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Daily Writing Festival Deadlines: Submit your novels, short stories, screenplays, poetry to the festival. Get performance video of your work.

Short Story Reading: Jiminy Cricket Has Jumped The Wicket, by Maureen Kellar-Kirby

A woman, haunted by the events of a seance that took place two years after the death of Jimi Hendrix in 1972 is still not able to explain the contents of a poem, alleged supernatural communication from the rock star – until now, forty-seven years later. Performed by Carina Cojeen   — Producer/Director: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com… Continue reading Short Story Reading: Jiminy Cricket Has Jumped The Wicket, by Maureen Kellar-Kirby

Short Story Reading: The Cow of the Mad Man, by Danail Hristov

Performed by Val Cole   — Producer/Director: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com Festival Moderators: Matthew Toffolo, Rachel Elder Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne Editors: Kimberly Villarruel, Ryan Haines, John Johnson Festival Directors: Rachel Elder, Natasha Levy Camera Operators: Ryan Haines, Temitope Akinterinwa, Efren Zapata, Zack Arch

Novel Transcript Reading: Another Way to Die (Sam Leroy Book 4), by Philip Cox

Narrated by Carina Cojeen BUY Novel on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Another-Way-Die-Leroy-Book-ebook/dp/B07PPJ22QY Seven years ago, LAPD Detective Sam Leroy shot and killed Harlan Cordell, and breathed a sigh of relief that the reign of the infamous Pentagram Killer was over. But now, the killings have begun again. The police believe they are dealing with some fanatical copycat, but… Continue reading Novel Transcript Reading: Another Way to Die (Sam Leroy Book 4), by Philip Cox

Novel MOVIE: CANDLEJACK! Book One Cardinal of Fate, by Jeffrey Anthony Campos

Learn more about the novel: http://candlejack.com/index.html Genre: Sci-Fi, Fantasy Type: Novel LOGLINE: A fictional sci-fi/fantasy in which Cardinal Rigor Mortis, an anthropormorphic hawk from another world in trying to retrieve two magical items across two world realms to rule over finds out his paternal upbringing involves two fathers as well as a spiritual connection he… Continue reading Novel MOVIE: CANDLEJACK! Book One Cardinal of Fate, by Jeffrey Anthony Campos

Short Story Reading: The Black Hole, by Sam Ornstein

This woman/man has a fantasy encounter with their ego. Performed by Val Cole — Producer/Director: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com Festival Moderators: Matthew Toffolo, Rachel Elder Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne Editors: Kimberly Villarruel, Ryan Haines, John Johnson Festival Directors: Rachel Elder, Natasha Levy Camera Operators: Ryan Haines, Temitope Akinterinwa, Efren Zapata, Zack Arch

NOVEL Transcript Reading: RHINO IN THE ROOM, by Jill Hedgecock

BUY on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Rhino-Room-Jill-Hedgecock/dp/1732241503 Performed by Kat Smiley Lost in the bush, surrounded by fire, and pursued by rhino poachers during their South African safari, seventeen year-old fashionista, Claire and her estranged father must mend their broken relationship in order to save the last two black rhinos from extinction. — Producer/Director: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com Festival… Continue reading NOVEL Transcript Reading: RHINO IN THE ROOM, by Jill Hedgecock

1pg. SHORT STORY Reading: Mon Ami, by Juan Zamora

Performed by Kat Smiley — Producer/Director: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com Festival Moderators: Matthew Toffolo, Rachel Elder Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne Editors: Kimberly Villarruel, Ryan Haines, John Johnson Festival Directors: Rachel Elder, Natasha Levy Camera Operators: Ryan Haines, Temitope Akinterinwa, Efren Zapata, Zack Arch

1pg. SHORT STORY Reading: The Boy, by Curtis Cameron

Performed by Kat Smiley — Producer/Director: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com Festival Moderators: Matthew Toffolo, Rachel Elder Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne Editors: Kimberly Villarruel, Ryan Haines, John Johnson Festival Directors: Rachel Elder, Natasha Levy Camera Operators: Ryan Haines, Temitope Akinterinwa, Efren Zapata, Zack Arch

Novel Transcript Reading: CANDLEJACK! Book One: Cardinal of Fate, by Jeffrey Anthony Campos

Learn more about the novel: http://candlejack.com/index.html Genre: Sci-Fi, Fantasy Type: Novel LOGLINE: A fictional sci-fi/fantasy in which Cardinal Rigor Mortis, an anthropormorphic hawk from another world in trying to retrieve two magical items across two world realms to rule over finds out his paternal upbringing involves two fathers as well as a spiritual connection he… Continue reading Novel Transcript Reading: CANDLEJACK! Book One: Cardinal of Fate, by Jeffrey Anthony Campos