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Cold Sweats and Vignettes

By: John Bowen
Narrated by: Phil Mayes
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"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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Probably not a good idea to listen to the first story on the way to visit the elderly in law in hospital as I did. Just a warning ; )

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Mini stories, tasty snippets, you choose what description you’d like.
Mixed from Sci fi to murder these will whip you along in the turmoil and nail biting.
A good mix of different genres to introduce you to this authors work & believe me the longer books/audiobooks are well worth a listen.
Good narration & tempo. A plus to listen to from me

Tasty snippets

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I got this as a free copy, and I listened to it in one go. I normally don’t like short stories as they don’t give time to relate to the characters, but each of these dragged you into the story immediately. I enjoyed all of the very different stories, and have now found a new author to add to my must read pile.

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A clever set of short stories - a perfect introduction to this excellent author, highly recommended

Clever Stories

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I think this series of four short stories was probably a mistake for me, given that I'm not a fan of science fiction, horror or short stories. So if you like these genres in your reading, you'll probably love this book.
The narration by Phil Mayes was suitably menacing, though in one of them I was a bit confused as to who was speaking.
Each of the stories had a twist at the end, a little predictable, but a twist all the same.

The first story, The Steal, related to a professional thief who stole on behalf of art collectors. His final job was acquiring an occult item from a locked vault.
Collision was about a fault in the Hadron Collider at Cerne, which messed with time. This one was presented as a series of news snippets and was my least favourite story.
In Crash, a space station takes an unplanned visit to a remote planet.
Finally, The Fall, which is going to give me nightmares tonight and narrated the experience of a gangster who finds himself on the receiving end.

Four short stories.

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