Skald: The Short Story Collection

6 Original Crime & Thriller Short Stories

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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.

This is an Audible Original Podcast. Free for members. You can download all 6 episodes to your Library now.

Martin EdwardsBen OkriSophie HannahEmma DibdinElly GriffithsParker BilalEllah Wakatama Allfrey - series editorJohn BanksJessica DennisKobna Holdbrook-SmithDamian LynchColleen PrendergastKaty SobeyAudible Originals

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Critic reviews

"The ancient art of storytelling, updated." (Glamour)

"Beautifully read by well-chosen voices." (Sunday Times)

"Intelligent literary dramas." (The Times)

"Skald brings together a gripping collection of chilling crime-thrillers, Jali is a compilation of smart and surreal sci-fi on the bleeding edge of literary innovation, and Bard celebrates the beauty of language with intelligent literary dramas and inspired fictional narratives." (Grazia)

"As a listener to this station, you'll be familiar with the idea of an audiobook, but now that traditional format has been give a make-over in the form of works written specifcally for audio." (BBC Radio 4, The World Tonight - interview with Joanne Harris)

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A free read/listenfrom audible and an excellent one too. I was totally engrossed in each of the stories, though each of them are completely different. Very entertaining, and I’ll be following up on other works by each of these authors. I would also not like to praise one story over another. I really wasn’t expecting these stories to be as good as they are, and all the narrators were different but really brought the stories alive. Excellent production all round!