SHORT STORY READINGS
Winning short stories performed by voice over actors.
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COMEDY Short Story: 10, by John Dennis
Performed by Val Cole
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HORROR Short Story Reading: Bones, by Joel Beckwith
Performed by Val Cole
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SHORT Story Reading: Old Friend, by Damon Yeargain
Performed by Val Cole
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SHORT Story Reading: Chasing Butterflies, by Damon Yeargain
Performed by Val Cole
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SHORT Story Reading: The Universal Language of Play, by Damon Yeargain
Performed by Val Cole
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LGBTQ+ Festival Short Story Reading: Achillia and Amazon, by Andrew Sarewitz
Performed by Val Cole
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MYSTERY Short Story: Rules are Rules, by Daniel Hall
Performed by Val Cole
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HORROR Short Story: A House Full of Ghosts, by Almasi Al Akabani
Performed by Val Cole
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ENVIRONMENTAL Short Story: Monarch for a Day, by Vanessa Watters
Performed by Val Cole
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CRIME Short Story: You Did It, by James McInroy
Performed by Val Cole
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FANTASY/SCI-FI Festival Short Story: Time-Shift, by RW Bell
Haunted by his wife’s disappearance during a corporate yachting accident, Teller, a dubious husband, fakes his own cryopreservation to uncover the truth. When he discovers Chrono-stasis' cryo-suspension CEO is secretly running the company from a remote island—alongside Teller’s double-crossing wi...
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SHORT Story: Two Crazy Creatures, by Lance Mazmanian
https://youtu.be/dhaZ680a4zc
Performed by Val Cole
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MEMOIR Short Story Reading: The Last Day of her Life, by Max Masure
Performed by Val Cole
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DYSTOPIAN: We Are Not So Different From Machines, by Melissa Mendelson (int.)
Performed by Val Cole
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Get to know the writer:
1. What is your short story about?
What if we could be programmed, our circuitry overwritten, erasing any trace of humanity, or attempts to, and if we stray into uncertainty, a threat to the system, we will be targeted and upgraded to fit nic...
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HORROR Festival Short Story: The Occultist, by Damon Sweeney
Voice Over: Val Cole
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ROMANCE Festival SHORT Story: Leslie and Georgette, by Renee Frackiewicz
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HORROR Short Story: The Man Or The Bear, by Samantha Strohbusch
Samantha Strohbusch
The Man Or The Bear
Short Horror (2900 words)The antagonist in this story is lost in dream-like states, sifting through generational trauma. She bites her way out.
Performed by Val Cole
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RELIGION Short Story: Ra – Master of Mandjet Piercer of the Veil, by Jim Ogburn
360 words
Performed by Val Cole
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SHORT STORY Reading: Beyond Tradition, by Kimble Luu
Type of Story: Creative Nonfiction / Literary Essay, 771words
Synopsis: A stepmother rejects the "wicked" myth and redefines motherhood, proving that love in blended families is boundless and unconfined by blood.
Performed by Val Cole
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SHORT STORY Reading: Bruised Purple, by Kimble Luu
Type of Story: Literary Fiction, 871 words
Synopsis: A little boy's words aren't enough to prove the abuse he endures, so he clings to the safe smell of a purple crayon - until silence becomes its own kind of evidence.
Performed by Val Cole
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SHORT Story Reading: Let's Go Sledding in Sequoia, by Damon Yeargain
Performed by Val Cole
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SHORT Story Reading: Beneath the Darkening Sky, by Damon Yeargain
Performed by Val Cole
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DEATH Short Story: Catharsis. by Kira Morris (interview)
Performed by Val Cole
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Get to know the writer:1. What is your short story about?
This short story was about my relationship with my mom and the way she
passed. I wanted to capture all the little moments I had with her, whether
it was in love or heartbreak, they were the moments that charact... -
FAMILY Short Story: Dog Days of Summer, by David Pizzurro
Voice over by Val Cole