Audiobook listeners who heard E.J. Newman's recent reading of Graham Storrs' Timesplash will no doubt be well aware of her ability to draw the listener in to the narrative of a well-written tale.
A further release, a collection of 25 short stories entitled From Dark Places not only gives the author another platform to display her capabilities as an excellent storyteller and but also as a writer.
E.J. Newman's approach as a writer is captivating, far from taking a one-dimensional stance, she approaches her subject by thinking outside the box and making each tale in the collection different.
Edge Of the Seat Drama Recounted in From Dark Places
The dark places themselves could easily be an alleyway, a box in a cupboard, a secret, a sin, a guilty pleasure or a thought in an unguarded moment.
While some stories border on edge of the seat drama and horror, others result in been thought provokingly serious and occasionally comedic.
Among the stories featured in From Dark Places is a boy who makes a pact with the devil, a soul caught between life and death and a wife's parting letter from hell to her unfaithful husband who decides to leave a more than the family pet cooking in the oven.
There is also the a teenage girl troubled by unrelenting voices, an over-jealous boyfriend whose competition is a work of fiction and the husband who spends his time in the garden shed working on a secret project that he seems to think might have darker implications than his wife.
Download E.J. Newman's Short Stories on Audiobook Format
E.J. Newman's characters are well defined and projected with believable clarity, while several scenarios vary from total fantasy to well observed stories that wouldn't seem out of place as exposes in daily newspapers.
Each short story lasts for approximately 10 minutes, making this a wonderful format to play with and allowing the listener to dip in and out of the collection with ease. For instance the listener can listen to a few stories in one sitting, or alternately one if going on a short journey or just taking time out for 15 minutes. The format also allows the listener to return to any favourite story at any given point for repeated listening.
At a running time of approximately four and a half hours, From Dark Places is available as a download from Iambik on MP3 for use on any media player and M4b for iTunes, iPods, iPads and iPhones.
