Great little gem of short stories

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.

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Fabulous short stories, brilliant narration - great fun!

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.

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eclectic stories that work well together

Would you consider the audio edition of Cold Sweats and Vignettes to be better than the print version?

n/a

What other book might you compare Cold Sweats and Vignettes to, and why?

Hard to compare due to the fact it's a group of short stories

What did you like about the performance? What did you dislike?

Narrator was able to swap between genres comfortably, voice was pleasant easy to listen to.

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

This book was possible to listen to all in one sitting but as they were short stories they were easily to slot in between other reads, especially as the shortest story was only 7 minutes long.

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Short but very sharp!

I'm not really a short story fan, but for John Bowen I decided to make an exception. This is a fun, short listen (about an hour). The stories are short but very sharp and they all have a twist at the end. Reminded me a bit of Tales of the Unexpected. Surprisingly I even enjoyed the sci fi ones, as this is a genre I really do not usually enjoy. In fact my favourite story was Collision, which was very cleverly written as a series of news articles.

The narration by Phil Mayes was excellent.

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Tasty snippets

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

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Short stories

Enjoyable short stories. Quick paced and engaging and around an hour in total. Looking forward to more from this author

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Four short stories.

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.

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brilliant

Always nice to read the books by John Bowen.
Never disappointed. just one more to go.

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Enjoyed these stories

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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Clever Stories

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

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