#BlogTour-‘The Fifty 5pm Fictions Collections’ by Morgen Bailey

About the book…

Huge thanks to BOTBS (Books On The Bright Side) for the blogtour invite!
Following on from Morgen’s ‘A Story A Day May‘ flash fiction collection, here is her ‘Fifty 5 p.m Fictions Collection’.

This collection comprises five volumes of fifty stories written from a variety of prompts and published on Morgen’s blog: http://www.morgenbailey.wordpress.com, where

you can still read the list of prompts – a story a day for nearly a year.

In this book there are stories of revenge, luck and misfortune, sharp edges, sticky red hands, no faded circle of skin, family heirlooms, Chelsea buns, and alien hums.

We meet a generous aunt, men in uniform, a fan of Hawaiian shirts, untidy teenagers, characters looking to improve themselves, a young girl with wings, a modern-day Cleopatra, and a curious fortune teller.

These stories all go to show what can be done with a prompt, a few hours, and a colourful imagination.

Volumes 1-5 of the 5pm collections were devoured in intervals. like sneaked sweets between meals after finding that swallowing in one gulp left this reader dizzy.

These frames, these snapshots of thoughts, moods and moments are dazzlingly rendered on page after page with neat, enclosed stories which are contained, whole, and leave you puzzling about what when on both before and after you entered the room.

I’d liken it to running through a massive mansion and thrwoing each door ajar before the wind shuts it again and so on to the next one.

It’s moving, breath catching and prickly…like in ‘ The Innocent Brick ‘from Volume 1 , or ‘Her Eyes Have Never Been Bluer’ , ‘Stuffed’ in Volume 2, ‘Cry Baby’ in Volume 3, ‘The Eye Of The Tiger’ in Volume 4 and ‘The Ghost In The Half Empty Bed’ from Volume 5.

There quite literally is a plethora of genres and writing styles from short stories, to ones that are mere lines long.

The blurb suggests that time, motivation and writing could produce such flash fictions however I remain convinced that I could never match the emotions wrung from reading these books.

Highly recommended and perfect for dipping in and out of as well as the antidote to all those who say ‘I have not time to read’, the ‘Fifty 5 p.m collections’ as well worth visiting and revisiting .

What’s interesting is reading them, visiting the website and seeing if you can find the prompts for each tale!

Thanks again to Sarah and Morgen for having me on the blogtour with them!

About the author…

Morgen Bailey (Morgen with an E) is an author (of novels, short stories, writing and editing guides), freelance editor (for publishers and indie authors), writing tutor (in person and online), Writers’ Forum magazine ‘Competitive Edge’ columnist, blogger, speaker, and co-founder of Northants Authors. The former Chair of three writing groups, she has judged the H.E. Bates Short Story Competition, RONE, as well as the BBC Radio 2, BeaconLit, and Althorp Literary Festival children’s short story competitions. She also runs her own monthly 100-word competition. 2018 events include talks and workshops at Troubador’s Self Publishing Conference speakers, workshops and panels at Delapre Book Festival, interviewing and workshops at BeaconLit, and NAWG Fest with her ‘Editing your Fiction’ weekend residential course. Morgen can be found on Twitter, Facebook, and many others. Her blog is http://morgenbailey.wordpress.com, and email address morgen@morgenbailey.com.

Buy Links-https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01I220J0S/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i4

8 comments

Sarah Hardy says:

5 July 2019 at 20:06

Thanks so much for closing off the blog tour today Rachel x

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1. RachelB says:
  
  5 July 2019 at 21:20
  
  Thank you very much for having me x
  
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Morgen Bailey says:

6 July 2019 at 01:56

Wow. What an amazing review. Thank you SO much, Rachel.

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1. RachelB says:
  
  7 July 2019 at 07:05
  
  My absolute pleasure! It was a thrill to read your fiction and I am going to look out for more of your books, absolutely!
  
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kerry robinson says:

6 July 2019 at 08:49

Oh the innocent brick was clever but heartbreaking. I love Morgen’s writing and her short stories are brilliant.
Great review x

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1. RachelB says:
  
  7 July 2019 at 07:03
  
  Wasn’t it just? I need to look at your reviews as well as were you on the blog tours? She is such a great writer and I think with oversized doorstep books literally putting me offf reading, these fiictions are great! x
  
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Bella says:

7 July 2019 at 14:35

Love how this started off with a series of prompts, brilliant! Sounds like a fantastic collection 🙂

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1. RachelB says:
  
  7 July 2019 at 18:34
  
  Think you would really enjoy it Bella!
  Check out her website 😊
  
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