author: Roald Dahl

Narrator: Julian Rhind-Tutt

Format: Unabridged

Length: 28 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-13-12

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Genres: Fiction, Short Stories & Anthologies

Publisher's Summary:

The unabridged, digital audiobook edition of "A Piece of Cake", a short, gripping story of life in wartime from Roald Dahl, the master of the shocking tale, read by the actor Julian Rhind-Tutt...

In this short story, Roald Dahl tells the horrific tale of a pilot whose plane crashes in the desert. "A Piece of Cake" is taken from the short story collection Over to You, which includes nine other dramatic and terrifying tales of life as a wartime fighter pilot, and is drawn from Dahls own experiences during the Second World War. This story is also available as a Penguin ebook.

Roald Dahl, the brilliant and worldwide acclaimed author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, Matilda, and many more classics for children, also wrote scores of short stories for adults. These delightfully disturbing tales have often been filmed and were most recently the inspiration for the West End play, Roald Dahls Twisted Tales by Jeremy Dyson. Roald Dahls stories continue to make listeners shiver today.

Julian Rhind-Tutts television work includes: A Touch of Cloth, The Hour, Green Wing, Clocking Off, Hippies, and Keen Eddie. His film work includes: Rush, Notting Hill, Stardust, Lara Croft, Tomorrow Never Dies, and The Madness of King George.

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Title: Taken! 3

Author: Donald Wells

Narrator: Christopher Eicher

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 2 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-06-12

Publisher: Donald Wells

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: Fiction, Short Stories & Anthologies

Publisher's Summary:

After Sandra Jenkins' six-year-old daughter was taken, the young mother trusted the authorities to get her little girl back. But when the man who holds the only possible lead to her daughter's whereabouts is set free, Sandra goes after him. Hours later, the man is dead and Sandra is following a trail that she hopes will lead to her daughter, Chrissie.

As the young mother's quest makes the news, it catches the attention of Dr. White and her husband.

As the path to her daughter grows more dangerous, Sandra gains new allies and closes in on the men who have Chrissie. The odds against her are high, and when Sandra walks into a trap, her only hope of rescue is Dr. White and her husband.

What comes next is a violent climax that forces husband and wife to break all the rules, and in the end, will leave them changed forever.

Members Reviews:

Say It Is Not True

This is a moving story of a woman that had her child kidnapped. This is the first time in this series where you see a romantic side and the love of your child. She did what she had to do to get her child back. Dr Jessica White and her husband did what they do best. The twist at the end left me saying, "no say it is not true."

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Title: Ellen and the Barber

Author: Edith Carlson O'Rourke

Narrator: Mary Woods

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 44 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-29-12

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Genres: Fiction, Short Stories & Anthologies

Publisher's Summary:

Vividly evoking a small mid-west town during the Great Depression and World War II, Ellen and the Barber introduces us to three strong and surprising young women and the men in their lives: Ellen, who has no good reason to deny her natural instincts; Miriam, torn between the promise of a loving future and the demands of family and home; and Vera, whose intelligence and restless hunger for life plunges her into disaster.

Around these three vibrant young women, ORourke has created a town so real and convincing that the listener experiences a sense of déjà vu. Through dust storms and drought, economic depression and the lingering demise of small farming, Prohibition and the war that took its young men, the town and its people let us live and laugh and sometimes cry with it.

Critic Reviews:

By narrating rather than dramatizing, Woods lets the subtlety and rich texture of the writing hold center stageShe sets a strong pace, parsing through long and complex (but elegant) sentences with a care and expression that does justice to the authors style and guides the listener well. (AudioFile)

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Title: Music Box

Subtitle: Digital Short, Thriller

Author: Estevan Vega

Narrator: Mike Vendetti

Format: Unabridged

Length: 51 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-27-12

Publisher: StoneHouse Ink

Ratings: 2.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Fiction, Short Stories & Anthologies

Publisher's Summary:

Esther is getting old. No, she is old. Aging with every blink, with every breath.

After a life full of power and purpose, she is met with the harsh reality that she is now obsolete, and her fragile moments are short. On the eve of the last night in the city she has called home for years, Esther and her lover Jacob share their fears and their romance for this world over one last meal, as they wait in fearful unrest for what is coming.

Follow Young Adult/Adult Thriller writer Estevan Vega on Twitter @EstevanVega or on Facebook. His blog is http://www.estevanvega.com

Estevan released his first book at fifteen. Arson his third and most popular novel, is the beginning of a series, followed by its sequel, Ashes. More in the series will come. Just released is The Forsaken, a supernatural thriller.

Critic Reviews:

"Vega is definitely a talented writer with a white-hot literary future." (The Middletown Press)

"Estevan Vega packs subtle power and menace in every sentence. Prepare to lose sleep when you enter Vega's dark literary landscape." (Scott Nicholson, The Red Church)

Members Reviews:

Very Artistic!

I actually enjoyed this exceptional avante guarde piece of art. Those who want the obvious put in front of them would be lost on this one. There are many ways to read into the words and thoughts of Esther and Jacob, and the beauty in it's entanglement is through the eye and 'ears' of the beholder on this one.

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Title: Crisis Points

Author: Michael Angel

Narrator: Joe Matic, Jon Goeffna, Michael Angel, Jason Jackson, Bill Royal

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 57 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-23-12

Publisher: Banty Hen Publishing

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Short Stories & Anthologies

Publisher's Summary:

Six suspense stories of people facing off against their ultimate terror...

Meet a down-on-his luck supermarket worker who has to foil a kidnapping all on his own. Follow an eco-tourist's frantic efforts to escape an African quarantine zone ravaged by a deadly virus.

And tune into Texas station KRAP (don't touch that dial, there's KRAP on it!) as a pair of down-home country deejays try their damnedest to stop a murder...while they're still on the air.

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Title: Pathological

Subtitle: A Digital Short

Author: Vincent Zandri

Narrator: Aaron Tucker

Format: Unabridged

Length: 22 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-16-12

Publisher: StoneHouse Ink

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Short Stories & Anthologies

Publisher's Summary:

The serial killer takes on many guises. But what happens when you unknowingly take him as your most trusted and loyal husband?

Pathological is proof that even though you think you know your spouse inside and out, you might not really know him at all.

This is the first of many Digital Shorts from Vincent Zandri.

Members Reviews:

A Quick Fix For Zandri Addicts

I came across this Digital Short (loved the title) while doing research for Zandri's upcoming book teaser for, "Concrete Pearl" and inhaled it like paint fumes knowing I'd be in for a cheap high, and sure enough I was blown away with Zandri's quick wit and the sardonic humor that laces all his stories.

A brilliant Short, which every writer knows is difficult to pull off, but Zandri slays it as if it were a walk in the park. This is a great way for new readers to wander inside Zandri's offbeat Noir world. Start here and then check out his other stuff. It's all good.

If there's one thing, above all, that Zandri nails every time, it's that his stories entertain you on every page. Nicely done, Vincent. I'm hooked.

Suspenseful Short

Packed with lots of twists and turns for a short! Name says it all...Pathological....Vincent Zandri can write them long or short - I remain...#1 Fan...

NEVER SAW IT COMING!!!

I teach Forensics and enjoy reading crime stories. I always know the ending before I finish the book or story. But, this one was a FIRST!!!!! I was not able to figure out what would happen in the last few pages. It was shocking and even more unexpected events helped this story to be one of the best that I have ever read. I will continue to order more writings from this author.

Excellent, Tight Short Story

A very taught little story -- one that pulls you in and won't let go. I hated the main character (as a human being) but still wanted him to triumph by the end. How unusual is that?

Really Bad

I bought this for two reasons: 1) it was only a dollar, and 2) it got 5-star reviews from everyone that reviewed it before me. I read it the other night in about 15 minutes and wow, what a disappointment!! I thought that it was boring, poorly written, and just plain stupid. I can't understand why anyone would give it five stars. It seemed like something from a college creative writing class. Very amateurish. Just one woman's opinion.

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Title: Found Money

Author: Trent Zelazny

Narrator: Christopher Crabtree

Format: Unabridged

Length: 54 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-15-12

Publisher: Trent Zelazny

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Short Stories & Anthologies

Publisher's Summary:

Have you ever randomly come across $3,087? Nick did.

Problem is, it's blood money. And now unemployed Nick finds himself involved in way more than the money is worth.

PLEASE NOTE: This is a novelette, not a full-length novel. It is also included in The Day the Leash Gave Way and Other Stories.

Members Reviews:

Wry indeed.

Trent Zelazny's novelette "Found Money" appeals to one for the characters and the way the author handles their dialogue, although their internal monologues are also often entertaining. And as a story in which the characters dance around one another quite a bit, rushing near and then dashing away again until the final crashing climax, there's a lot of this juicy dialogue. Trent has a couple of modes that I've seen so far--I'd say that the first sometimes seeks to answer the question, "How dark can 'emotionally dark' possibly get?" Well, this is the other one-- a much-less-heavy look at not so much the dark side of humanity per se as the stupid side-- a side so stupid that you have to laugh, or at least smirk in satisfaction.

Madcap mayhem from master of noir

Trent Zelazny is known as a noir writer, but Found Money is the sunny side of noir. Bad guys everywhere, good guys with pretty shaky morals and lots of almost-gritty action. Except every time someone wants to really land a punch or even eliminate another bad guy, things just, well, they just don't work out. Sometimes it's stupidity, sometimes it's piss-poor luck.

Zelazny leads these characters on a merry chase, up one side of crazy and down the other side at 90 miles per. Have you ever heard about someone finding a huge amount of money, in some really bizarre location and you think "what moron loses that much money?? If I had that kind of money, I'd hang on to it, fer Christ's sake"? Zelazny gives us a romp of an answer to that question and it's fun to see the usually grim-voiced Zelazny put his considerable talents toward writing humor.

Fabuloso

Review by Ruth Blair...

Loved this. I already read it in The Day the Leash Gave Way and Other Stories, but that didn't stop me from enjoying it the second time over. That's what I've found to be one of the great things about Zelazny's work, you can re-read them and still enjoy them, sometimes even moreso the second time around than the first!

I strongly recommend picking this one up. It doesn't take long to read, and if you enjoy it, then you should definitely pick upThe Day the Leash Gave Way and Other Storiesnext! It's an awesome collection that gives you a vivid glimpse into Zelazny's twisted imagination.

Five stars without a doubt!

A Blast And A Half!

"Found Money" was a real treat, a quick short story for when I'm too busy or distracted for a novel. I read it in one sitting. I like crime/caper/stupid crook stories, so this one was a hit for me. Plus it was funny, something that offsets Zelazny's darker works. He has a nice flair for comedy. Nick was a very likable character. Everything that could possibly go wrong went wrong. He was false accused of stealing from the bookstore he worked at and got fired. He sold his watch and the money was stolen. Then he finds a great deal of cash in an envelope on the street. I initially thought he should have just left it there, but that money ended up being very important to him for reasons I won't say.

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Title: Soporific Stories for All Ages, Volume 2

Author: Donald Beesley

Narrator: Donald Beesley

Format: Unabridged

Length: 48 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-15-12

Publisher: The Beesley Assortment

Genres: Fiction, Short Stories & Anthologies

Publisher's Summary:

This is the second collection in the Soporific Stories for All Ages series. Included in this volume are two stories. The first is "A Turtle on the Train Tracks", and the second is "The Great Mistake by the Front Yard Gate". Both stories are Soporific Stories, which means they are meant to put you to sleep.

Our first story, "A Turtle on the Train Tracks", follows an old turtle with an old ambition. He wants to see the swamp that lies beyond the raised train tracks. He has been waiting for decades. Only a massive flood will allow him to cross those tracks, and an impressive storm is brewing.

Our second story, "The Great Mistake by the Front Yard Gate", is told in rhyme. Our narrator arrives home after dark and cannot open the front yard gate. Something is blocking it. You would never guess what it is. You would never guess where it ends up.

These are two pleasant stories to be listened to again and again until they become innocent, sleepy friends. Let them tuck you in.

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Title: A Winter's Heart

Author: Devlin Church

Narrator: L.C. Kane

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-09-12

Publisher: Banty Hen Publishing

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Short Stories & Anthologies

Publisher's Summary:

A woman's heart grows cold toward her husband and uses circumstance to justify the means.

A man learns all too late that it is more than the weather that turns cold one winter night.

Members Reviews:

Commuter friendly

What did you love best about A Winter's Heart?

It's just the right length for a commute to the office; the set- up is sufficiently tight and the denouement is satisfying. The narrator gives good feeling to the woman's plight.

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Title: Kill and Say Goodbye

Subtitle: Four Chilling Tales of Mystery, Suspense & Murder

Author: R. Barri Flowers

Narrator: Rhonda Federman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 59 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-09-12

Publisher: R. Barri Flowers

Genres: Fiction, Short Stories & Anthologies

Publisher's Summary:

Kill and Say Good-Bye is a riveting collection of four mystery, suspense, and thriller tales from best-selling crime writer R. Barri Flowers that will entertain and keep you engaged from beginning to end.

In "Kill and Say Goodbye" while jogging on the beach, a financial analyst discovers a dead woman who bears a striking resemblance to her. She enlists the aid of a former U.S. marshal turned private investigator, who has his own agenda.

In "Convinced", a troubled woman is convinced that her husband is having an affair and decides to do something about it.

In "Target of a Killer", are porter's article about a reputed drug kingpin puts a target on her back with a ruthless assassin in hot pursuit.

In "Murder Past, Murder Present", a re-creation of a famous historical murder case leads to murder and endangers a young woman's life.

Includes bonus excerpts of the author's best-selling audio mystery novels, Murder in Honolulu, Murder in Maui, Killer in the Woods, and Justice Served. As an added bonus, hear the frightening true tale of Canadian serial killers Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka from R.Barri Flowers' best-selling true crime audiobook, Serial Killer Couples: Bonded by Sexual Depravity, Abduction, and Murder..