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Six chilling tales by six wonderful writers. A must listen/read.
This is a collection of six short stories, each based on an object found in the Wellcome collection of medical curiosities. Each author picked an object to inspire them and their stories are prefaced by an interview with a specialist who discusses the object, and then a comment by the author on how it inspired them.I thought the stories were universally well written and narrated, and also well produced, with light music and sound effects. From a technical perspective this is a very nice product....
Nice reading/listening. Quite interesting stories. Well preformed!
4.5 - Laura Purcell's Vanitas is the best in the collection. The worst is Sarah Moss' non-fiction essay, which didn't fit in with the rest.
I finally found time to finish this last night and the collection really put me in the spirit of Halloween horror. There’s plenty of murder, mayhem, madness, manipulation/control, and social commentary.Homeless Bodies And Other Stories is an excellent six part Amazon Originals collection. Each episode begins with a brief history and explanation of the artifact chosen by the author to inspire his/her story: Laura Purcell, Oyinkan Braithwaite, Sarah Moss, Imogen Hermes Gower, Haroun Kahn, and Mich...
I enjoyed this over one night and like with most good short stories (?) I wanted them to go on. Recommended.
Attempting to get into audiobooks #3Homeless Bodies and Other Stories is a collection of eerie tales, each inspired by an object displayed in the Wellcome Collection’s permanent exhibition Medicine Man. It’s an Audible exclusive, otherwise I’d have preferred to read the stories in print. But it’s an impressive production.‘Brothers and Sisters’ by Imogen Hermes Gowar (object: a chastity belt) is an atmospheric historical story, following a young woman as she is courted by a charismatic artist. It...
I really enjoyed these stories - Laura Purcell’s and Oliyinka Braithwaite’s were the best I thought. The last one wasn’t really a story so I felt a bit disappointed by that, although it was interesting.
https://thebookloversboudoir.wordpres...I loved the idea behind this podcast, writers use artefacts from the same collection as a source of inspiration. I enjoyed every story on offer here. I was impressed by the fact the stories were so different even though some of the chosen objects were similar. The stand-out stories were The Scold’s Bridle, The Master and The Student and Vanitas.
Six short stories based on historical artifacts. The theme is horror, released on the run up to Halloween 🎃I found five of the stories pretty good and I enjoyed - 4 stars. The last is an overly wordy essay, narrated by the author, which was a mistake - 1 star. So overall 3.5.Free for audible members!
A mixed bag, with some real sinister high points. 5 stars to Oyinkan Braithwaite’s Scold’s Bridle and a high 4 stars to Vanitas by Laura Purcell. Would be interested in reading more from both of these in the future.
2.5 starsGood concept but some of the stories fell flat for me.
When I signed up for Audible last year, I quickly discovered that they quite often have offers of free books - if you get them on the day of the offer - or £3 book sales. A lot of the time if it’s free, I will get it, just because I figure why not? If I don’t like it I can stop listening to it and listen to something else. And if it’s only £3 I might give something a go that I wouldn’t otherwise have picked. I’m slowly working my way through these very types of books in between re-reading the Ou...
Brothers and sisters:Started out a bit more like a romance than a horror, with absolutely beautiful descriptive and whimsical writing and a creepy twist. Scold's bridle:This was deeply unsettling. I loved the way that the victim was developed and felt so real without even being told her name. I honestly wish that this was a novel on it's own. It was so good.The master and the student:Delightful creepy and macabre. Didn't think it was quite on the same level as the others.The fool:This one is a l...
