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The Weight of Rain - T. C. Emerys

Bare Books - The Weight of Rain by T. C. Emerys
The Weight of Rain, T. C Emerys' debut collection of short stories, are set across Britain and Ireland. They are emotional, suspenseful and hopeful.The two stories from this collection that we are reviewing on this episode are the title story The Weight of Rain and The Beach at Rinsmore Point, where Cathryn's wife is hiding something.Each of these people has loved and lost, and the rain falls on them just the same. These stories show that there is always hope, even under the gloomiest of skies.
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

Flash Fiction - Don’t Be Embarrassed, It’s Normal

Bare Books Podcast - Flash Fiction - Don't Be Embarrassed, It's Normal!
April is exercising her funny bone this week! Who know she even had one! Her story proper tickled me, have a listen and see what you think. I (Daizi) have written a flash fiction without even a hint of a dead body, it's so light hearted I'm not sure that the pair of us haven't had a bump on the head! 
So sit back and relax as we read to you about hypnotherapy, indecent behaviour, a talking exuberant little puppy and new family connections. We're in danger of making you grin this week. 
you could guest host on a future podcast with your own flash fiction story.
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
 

Return to Kirrin v Ending Samsara

Bare Books Podcast - Return to Kirrin v Ending Samsara
We have been blessed with some brilliant titles in our inbox recently, so we have chosen our favourites of the moment. April has read Return to Kirrin by Neil and Suzy Howlett, so listen up to find out what she thought of it. April, like me, grew up reading The Famous Five, Secret Seven and Malory Towers, so expectations are high!
I (Daizi) am currently reading Ending Samsara by J W Voyce. It’s not very often I find a book that’s pace matches my lazy style of reading so well and still keeps me invested. So I am very much engaged right now at just over half way through this book. How significantly can you effect another persons life without ever meeting them? Good question, and it’s the overriding question that is asked and answered throughout this book. Since we recorded this I've moved on a little and Olek is breaking my heart...
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

Flash Fiction - Under The Bed

Bare Books Podcast - Flash Fiction - Under The Bed!
Our penultimate episode of season 3 and yet again we are truly astounded by the high standard of stories we receive into our email inbox for these flash fiction episodes. 
We kick off with a sci-fi meets fantasy story written for us by Gerry O'Keeffe.
Followed by Daizi's dose of gossip over the garden fence.
April brings us a huge dose of quirky with an almost cute, but not quite, squatter!
And we round off the goodness with a thriller from Carolyn Ward-Daniels. 
you could guest host on a future podcast with your own flash fiction story.
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

Flash Fiction - Authors Choice

Bare Books Podcast - Flash Fiction - Authors Choice!
Our last episode for season 3 is a Flash Fiction episode with no writing prompt, so our authors were free to write whatever they wanted, limited only by their own imagination. And here we are, humbled and massively impressed by the 4 stories being read to you today:   
We kick off with a story titled The Last Mascara, written for us and read by Carolyn Ward-Daniels.
Followed by Billy's Law, written and read for us by TJ Spencer.
Jayne Love brings us Brave Bear, her first story for Bare Books. Read by Daizi Rae.
And we round off the season with Topless Tease, written and read by Dean Wrigley. 
you could guest host on a future podcast with your own flash fiction story.
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

Season Four:Trailer

Bare Books Season Four Trailer
Welcome back to Bare Books, Join us to find out what is coming this season: From reviews of self-published authors, and you could still be a part of that as we have a couple of spots left if you want to submit your book for review. 
Get writing and be a part of this season's flash fiction, you'll find the writing prompts on our social media along with the deadlines for submission. You could guest host on a future podcast with your own flash fiction story.
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

Reliance (Powerless Earth Book 1) v Ever Rest

Daizi has read and reviewed Reliance (Powerless Earth Book 1) by Paul McMurrough for this episode, and she had plenty to say about it...
"When i started this book, I thought the rather lengthy explanations about the solar storm and the resulting global loss of power was a bit long winded, but, and I don’t say this often, I was wrong. When I think of a power cut, the first thing that comes to mind is, we’ll need candles, we can’t watch telly and, flipping eck, if it’s off for long the fridge freezer will defrost. And that’s about the extent of it, really. Apply that to a global scale and for more than the usual few minutes, or hours, and the ramifications can be terrifying, life threatening and the makings of a bloody good read. And while this is a work of fiction, it could conceivably happen, and that is a damn scary thought!..."
April has read and reviewed Ever Rest by Roz Morris. The write up on Amazon reads as follows, but what did April think of it?...
"Twenty years ago, Hugo and Ash were on top of the world. As the acclaimed rock band Ashbirds they were poised for superstardom. Then Ash went missing, lost in a mountaineering accident, and the lives of Hugo and everyone around him were changed forever. Irrepressible, infuriating, mesmerizing Ash left a hole they could never hope to fill. Two decades on, Ash’s fiancée Elza is still struggling to move on, her private grief outshone by the glare of publicity... Ever Rest asks how we carry on after catastrophic loss."
Download and listen, see if you agree with these reviews. Maybe you're tempted to read them on our recommendations? Or not! 
Get writing and be a part of this season's flash fiction, you'll find the writing prompts on our social media along with the deadlines for submission. You could guest host on a future podcast with your own flash fiction story.
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
 

Flash Fiction - Sleepwalking

For your listening pleasure!
Guest co-host Dean Wrigley joins Daizi and April this week as they each read and discuss their unique flash fiction stories around this episodes writing prompt: Sleepwalking. You get to listen to three unique stories written exclusively for Bare Books, and read for you by their authors. 
Download and listen, Let us entertain you in true Bare Books style. Maybe you'll be tempted to write a flash fiction story of your own. The next writing prompt is Summer Holiday, 500 to 1000 words. You will find full details on our social media. 
Get writing and be a part of this season's flash fiction, you'll find the writing prompts on our social media along with the deadlines for submission. You could guest host on a future podcast with your own flash fiction story.
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
 

At Home in the Pays D’Oc v The Porter

April has read and reviewed At Home in the Pays d'Oc: A tale of accidental expatriates (The Pays d'Oc series Book 1). The following is some of the writeup on Amazon, but what did April think of it?...
"This is the story of how a small brown and white spaniel turned the lives of two English holidaymakers upside down.Patricia and her husband Patrick are spending the summer in their holiday home in the Languedoc village of Morbignan la Crèbe. One hot Friday afternoon Patrick walks in with the little dog, thinking she is a stray. They have no intention of keeping her. ‘Just for tonight,’ says Patrick. ‘We will take her to the animal shelter tomorrow.’ It never happens. They spend the weekend getting to know and love the little creature, who looks at them appealingly with big brown eyes, and wags her absurd stump of a tail every time they speak to her...   ...it is the story of some of their bizarre and sometimes hilarious encounters: the Velcro bird, the builder in carpet slippers, the neighbour who cuts the phone wires, the clock that clacks, the elusive carpenter who really did have to go to a funeral."
Daizi has read and reviewed The Porter: Retribution in lockdown by Rachel Parsonage for this episode, and she had plenty to say about it.
Dave Williams, the hero of our story, suddenly finds himself confronted with the demons of his past - Dave and his brother Ken were in care in the 80s, subjected to a system totally unfit for purpose. When faced with one of the main perpetrators of the harm caused to them, Dave, unrecognisable in his protective equipment, finds revenge easy to execute...
"Initially the thing that struck me as interesting about this story, was the all male protagonist, antagonist plot. Not that that in itself is unusual, quite the opposite in fact, it’s all too common. What was interesting was that it was written by a woman. it can’t be easy to write from a perspective you’ve never experienced, was my first thought, credit to Parsonage for that. on reading, the story is more about vague generalised abuse and the emotional aftermath that would be relevant and equally traumatic for any gender..."
Download and listen, see if you agree with these reviews. Maybe you'll be tempted to read them on our recommendations. 
Get writing and be a part of this season's flash fiction, you'll find the writing prompts on our social media along with the deadlines for submission. You could guest host on a future podcast with your own flash fiction story.
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_extincti
 

Introducing Ending Samara

Bare Books presents Ending Samara by J W Voyce and read by Daizi Rae.
Find out more about J W Voyce here >> http://jwvoyce.com/
“How significantly can you affect another person’s life without ever meeting them?”Marcus Taylor scoffs at the argument posed on an internet thread; his destiny can’t be determined by anyone outside of his circle.The viewpoint is shaken when he witnesses a murder—an incident that sparks a sequence of events entirely beyond his control. As he desperately tries to shape his own future, he discovers that perhaps the world is smaller and more connected than he’d thought...
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