13 Echoes

By: Thomas A. Bradley

Narrated by: Stephen Bungay

Thirteen short stories of the strange that will take you into a world where only the echoes of reality exist. These are Twilight Zone type stories. Journey with a young boy suffering with downes syndrome as he is confronted by bullies. Lost and alone, he finds a protector he never knew existed.

Meet a lonely man who is the butt of everyone's jokes, a man who finally finds love, comfort, and acceptance in a way he could never have imagined.

They say the waiting is the hardest part. It's not!

Winning isn't always what it's cracked up to be, especially when relatives are involved.

A long overdue vacation takes a man to a place that few people ever see. A band learns that some gigs are just never ending. An abusive husband learns that the secret he keeps within the walls of his house has a life of its own.

And six other tales of the weird.

©2019 Thomas A. Bradley (P)2019 Thomas A. Bradley

Good Collection of Strange Stories

These were fun short stories and are definitely fit for a show like the Twilight Zone. They were not really that scary, more weird and supernatural and often involved death. There weren’t any stories that I didn’t like, although there were only a few that stood out among the rest. The twists that each story had became a bit predictable after you listen to a few of them. Didn’t take away from the story, but made them seem a bit formulaic.

Stephen Bungay did a good job. I liked his narrating voice even though I found it a bit flat. I thought he did a good job with the character voices. I think he had a good cadence with his character voices and thought that is where his efforts shined. The production did have a few glitches with some pauses that didn’t get cut out.

I was voluntarily provided this free review copy audiobook by the author, narrator, or publisher.

13 echoes

There are some very good,thought provoking stories in this lot.Stephen Bungay was a fine narrator.I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

Excellent

Comparisons to the twilight zone fit this perfectly
Some stories that stuck with me are
The boy beneath the bridge about a special needs boy who gets lost on his way to school
Waiting for a table a group complaining about the long wait for a table
The community a out of work doctor gets the job of a lifetime
The wall a battered wife gets revenge on her husband
Great storytelling and well narrated highly recommended
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13 Echoes

This collection of short stories is an interesting look at ghosts and hauntings. They are quick and give the listener full stories. Although many are predictable and seem to have the same idea to the plots just different characters the stories are entertaining, and none are truly scary or gory. I did enjoy a few stories more than others. I like the authors writing style, but it seems that more plot ideas are needed in this collection. The narration also seemed a little lacking for me. Narrator Stephen Bungay seems to be just reading the stories and not giving the characters any personalities and there were long pauses that should have been edited out in the final version.
I received this audiobook at my request and I voluntarily wrote a review.

Solid collection with some hiccups

Collections of stories can often be hit or miss. I found this collection to be mostly hit, though with some oddities.

Two sayings come to mind: "Show me, don't tell me" and "if you have to explain the joke, it isn't funny". Even the "hits" in this collection tended to basically monologue explain everything away at the end. I felt the writing was good enough to imply and let the reader infer, but each story seemed to have an epilogue of explanation that seemed completely unnecessary. Other stories had little "twists" that just didn't vibe with the rest of the narrative and added nothing to the overall tale (the "eating" bit of the story about the house for sale comes to mind).

The narrator had a fine voice, that is to say there was nothing distracting about it, however he did read in a bit of a bland, emotion-less tone. I think a bit of emotion and energy would have added much more to the stories. There was also some weird production issues in chapter 11. A lot of weird pauses as if the narrator was stopping to try a section again, but it was never edited out.

I was provided this audiobook free of charge in exchange for my review. I found the stories mostly likable with the caveats mentioned above. Ignore the odd explainative endings and just go for the ride.