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Skald: The Short Story Collection
Commissioned by Audible and written especially for audio format this collection brings together six crime stories through the themes of discovery, destination and arrival. Top narrators bring these gripping tales to life acknowledging the Scandinavian tradition of oral storytelling.
In this collection Ben Okri and Martin Edwards explore 'discovery' in their stories; Sophie Hannah and Emma Dibdin each draw on 'destination' for their tales of painful pasts; and Elly Griffiths and Parker Bilal tackle the theme of 'arrival' in their stories.
Skald is one of three short story collections written by our favourite best-selling novelists and emerging authors, and curated based on the themes of arrival, discovery and destination. Jali collates science fiction tales while Bard collates contemporary fiction.
In this collection Ben Okri and Martin Edwards explore 'discovery' in their stories; Sophie Hannah and Emma Dibdin each draw on 'destination' for their tales of painful pasts; and Elly Griffiths and Parker Bilal tackle the theme of 'arrival' in their stories.
Skald is one of three short story collections written by our favourite best-selling novelists and emerging authors, and curated based on the themes of arrival, discovery and destination. Jali collates science fiction tales while Bard collates contemporary fiction.
5 pages, Audible Audio
First published October 4, 2018
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About the author
Sophie Hannah
107 books4,545 followersSophie Hannah is an internationally bestselling writer of psychological crime fiction, published in 27 countries. In 2013, her latest novel, The Carrier, won the Crime Thriller of the Year Award at the Specsavers National Book Awards. Two of Sophie’s crime novels, The Point of Rescue and The Other Half Lives, have been adapted for television and appeared on ITV1 under the series title Case Sensitive in 2011 and 2012. In 2004, Sophie won first prize in the Daphne Du Maurier Festival Short Story Competition for her suspense story The Octopus Nest, which is now published in her first collection of short stories, The Fantastic Book of Everybody’s Secrets.
Sophie has also published five collections of poetry. Her fifth, Pessimism for Beginners, was shortlisted for the 2007 T S Eliot Award. Her poetry is studied at GCSE, A-level and degree level across the UK. From 1997 to 1999 she was Fellow Commoner in Creative Arts at Trinity College, Cambridge, and between 1999 and 2001 she was a fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford. She is forty-one and lives with her husband and children in Cambridge, where she is a Fellow Commoner at Lucy Cavendish College. She is currently working on a new challenge for the little grey cells of Hercule Poirot, Agatha Christie’s famous detective.
Sophie has also published five collections of poetry. Her fifth, Pessimism for Beginners, was shortlisted for the 2007 T S Eliot Award. Her poetry is studied at GCSE, A-level and degree level across the UK. From 1997 to 1999 she was Fellow Commoner in Creative Arts at Trinity College, Cambridge, and between 1999 and 2001 she was a fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford. She is forty-one and lives with her husband and children in Cambridge, where she is a Fellow Commoner at Lucy Cavendish College. She is currently working on a new challenge for the little grey cells of Hercule Poirot, Agatha Christie’s famous detective.
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May 14, 2018
Mixed bag of stories on audible audio. All of them are ok, some are good. I particularly liked, Hannah: Bully the Blue Bear; Bilal: Zephyr’s Apprentice; Griffiths: Turning Traitor; and Dibdin: The Break. Okri’s story in the collection is funny and rather weird. They are all well written, but I think Dibdin’s and Hannah’s stories are probably the most accomplished in the genre.
I’m really enjoying Audible’s new audio shows series for members. It’s good to have something which you can listen to for half an hour or so, but as part of something longer. So far I’ve particulalry liked this collection and the multi-cast audio shows ‘The Assassination’ and ‘Zombies Run’.
I’m really enjoying Audible’s new audio shows series for members. It’s good to have something which you can listen to for half an hour or so, but as part of something longer. So far I’ve particulalry liked this collection and the multi-cast audio shows ‘The Assassination’ and ‘Zombies Run’.
August 16, 2019
A mixed bag of short stories. Disappointing overall. The stories by Parker Bilal and Sophie Hannah seemed to fit the crime fiction / thriller brief the best. The stories by Ben Okri and Elly Griffiths were unusual but interesting. The stories by Martin Edwards and Emma Dibdin were weak, in my opinion - good ideas but poorly executed.
August 22, 2018
The Sophie Hannah story was the best in the collection, but I enjoyed the Ben Okri too. None of the others were standout but neither were they terrible.
February 21, 2020
As people have said, a mixed bag of starts really. Glad I didn’t pay for it- was free from audible.
June 2, 2020
A mixed collection of short stories available for free on audible, which more than makes up for the odd one being less than ok.
Recommended
Recommended
July 21, 2020
Ideal for travels or quick coffee break reads.
Great narration, loved the feeling of sitting with a friend being told a story.
Great narration, loved the feeling of sitting with a friend being told a story.
May 16, 2021
Like any collection of short stories there are always going to like some more than others and I have to say the 5th and 6th stories were my favourite ones to listen to. Really enjoyed this.
March 13, 2022
3.5 stars
February 16, 2023
3.5 stars
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