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Absolutely no writing prompt for the last flash fiction episode of the season. These are the three stories you can listen to today: Ghost Hunter - written by Daizi Rae and narrated by April Berry. The ideas for this story came from Write Queer, hosted by Derbyshire LGBT. The Long Furlough - written and narrated by Carolyn Ward-Daniels. It doesn't do to underestimate your spouse!   I'll Never Forget My first Love - Written by Ceejhay Walker and narrated by Daizi Rae. True love cut short. You can find Bare Books Flash Fiction Anthology [ Volume l ] here on Amazon. All proceeds from sales of this book go to charity. You can find Bare Books Flash Fiction Anthology [ Volume ll ] here 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

The writing prompt Teamwork inspired the two stories we bring you today: Is Gary a Team Player? - written and narrated by Daizi Rae - I would definitely recommend being nicer to your coworkers. Teamwork - written by Sandy Biddles and narrated by April Berry - Animals are so much better at teamwork than us humans!  You can find Bare Books Flash Fiction Anthology [ Volume l ] here on Amazon. All proceeds from sales of this book go to charity. You can find Bare Books Flash Fiction Anthology [ Volume ll ] here 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 episode brings you a review on the rougher side of candid, of A Natural History of Transition, written by Callum Angus.  You can find Bare Books Flash Fiction Anthology [Volume l] here on Amazon.  You can find Bare Books Flash Fiction Anthology [Volume ll] here 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

The writing prompt The Blank Page inspired the two stories we bring you today: Comeuppance - written and narrated by April Berry - Beware, adulterers, life has a way of coming for you. The Lonely Writer's Guide to Overcoming Self-Doubt - written and narrated by Daizi Rae - What price fame?  You can find Bare Books Flash Fiction Anthology [Volume l] here on Amazon. All proceeds from sales of this book go to charity. You can find Bare Books Flash Fiction Anthology [Volume ll] here 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 episode brings you a fun and candid interview with the author of The Misperception: Holiday Series, Book 5, Nicole Pyland. Nicole has now released 51 lesbian romance titles, so if you like what you hear today and you take about a week to read a new book, you have almost a year's worth of reading ahead of you. See more about Nicole at https://www.nicolepyland.com/ You can find Bare Books Flash Fiction Anthology [Volume l] here on Amazon. All proceeds from sales of this book go to charity. You can find Bare Books Flash Fiction Anthology [Volume ll] here 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

The writing prompt Unrepentant inspired the two stories we bring you today: Gip - written and narrated by Finbar Ansbe - a vengeful, unrepentant motorcycle riding pig. Unrepentant - written and narrated by April Berry - a dark tale steeped in truth.  You can find Bare Books Flash Fiction Anthology [Volume l] here on Amazon. All proceeds from sales of this book go to charity. You can find Bare Books Flash Fiction Anthology [Volume ll] here 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 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  

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.  A couple of useful webpages for you regarding men's mental health: Mental Health Innovations and Mens Health Forum If you are struggling to cope with your mental health, text ‘MATE’ to 85258 for free, confidential mental health support 24/7. 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 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  

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

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.

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

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

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

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  

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

For your listening pleasure! Thank you, as always, to all of you, for sending in your stories. We love what you do! This episode April and I have each chosen our one stand out flash fiction piece to share with you:    The Line Surfer, written by Bob Sharp. [Daizis choice] and Next Door, written by Jayne Love. [Aprils choice] 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

For you’re listening pleasure! This month we have both read and reviewed Rapid Eye Movement by Amanda Sheridan. Download and listen to our reviews. Maybe you'll be tempted to read this one on our recommendation, maybe not? If you’ve already read it, why not pop on social media and let us know your thoughts.  Only one more episode of flash fiction for this season and it’s the authors choice, nothing is off limits. We are inviting flash fiction authors to write about whatever inspires. join us next time and see what goodies we have to read out for you. 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 Bite-size for your listening pleasure! We had our first live gig in April at Copper Cogs in Long Eaton in the Midlands. We had some totally amazing and fun interaction with the audience who wrote us some excellent flash fiction, inspired by photographs from two local photographers, Chris Davis and Tony fisher. This bite-size episode brings you the last of those stories - the last of our three favourites from the night:   Inspiration For A Painting by Carolyn Ward-Daniels.  We will be back on 30th May with a review of Rapid Eye Movement by Amanda Sheridan. See you then xx Download and listen. Let us entertain you in true Bare Book's style. Maybe you'll be tempted to write a flash fiction story of your own, 500 to 1000 words if you are feeling compelled to put pen to paper. We can't wait to read it. 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 Bite-size for your listening pleasure! We had our first live gig in April at Copper Cogs in Long Eaton in the Midlands. We had some totally amazing and fun interaction with the audience who wrote us some excellent flash fiction, inspired by photographs from two local photographers, Chris Davis and Tony fisher. This bite-size episode brings you one of those stories - one of three favourites from the night:   The Doll by Sue Hayward.  We will be back tomorrow with the third and final of our favourites. See you then xx Download and listen. Let us entertain you in true Bare Book's style. Maybe you'll be tempted to write a flash fiction story of your own, 500 to 1000 words if you are feeling compelled to put pen to paper. We can't wait to read it. 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