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The World of Shadow

By: Kate Hamer
Narrated by: Gareth Bennett-Ryan
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'The World of Shadow' introduces The Doll Funeral and delves further into one of the characters in the book - Shadow. Shadow flits through The Doll Funeral; he has a close but often tempestuous relationship with the hero, Ruby.

In the short story, we rewind back and see a snapshot of his life, find out more about his connection with Ruby and experience the life, pain and love of this boy who has such a profound influence on the course of the book.

©2017 Kate Hamer (P)2017 W F Howes Ltd Anthologies Anthologies & Short Stories
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very cute :) lovely little story .. and love the accents .. makes it even more entertaining

lovely story

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Absolutely beautiful story in every way. classic tale, superbly narrated. loved it. a gift. thank you.

a beautiful moment in time

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liked the narration - accents not perfect but very sincere reading. short and sweet. last line made my spine tingle

sweet narration

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Framed in olde workday language, seems to try to ignite a sense of extraterrestrial spirit but fails.
But still, it’s free and fills some time

Intriguing but bullshit

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I really enjoyed this book, looking forward to the actual book coming out soon, this was a nice way to be introduced to the setting and to one of the characters. Would recommend this book to anybody who is intrigued by the book that is been released.

Makes me anticipate the book that will be released soon.

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While waiting for his secretive miner father to return from investigating a mine prospect, a young boy is visited by an apparition of terror and also feels the stirring of young love upon meeting a young girl alone in the forest.

A young boy experiences terror & love one morning

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This was really interesting and I would be inclined to listen to more. The narrator is spectacular, one of the best I've listened to.

Interesting

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