Broken Shards of a Masterpiece

By: James Fuller

Narrated by: Adam Shults

From the fractured mind of Unforgivable comes ten new stories that explore the fragility of perfection in Broken Shards of a Masterpiece.

Each tale welcomes you to a world shattered by obsession, intrigue, and desire where the remnants of reality and illusion meet at a razor edge.

©2013 James Fuller (P)2020 James Fuller

Effectively disturbing collection of stories

Each tale has its own brand of twisted in this collection. I wasn’t surprised by the stories I liked best: the first one (I can’t seem to find the names now that I’m not listening), the Prologue one w elves (I love fantasy), Room for Rent, & asylum. While you sleep thoroughly creeped me out, & the narrator did a fantastic job of bringing Tom to life. This was a great collection to listen to in the night before Halloween.

Fantastic Selection of Writing!

This book of short stories was an incredible sample of the author's excellent writing skills! And making it even better was the brilliant combination of the narrator with the stories. A perfect match for an outstanding audiobook experience.

Fantastic narration! Fantastic stories! This is one happy reader! I highly recommend the magic of listening to this on audible.

Nice little Collection of Short Stories

it's a nice little collection of short stories that vary in genres. they're well-written and the narrator does a fantastic job.

Quiver Count: 0

“Broken Shards of a Masterpiece” is a small collection of stand-alone stories. That being said, it is recommended to read/listen to the stories as they are presented. My two favorites were “Judas Kiss” and “Room for Rent” as both were pretty easy to get lost in, and I wished there was more to both of them.

There was one story in particular that started out a bit rough, but I’m very glad that I stuck with it. As it was a very misleading story, and there was a twist that I did not foresee, the ending was a satisfying reward.

Something else that deserves a mention, is that the last short story was not written by Mr. Fuller, but his wife. Despite being authored by another, the story fits in, and rounds out, the entire collection. In fact, it would not be surprising to find that it’s a reader’s favorite.

Despite the brevity of these stories, Mr Fuller manages to create realistic, if gritty, settings. The characters are powerful, and they do bring out an emotion, or two, from the reader....even if it’s not necessarily a positive emotion (^.-) .

Now this part of the review is about the audio alone: Mr. Adam Shults was really hit or miss for me. There were parts where his voice really made the story come alive for me...and in other parts...not so much. It seemed like he was trying a bit too hard to add gravitas to stories that were more scenery-based. The stories that focused more on dialog were much better.

Amazing.

What a great book to listen to while ubering! immediately James paints a picture with his words making sure you see it as if you were watching a movie. At first i thought this book was gonna be like most but when i reached the 2nd chapter i was confused only to realize that every chapter was a new story! i thought that was great and a lot of the chapters i wish he would make into full books! as far as performance this is nothing on james writing skills but more for adam shults who read the book there were 2 chapters that i was in love with how he read them particularly when they were female characters... aside from 2 of those chapters this is a great read especially when youre on the road!!