Download My Audiobooks & Stories
Here, you can download individual audio stories, poems and audiobooks.
Prices start at EUR 1.40 for flash fiction.
I am currently offering one flash fiction story for free.
Scroll down to the bottom of the list to download The Long Wait.
All performances are suitable for adults and older children. Some will be suitable for smaller children, too, in which case this is indicated.
One for Sorrow, Two for Joy
PREMIERE
This is the first performance of this new story, Duration 13 minutes.
Written and narrated by Rosalind Buck (c) 2023
Illustration by Phantasmacabria:
"Well, what a turn-up for the books! Looks like a welcoming party. Flowers everywhere, roses, carnations and lilies… I love lilies, though Gary used to say they smell like a funeral parlour. Cards from well-wishers… The house smells nice. Got rid of that stench of piss and puke. Somebody’s done a deep clean while I was away"
Listen to an excerpt or purchase this audio story below, or scroll down to find more stories.
Mary Shelley's Gothic horror classic was originally published in 1818. I have now abridged the book so you can listen to the entire story in one evening. My performance focuses on the timeless, vivid dialogues and lasts approximately 1h 45 mins.
You can listen to excerpts and download the full recording below.
"Buck makes it so convincing that you often feel the characters are disclosing their accounts to you in a direct and personal manner" Ghouls Magazine
The Apple Tree
or Bobi ap Bryn and the Birds of Rhiannon,
written and narrated by Rosalind Buck (c) 2023
Duration roughly 12 minutes
"There were three birds sitting in amongst the branches. As they fluttered from bough to bough, they seemed to twinkle and shine, reflecting the light and splitting it into many colours, like a raindrop or a dragonfly’s wing. The birds sang together in harmony and counterpoint, piping and whistling, their melodies twining in and out of one another as if weaving the weft and warp of a mantle made from music"
Listen to an excerpt or purchase this audio story below, or scroll down to find more stories.
Lamp Post
Written and performed by Rosalind Buck
(c) 2023
Duration roughly 11 1/2 minutes
"Where am I? I just need to … If I can… Has anyone …. Is there anybody there?
Wind ripples on a puddle, right by my eye, bending the light into little yellow waves; tarmac on my tongue. That lamp-post shouldn’t be so close"
Listen to an excerpt or purchase this audio story below, or scroll down to find more stories.
Witchy Special
two witchy stories and a witchy song,
written and performed by Rosalind Buck (c) 2023
Duration roughly 40 minutes
1. Kitty, told by Rosalind Buck
"He had seen her cutting plants at night with a brass sickle. Hemlock, Henbane, Adder’s-tongue, Nightshade, Moonwort and Libbard’s-bane... they must have been!"
2. Baba Yaga's Bubble Bath, told by Grannie Garstleigh
She sat down with a sigh on a stump and started to eat her bit of bread and cheese. Suddenly, she heard someone clearing their throat. It sounded like a whole classroom of children scraping their chairs back.
“I suppose you know you are sitting on my doorstep,” said a voice. It was a voice with boils on it.
3. The Witches are Arriving, performed by Rosalind Buck
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Say it With Flowers
written and performed by Rosalind Buck (c) 2023
Duration roughly 23 minutes
‘Betrayed by a beau, a philandering fiancé, a cheating chappie, a straying spouse? Has some scarlet woman stolen his affections? Belladonna Blooms offers two solutions. Flowers for him or flowers for her. Our floral emporium is open at all hours for personal enquiries and delivery of customised creations, discretion assured’.
Cherry Stones
written and performed by Rosalind Buck (c) 2023
Duration roughly 11 minutes
It gathers itself and begins to swell, drawing sustenance from the earth above, drinking, quenching its ancient thirst. In a slow, drawn-out yawn it pushes at its confines. Downwards, its stiff knees unfolding, rejoicing in the exquisite ecstasy of straightening and unfurling. Upwards, gently but surely, pushing, pushing, stretching its horny hands with infinite patience and perseverance, with unquestioning conviction towards the unseen but undeniable light
The Long Wait
written and performed by Rosalind Buck (c) 2023
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"The sky was the colour of tin and a cruel, thin rain fell relentlessly. The vigil of the night had been long and lonely and dawn had brought a chill wind that seemed to blow right through him"
This flash fiction story was inspired by the photograph, taken near Brighton seafront
