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Narrated by:
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Phil Mayes
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John Bowen
"The Steal" - A thief is hired by a collector to acquire an occult artifact....
"Crash" - A hard landing on an alien planet....
"Collision" - A world-changing incident at the Large Hadron Collider....
"The Fall" - A London gangster finds himself in a bad situation....
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These stories did get my heart racing, and scared me a from time to time. The horror in them was well written and had the right impact upon being read by narrator Phil Mayes. The science fiction stories were really unique and unlike other sci-fi that I've read. One of them could have been a full novel, but the other was perfect as a short story.
The whole audiobook takes an hour to get through and is a great read for a short plane ride or over a few lunch breaks.
The narration and audio quality from narrator Phil Mayes was excellent and he added to the terror and suspense that Bowen wrote.
I was given a free copy of this audiobook in exchange for my honest review.
Excellent execution in these short stories
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Vignettes
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It was thrilling (no too much though) but I don't think I can judge such short stories.Okayish
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ColdSweats
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The Steal – A thief is hired by a collector to acquire an occult artifact….
Mortcombe hires Mr. Lucas Smith to steal something for him. Mortcombe is dying and greatly desires this thing before he departs this world. World class security for a world class vault: a solid challenge for Lucas. There is a singular item that Mortcombe has coveted for the last 30 years. Lucas will get that item for him, for a price. This was an excellent short story! It’s a little dark and mysterious. Couple that with Lucas’s practicality when it comes to thievery, and we have a most entertaining tale. The story switches back and forth from Lucas’s conversation with Mortcombe in a seedy bar to Lucas sneaking past security, into the vault, and then perusing the vault’s contents. It worked really well as we get to hear through Lucas how he did some background checks on Mortcombe and the man Lucas has been hired to steal from. The ending was rather unexpected, a little spooky, and a fitting end. 5/5 stars
Collide – A world-changing incident at the Large Hadron Collider….
This story is captured in news reports starting immediately after the event and spanning 4 years. Immediately, there are many deaths due to the explosion. As more info comes in, folks are trying to figure out how to deal with temporal abnormalities. Past and future have collided. Not just people have been temporally transplanted, but also animals and inanimate objects. Scientists and journalists bring up some great questions – communicable diseases? definite knowledge of events past and present and thier affect on the present? This short piece brought up several good points to mull over concerning the larger impact of time travel. 5/5
Crash – A hard landing on an alien planet….
Kul, Hue, and Ben are crashing on an uncharted planet. This little tale is told through Ben’s eyes. It’s Ben’s first jump and it has all gone wrong. Poor dude. The crash landing doesn’t leave him and the crew whole and hardy. Pretty quickly they and their ship are discovered by the local alien life. This story had a lovely little twist at the end that had me chuckling out loud. 5/5
The Fall – A London gangster finds himself in a bad situation….
In a boiler room, Eddy Flynn is tied to a chair. A single bulb glares above. A man, in a highly tailored expensive silk suit, wants a chat with Eddy. Now Eddy is a big shark in his world of London gangs. He’s earned a reputation for his violence. Yet Eddy knows he’s in a bad situation here. His best bet is to buy time (his men are looking for him, surely?) and try to bluff his way out of this. The assortment of tools on a nearby table don’t portend good things for Eddy. He talks a good game but will it be enough? I was sucked into this story quickly and I really wanted to know why Eddy was tied to that chair and who put him there! I almost wanted Eddy to make it out of this if I could just have those answers. The suspense was great! 5/5
I received a copy of this audiobook at no cost from the narrator (via a post on GoodReads Audiobooks group) in exchange for an honest review.
Narration: Phil Mayes did a really good job with this book. His voice was excellent for the hardboiled male roles and for all the suspense. I especially liked his voice for Lucas Smith in The Steal and for Eddy Flynn in The Fall. He had some great London accents for The Fall. In Collide, he did these wonderful fade outs for the news reports that trailed off. All around, an excellent performance for this book.
A nice mix of SF and thrillers.
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