SHORT STORY READINGS
Winning short stories performed by voice over actors.
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SPORTS Short Story: Gentilezza, by Matthew Butterman (interview)
Performed by Val Cole
Get to know the writer:
1. What is your short story about?
Kindness. "Gentilezza" is the Italian word for kindness. It's the story of how a simple, selfless gift to another person can change their life permanently. The story straddles the boundary of fiction and creati...
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SHORT STORY: The Death of Jon and Carly, by Jack Cooper
Performed by Val Cole
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SHORT STORY: Rainbow Fragments and the Lies We Tell, by Jack Cooper (interview)
Performed by Val Cole
Get to know the writer:
1. What is your short story about?
A biomythographical experience as a teenager... doing my best to come to terms with my identity and desires during a time when being closeted was an absolute necessity in the 1970s. I describe the experience of ...
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HORROR Short Story: Blood and Snow, by Paul King
Performed by Val Cole
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Magical Realism Short Story: LIFE’S MONOLOGUE, by Elena Fainshtein (interview)
An overwhelmed professional flees her rigid routine for the sanctuary of a park, only to be drawn into a surreal, time-bending world where she must confront her subconscious to reclaim her authentic voice
Performed by Val Cole
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Get to know the writer:
1. What is your short story about?...
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HORROR Short Story: ROOM 08051212, by Scott Pierangelo (interview)
Performed by Val Cole
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Get to know the writer:
1. What is your short story about?
Without giving too much away, it’s essentially about a guy who works at job where he sacrifices so much of himself to get ahead. The ending though is really what makes the story.
2. What genres wo...
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MYSTERY Short Story: Silent Treatment, by Dave Bausch
Performed by Val Cole
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MYSTERY Short Story: Final Cut, by Jay Pretsch
Performed by Val Cole
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Submit your Short Story to the festival: https://crimemysteryfestival.com/mystery-short-story/
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FEMALE Festival SHORT Story: Managing Great Expectations, by Tanis OConnor
Performed by Val Cole
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Submit your short story to the festival; https://femalefilmfestival.com/female-writers-short-story-festival/
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WESTERN Short Story: The Last Bullet, by Joshua Cole
Performed by Val Cole
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TRAVEL Short Story: Eyeless in Goa, by Olga Pavlinova Olenich
Performed by Val Cole
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TRUE CRIME Short Story: Death Penalty, by Miles Schreiber
Performed by Val Cole
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DEATH Short Story: WE WERE FINE, by K.R. Moore
Performed by Val Cole
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DEATH Short Story: Beyond the Sargasso Sea, by Alicia Stephens Martin
Performed by Val Cole
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HORROR Short Story: SLOPPY SECONDS, by Kewayne Wadley
Performed by Val Cole
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FEMALE Festival SHORT Story: The Peeling of an Onion, by Victoria Thomas
Performed by Val Cole
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LITERARY FICTION Short Story: Pretty Bird, by Hannah Orden
Performed by Val Cole
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SCI-FI/FANTASY Short Story: Prisoners, Both, by JS Apsley
Performed by Val Cole
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PARANORMAL Short Story: Rainbow Road, by Hannah Orden
Performed by Val Cole
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LGBTQ+ Festival Short Story: OLIVE OIL, by Peter Norman Levesque
Performed by Val Cole
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ROMANCE Short Story: THE PIRATE, by Kathy Haynes (interview)
While Joe waits a dear friend he lost touch with to show up at their 50th high school reunion, he flashes back to how they met and the secret she asked him to keep.
Performed by Val Cole
Get to know the writer:
1. What is your short story about?
This story is about a man who reminisces about...
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YOUNG ADULT Short Story: WITCH, by J.M. Dennis
Performed by Val Cole
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YOUNG ADULT Short Story: An Arch of..., by Emma Breer
Performed by Val Cole
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HISTORY Short Story: My Mother Rose, by Jack Cooper (interview)
Performed by Val Cole
Get to know the writer:
*1. What is your short story about? *
A biomythography of a childhood experience: a difficult, traumatic memory,
and a healing that took many years. I describe the experience of growing up
with a mother who had mental health disorders, raising fiv...