SHORT STORY READINGS
Winning short stories performed by voice over actors.
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SHORT STORY Reading: A Punch on the Nose, by Damon Yeargain
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DYSTOPIAN Short Story: Alpha Male, by Libby Feltis (interview)
Performed by Val Cole
Get to know the writer:
1. What is your short story about?
My short story is about a white, evangelical man who thinks he's entitled to everything--especially women.
2. What genres would you say this story is in?
I would say this falls under d...
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HORROR Short Story Reading: Picnic, by Kate Jiggins
Performed by Val Cole
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SHORT STORY Reading: Fumble, by Damon Yeargain
Performed by Val Cole
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HORROR Short Story Reading: White Elephant, by J.J. Poret
Performed by Val Cole
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WAR Short Story: A LETTER TO THE END, by Stephanie Dillon (interview)
Performed by Val Cole
1. What is your short story about?
It's about a woman watching her own life from the inside, noticing what disappears before it's officially gone.
2. What genres would you say this story is in?
Literary fiction, psychological realism, quiet reckoning.
3. How...
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SCI-FI Short Story: The Pumpkin of Fox Hill Rd, by Luciano Vallone (interview)
Performed by Val Cole
Get to know the writer:
1. What is your short story about?
The story is about the truth of the mysteriousness of my mother's family, the monotone, I shall put it. Within their faces, you never knew what they were thinking or hiding. My aunt lives on Fox Hill Rd, ...
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1pg. SCI-FI Short Story: In Andromeda, by Jonathan Cardew
Performed by Val Cole
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THRILLER/SUSPENSE Short Story: FORGET ME NOT, by Mary Smihula
Performed by Val Cole
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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
