NOVEL READINGS
Watch novel and transcript readings from award winning writers. Performed by professional actors.
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1st Chapter NOVEL Reading: Justice Puzzle, by David Newdorf
Narrated by Val Cole
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ROMANCE Novel Transcript: Fury in Her Eyes, by Phillip Vega
Perfomed by Val Cole
BUY Novel:
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Novel Transcript Reading: Vivian Maier Framed, by Axel Forrester
Narrated by Val Cole
Vivian Maier is unattractive, too tall, has big feet and a strange accent. She is often unable to read social situations. She struggles to keep a job as a nanny, but finally she has some success working for a family on Riverside Drive in Manhattan, taking care of a little gi...
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NOVEL Reading: UNMASKED, by Howard K. Pollack
https://www.amazon.ca/Unmasked-Howard-K-Pollack/dp/B0B456VHVW
When the wife of a shady Florida businessman is shot in bed in their exclusive home, all signs point to a senseless robbery. Detectives are on the case, but it's the dead woman's high school sweetheart, now a high-powered attorney, wh...
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Novel Transcript: THE MAYOR OF MARDI GRAS: A MEMOIR, by Gregory Fischer
Narrated by Val Cole
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A Sudden, Wild Craving: Sivvie, Food, (Lack Thereof), and Me., by Jessica Doe
Narrated by Val Cole
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1st Chapter Reading: Thessalonika, by Annilee Newton (interview)
https://annileenewton.com/thessalonika/
noun
1. The title of my novel about a girl willing to sacrifice her name and her identity
2. The middle name of Cleo Hart, a scholarship student at a prestigious New England university in the 1950’s
3. A feminized form of “Thessaloniki,” a city in Greec...
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NOVEL Transcript Reading: Enfant Terrible: Opening Acts, by Gwydhar Gebien
BUY novel here: https://www.amazon.ca/ENFANT-TERRIBLE-OPENING-Gwydhar-Gebien/dp/0578889811
Synopsis: Damen Warner is the front man for a metalcore band who has hit the skids. Hard. His record label dropped him, his manager has gone missing and now his agent won't return his calls. He is broke an...
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NOVEL Transcript Reading: In The Midst of Arms, by Michael Mendershausen
Thriller
Performed by Val Cole
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NOVEL Transcript Reading: Blood Pudding, by Ivan Cox
BUY on Amazon: https://www.amazon.ca/Blood-Pudding-Confessions-Immigrant-Pittsburgh/dp/1639855610
In a mining company town outside Pittsburgh, a 9-year-old boy's mother dies of a self-inflicted botched abortion. This tragedy leaves the narrator Tad Malinowski and his 6 siblings to deal with the...
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NOVEL Transcript Reading: Les Beaux Châteaux, by Dorothy Mackevich Marks
Buy on Amazon: https://www.amazon.ca/Beaux-Ch%C3%A2teaux-Dorothy-Mackevich-Marks/dp/B09SFKJGC1
Inspired by a headline about French bakeries shuttering, Les Beaux Châteaux is a rich story of an estranged father and son - business partners - who operate their salvage/antiques boutique across two c...
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NOVEL Transcript Reading: Honey Drop, by Krishtina Mayers and Alicia Norman
Buy on Amazon: https://www.amazon.ca/Honey-Drop-I-Alicia-Norman-ebook/dp/B0BSS4D1R1
Dark Fantasy Romance
After encountering an intriguing, mysterious man in an Island graveyard, a beautiful noblewoman embarks on a mythological romantic adventure that will upset the realms of both gods and men.
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NOVEL Reading: AS THE FIRST SIGN OF DAYLIGHT, by Sophia Tsapepas Natiello
Comedy, some drama
Living with her ninety-two-year-old Theia Froso in a cluttered house for the last twenty years, Nitsa's life has been a whirlwind of old Greek superstitions, family secrets, chaotic and comical mishaps, cursed pound cakes, and ancient beliefs.
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NOVEL Reading: GIANT STEPS, Benjamin Fussiner
Emma wants to have a baby and she decides to do so with her long-time friend, Ish. Everyone thinks it is a bad idea,
Performed by Val Cole
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NOVEL Reading: PRINCE RIC: A TALE OF COMING OUT, by Kevin Michael Irvine
Performed by Shawn Devlin
https://www.amazon.ca/PRINCE-RIC-Kevin-Irvine-ebook/dp/B00PBJVY7S
Advertising heir Richard “Ric” Terrence Smythe-Bigge has it all, and longtime wingman Hal Burke is there to narrate. “Ric adds a spice rack of power, looks, money, and personality to the sauté pan of our...
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NOVEL Reading: Brainstorm in the Golden Hour, by Margaret Bard
Screenwriter novelist Margaret Bard and her husband Bartley were living their dream in the glamorous world of Hollywood - when at the Santa Monica Farmers' Market their life changed in an instant. Bartley's memory was wiped out. He didn't recognize his wife. In fact, he thought he had two wives. ...
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NOVEL TRANSCRIPT: The Kill Registry, by Brian Howlett (interview)
How would society, and human interactions, be different if we were each allowed one free killing of another? In this work of philosophical short story fiction, the narrator works as one of two designers at an athletic shoe factory. Ally, the other designer and a missed love interest, takes him to...
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NOVEL Transcript: LONDON'S FALLING, by David Byerlee
https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/16000068-london-s-falling
This is London if everything went awry and plunged into chaos as opposing, colliding forces explode to release a sleeping darkness.
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NOVEL TRANSCRIPT: THE BUTCHER OF LYON, by Manuel Lasso (interview)
https://www.amazon.ca/Butcher-Lyon-Manuel-Lasso/dp/0985877022
About the Author
Manuel Lasso, a Peruvian novelist, short story writer and playwright, studied Literature at the City College of New York, where he became a winner of the Floral Games in the narrative category. His work has been publi... -
NOVEL Transcript: Elephant in a Safeway Bag, by Roderick E. Stevens
Name: Roderick E. Stevens
Location: Sierra Vista, AZ, US
Title: Elephant In a Safeway Bag
Genre: Crime thriller / Dramedy
Synopsis:
"Elephant in a Safeway Bag" follows the adventures of River, a feisty young man with Down syndrome determined to get to the Grand Canyon in spite of his scatter... -
Novel Transcript: I SWIPED WRONG, by Mariani Coito
Galavanting around an online dating world in which people ghost, lie, and cheat, Mariani Coito recounts her experiences with men in South Florida. Each chapter demonstrates a glimpse into the common complications of modern day dating.
While she swipes through the men around her, hoping to find l...
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NOVEL Reading: Standoff, How The Cold War REALLY Ended, by Rick Karlsruher
Chapter Transcript: Stumbling into History
A Few Months Earlierhttps://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/34737368-standoff-how-the-cold-war-really-ended
Genre- Satire/comedy – 69,000 words
Logline- What if everything you were told about how the Cold War ended was ...
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Novel Transcript - Desperation Rules the Day, by Colin Guest
The IRGC, the unofficial rulers of Iran, are in danger of losing control of the country, so they back a terrorist plot against America on Independence Day.
Performed by Val Cole
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Novel Transcript - Unforgettable Cruise, by Colin Guest
When Ashley’s husband dies, at fifty-two, an attractive woman, she meets Stephan on a luxury cruise. He not only rekindles her desire for sex, but makes her happy and content.
by Val Cole
Romantic Novel.