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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....

©2015 John Bowen (P)2015 John Bowen Anthologies & Short Stories Fiction Horror Science Fiction Short Stories Scary

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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 ; )

Enjoyed these stories

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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.

Enjoyable

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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 adore John Bowen’s writing and would by now probably happily read his shopping list, but thankfully that’s not necessary!
I absolutely loved these four short stories and listened to them in two half hour walks to and from work - they are all different, but all of them are very well written and thought out, clever, sassy and fresh. The brilliant narration by Phil Mayes puts the story telling cherry on the top. Great fun to listen to and highly recommended to anyone looking for some tasty story morsels in between longer reads.

Fabulous short stories, brilliant narration - great fun!

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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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This was a lovely little audiobook of a variety of stories that I loved. The author has compiled a set of complex stories that are fun to listen to and the narrator was perfect for these sci-fi story arch’s. Loved it.

Great little gem of short stories

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What made the experience of listening to Cold Sweats and Vignettes the most enjoyable?

Phil Mayes made it enjoyable as he was easy to listen to

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Easy to do with this as they are short stories. Brilliant if you only have a short time to have a listen

Any additional comments?

I received this audiobook for the author in exchange for an honest review. Thank you John.

A great mixture of themes. I really enjoyed Crash and think that if The Steal was a novel I'd definitely want to read it

Short story heaven

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A quick listen of mixed short stories. They are all good but the first one about cursed artefacts was my favourite.

Short stories

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I like short stories.They are a real test of an author's skill. The writer has to plunge you head first into a story and make you care about it very quickly. Stephen King and Roald Dahl are the masters but John Bowen is hot on their heels. The first story is my favourite but the others are great too.

Would have liked more stories in this collection but then I hated EPs back in the day when vinyl was king!

Cool Stories!

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