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An interview with Carolyn Ward-Daniels

For your listening pleasure! The long awaited episode where we finally pinned down Carolyn Ward-Daniels for a frank and fabulous interview discussing her latest novel The Flint Babies. 
Indie writers, old and new, have gotten involved with the podcast, and we'd like to say a huge thank you to every one of them.
You can find our flash fiction anthology on Amazon.
Submit your book for a possible future review to barebookspod1@gmail.com
Big thanks to Sydney Strong for the musical interludes. Find them on Instagram @syd_extinction

Bare Books Season 6 Trailer

It’s so good to be back. Season 6 is upon us; more reading, more reviews, more interviews, getting to know new authors.
More flash fiction - writing prompts and stories to write and share. 
We have some super exciting news to share too. Our Brand New Flash Fiction Anthology - Volume ll  - The kindle edition is on Amazon pre order right now, ahead of its release on the 2nd of December. Along with the paperback and hard cover versions for those that love the feel of a real book. You can enjoy more than 30 stories from 16 contributing authors … we’re so honoured to present every single one of them.
You can find Bare Books Flash Fiction Anthology Volume ll on Amazon. Sales from this book are what will keep us promoting indie authors for FREE xx
Submit your book for a future review to barebookspod1@gmail.com
Big thanks to Sydney Strong for the musical interludes. Find her on Instagram @syd_extinction
 

An Interview with Clare Lydon

Thank you for joining us! This episode is all about Clare Lydon, getting to know her a little, and chatting all things The Christmas Catch, which is her new lesbian romance out in good time for Christmas. You can learn more about Clare on her website at: clarelydon.co.uk 
You can find Bare Books Flash Fiction Anthology Volume ll on Amazon. Sales from this book are what will keep us promoting indie authors for FREE xx
Submit your book for a future review to barebookspod1@gmail.com
Big thanks to Sydney Strong for the musical interludes. Find her on Instagram @syd_extinction

Flash Fiction: from photos of flowers strewn on a beach

Join our ever-growing podcast family and get your creative juices flowing. We choose our favourite stories to be read out on the podcast…
 
This season's first prompt was a set of photos: I saw scattered and trampled flowers on the beach on holiday last month, followed by a rock that looked like it had grown around a gold ring, all kinds of images of broken hearts came to mind... but what did you make of it?
 
Listen to our favourite stories, written by Sandy Biddles and Carolyn Ward-Daniels. There is even one written by Daizi that April snuck in there at the end. We hope you love them as much as we did. 
 
You can find Bare Books Flash Fiction Anthology Volume ll on Amazon. Sales from this book are what will keep us promoting indie authors for FREE xx
Submit your book for a future review to barebookspod1@gmail.com
Big thanks to Sydney Strong for the musical interludes. Find her on Instagram @syd_extinction

Flash Fiction Christmas Special 2022

Merry Christmas from Daizi and April at Bare Books xx
Our way of wishing you a Merry Christmas is to bring you two brand new Christmas stories on this special day:
The Tale of William Pinter by Dean Wrigley (narrated by April Berry). You can find this story around 1 minute into the episode.
The Day Christmas Was Cancelled written and narrated by Daizi Rae. You can find this story at around 7 minutes into the episode. 
You can find Bare Books Flash Fiction Anthology Volume ll on Amazon. Sales from this book are what will keep us promoting indie authors for FREE xx
Submit your book for a future review to barebookspod1@gmail.com
Big thanks to Sydney Strong for the musical interludes. Find her on Instagram @syd_extinction

Reviewing Girls Next Door (Lesfic Anthology)

Thank you for joining us! This episode finds us reviewing a lesbian fiction anthology. *Girls Next Door, edited by Sandy Lowe and Stacia Seaman, contains 19 stories told from the heart - sexy, romantic tales of falling for the girl next door. 
You can find Bare Books Flash Fiction Anthology Volume ll on Amazon. Sales from this book are what will keep us promoting indie authors for FREE xx
Submit your book for a future review to barebookspod1@gmail.com
Big thanks to Sydney Strong for the musical interludes. Find her on Instagram @syd_extinction
*This book contains sexual content.

Flash Fiction - Writing Prompt: The Circle

The writing prompt: The Circle inspired the two stories we bring you today.
The Circle - written and narrated by April Berry. You can find this story just after 3 minutes into the episode.
Trans Centric Circle - written and narrated by Daizi Rae. You can find this story just after the 10 minute mark. 
You can find Bare Books Flash Fiction Anthology Volume ll on Amazon. Sales from this book are what will keep us promoting indie authors for FREE xx
Submit your book for a future review to barebookspod1@gmail.com
Big thanks to Sydney Strong for the musical interludes. Find her on Instagram @syd_extinction

Reviewing Daniel and Eriks Super Fab Ultimate Wedding Checklist

This episode sees us review the highly amusing Daniel and Eriks Super Fab Ultimate Wedding Checklist written by K. E. Belladonne.
This story follows our two main characters, Daniel and Erik, from their first meeting, through dating and falling in love. They love each other so much they decide to get married. This story joins the two of them, and their weirdly unhelpful wedding app, on the road to certain doom...
The rest you will need to find out yourself when you read the book. 
You can find Bare Books Flash Fiction Anthologies Volumes l and ll on Amazon. Sales from Volume ll are what will keep us promoting indie authors for FREE xx
Submit your book for a future review to barebookspod1@gmail.com
Big thanks to Sydney Strong for the musical interludes. Find her on Instagram @syd_extinction
 

Flash Fiction - From the Writing Prompt: Cliche

The writing prompt Cliche inspired the two stories we bring you today:
It's an Uphill Battle - written by JA Fabre and narrated by Daizi Rae. You can find this story just before 2 minutes into the episode.
Salt of the Earth - written by Sandy Biddles and narrated by April Berry. You can find this story just after the 10 minute mark. 
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You can find Bare Books Flash Fiction Anthology Volume ll on Amazon. Sales from this book are what will keep us promoting indie authors for FREE xx
Submit your book for a future review to barebookspod1@gmail.com
Big thanks to Sydney Strong for the musical interludes. Find her on Instagram @syd_extinction

Reviewing Spinning Tales by Brey Willows

This episode sees us review Spinning Tales by Brey Willows. Find out more about her at breywillows.com
"Maggie McShay wants a little magic in her life. Something more than the drab existence of going to work and coming home to a cat that barely tolerates her. It’s up to Maggie, her grumpy, shape-shifting cat, a dwarf hell-bent on finding romance, and Kody to set the fairy tale world to rights. The big bad wolf has nothing on Maggie McShay."
The rest you will need to find out yourself when you read the book. 
You can find Bare Books Flash Fiction Anthologies Volumes l and ll on Amazon. Sales from Volume ll are what will keep us promoting indie authors for FREE xx Submit your book for a future review to barebookspod1@gmail.com Big thanks to Sydney Strong for the musical interludes. Find her on Instagram @syd_extinction