Performed by Allison Kampf
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Producer/Director: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com
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
Performed by Allison Kampf
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Producer/Director: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com
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
Performed by Allison Kampf
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Producer/Director: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com
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
Buy on Amazon: https://www.amazon.ca/Dillon-Satoko-Silverberg-ebook/dp/B07T4VDRC2
Synopsis:
A seductive older widow from New York’s Upper East Side is gifted a most spiteful dog from the local pound. She dubs the scrawny and inelegant creature Dillon—a name fit for a lion.
As she falls in love with a debonair and quite well-connected magnate, the dog quickly becomes embroiled in a fight for survival—and for the lady’s heart.
Once abandoned and now enjoying the comforts of a loving home, Dillon is ugly and ill-tempered. But he is the most spirited one. Is he an angel—a real angel?
It’s a love story, an adult family drama, and a courtroom saga all in one, with a New Yorker’s sense of humor––and its surprise ending will revive pangs of long-lost heartbreak that exist in all of us.
DILLON is a funny, sad, and heartwarming story with a dab of preternatural flair. Laugh and cry—it’s a must read.
Performed by Allison Kampf
BUY on Amazon: https://www.amazon.ca/Trapped-World-Silence-Harris-Deborah-ebook/dp/B003TSEJUW
Performed by Hannah Ehman
Deborah L. Harris takes us on a personal journey in living with Autism from the moment her son is diagnosed at the age of four up until his present age of eighteen. Deborah shares the struggles that she encountered with the developmental disorder that eventually destroyed her marriage; led her into a lonley addiction; and forced her to learn some painful discoveries about herself. The detailed events of the on-going battle she faced in trying to find ways to fight Autism that left her with mixed emotions of anger, frustration, and often time’s depression. The disappointments she encountered with the lack of medical assistance that her insurance were willing to provide and her personal outlook on the future of Autism and what parents with Autistic children should know.
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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
BUY on Amazon: https://www.amazon.ca/Winters-Captive-Georgia-Book-1-ebook/dp/B077TGGYR6
Performed by Hannah Ehman
Recently separated from her cheating husband and unaware of a budding pregnancy, Georgia Charles is on her way to Yukon to visit a childhood friend.
After she’s attacked by unknown men, Georgia’s trip becomes a fight for survival. Escaping to the wild, she seeks shelter in an abandoned cabin.
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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
The personification of Aryan purity, Ellyssa’s spent her whole life under her creator’s strict training and guidance; her purpose is to eradicate inferior beings. She was genetically engineered to be the perfect soldier: strong, intelligent, unemotional, and telepathic. Only Ellyssa isn’t perfect. Ellyssa feels emotions–a fact she’s spent her life concealing. Until she encounters the epitome of inferiority: a dark-haired boy raised among renegades hiding since the Nazis won the war a century ago. He speaks to her telepathically, pushing thoughts into her mind, despite the impossibility of such a substandard person having psychic abilities. But he does. His unspoken words and visions of a place she’s never visited make Ellyssa question her creator. Confused and afraid her secret will be discovered, Ellyssa runs away, embarking on a journey where she discovers there is more to her than perfection.
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Performed by Carina Cojeen
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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
A More Than Skin Romances are my self-published romance titles. Stories under this heading will have an African American woman as the heroine and the hero will be a man of other ethnicities or nationalities. These stories will be interesting and entertaining, filled with warmth, humor, sex, and love. These are stories that demonstrate that it’s the characters of the hero and heroines the ultimately matter. Their values, their traits are what attract them to each other, and it’s those things that mean the most, as we are so much more than skin.Sydney King doesn’t have much in the way of family or money, but she has guts and intelligence in spades, and big dreams for her future. When she transfers to The Woodlands High School for ninth grade, she finds herself in way over her head and looks for help.Graham Garrison has everything—money, freedom, and charm; the darling of his community. His senior year is all about having fun and looking forward to college. He admires Sydney’s drive and dedication and agrees to tutor her.They’re an unlikely pair, but Graham and Sydney form a powerful bond. But then their friend Brian becomes convinced there’s a rash of missing children afoot, reaching the highest echelon of their neighborhood. When everything they knew about their home is under fire, will their feelings for each other carry them through?
BUY on Amazon:
Performed by Carina Cojeen
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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
This story starts off sweet , and ends up grimey , and the message is all too real for a lot of couples , young or old! They graduate college, together, they get married, the Cashe’s, and then money and greed starts to take over the relationship! the husband wants to pimp out his wife to his boss in order to make partner, not knowing the frame of mind his boss is in , he plays for keeps ! Will the wife survive all of this ?? Get into his head , find out !
BUY on Amazon:
Performed by Carina Cojeen
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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
Watch the winning readings performed by professional actors.
18 Short Stories
Short Story Reading: The Woman In The Room, by Christina Hamlett
https://novelwritingfestival.com/2019/12/19/short-story-reading-the-woman-in-the-room-by-christina-hamlett/
Short Story Reading: Tower, by Devin Klos
https://novelwritingfestival.com/2019/12/19/short-story-reading-tower-by-devin-klos/
Short Story Reading: The House Of Affliction, by Fadrian Bartley
https://novelwritingfestival.com/2019/12/19/short-story-reading-the-house-of-affliction-by-fadrian-bartley/
Short Story Reading: Swamped, by Lionel Walfish
https://novelwritingfestival.com/2019/12/19/short-story-reading-swamped-by-lionel-walfish/
Short Story Reading: Cupid and Psyche,by Nikki Broadwell
https://novelwritingfestival.com/2019/12/19/short-story-reading-cupid-and-psycheby-nikki-broadwell/
Short Story Reading: No Good Deed Goes Unshoveled, by Herb Schultz
https://novelwritingfestival.com/2019/12/19/short-story-reading-no-good-deed-goes-unshoveled-by-herb-schultz/
Short Story Reading: Saved By The Skin, by M.Maureen Skahan
https://novelwritingfestival.com/2019/12/19/short-story-reading-saved-by-the-skin-by-m-maureen-skahan/
Short Story Reading: Maddie’s Spider Lily, by D.K. Christi
https://novelwritingfestival.com/2019/12/17/short-story-reading-maddies-spider-lily-by-d-k-christi/
Short Story Reading: I Was There, by Keith Brandon
https://novelwritingfestival.com/2019/12/17/short-story-reading-i-was-there-by-keith-brandon/
Short Story Reading: Don’t Worry Be Happy at Dunn’s River Falls, by D. K. Christi
https://novelwritingfestival.com/2019/12/17/short-story-reading-dont-worry-be-happy-at-dunns-river-falls-by-d-k-christi/
Short Story Reading: Jiminy Cricket Has Jumped The Wicket, by Maureen Kellar-Kirby
https://novelwritingfestival.com/2019/11/02/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
https://novelwritingfestival.com/2019/10/26/short-story-reading-the-cow-of-the-mad-man-by-danail-hristov/
Short Story Reading: The Black Hole, by Sam Ornstein
https://novelwritingfestival.com/2019/09/12/short-story-reading-the-black-hole-by-sam-ornstein/
1pg. SHORT STORY Reading: Mon Ami, by Juan Zamora
https://novelwritingfestival.com/2019/08/26/1pg-short-story-reading-mon-ami-by-juan-zamora/
1pg. SHORT STORY Reading: The Boy, by Curtis Cameron
https://novelwritingfestival.com/2019/08/26/1pg-short-story-reading-the-boy-by-curtis-cameron/
Watch Short Story Movie: Knock Knock by Mary Barr
https://novelwritingfestival.com/2019/01/16/watch-short-story-movie-knock-knock-by-mary-barr/
Short Story Reading: An Ill Wind by Lionel Walfish
https://novelwritingfestival.com/2019/01/06/short-story-reading-an-ill-wind-by-lionel-walfish/
Short Story Reading: What He Does by Bill Jermyn
https://novelwritingfestival.com/2019/01/06/short-story-reading-what-he-does-by-bill-jermyn/
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15 Novels
Novel Transcript Reading: The Disney Dilemma: to thaw or not to thaw?, by Wayne Edmiston
https:/novelwritingfestival.com/2019/11/02/novel-transcript-reading-the-disney-dilemma-to-thaw-or-not-to-thaw-by-wayne-edmiston/
Novel Excerpt: GO BACK JACK, by Maureen Kellar-Kirby
https://novelwritingfestival.com/2019/11/02/novel-excerpt-go-back-jack-by-maureen-kellar-kirby/
Novel Transcript Reading: Another Way to Die (Sam Leroy Book 4), by Philip Cox
https://novelwritingfestival.com/2019/10/03/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
https://novelwritingfestival.com/2019/09/23/novel-movie-candlejack-book-one-cardinal-of-fate-by-jeffrey-anthony-campos/
NOVEL Transcript Reading: RHINO IN THE ROOM, by Jill Hedgecock
https://novelwritingfestival.com/2019/08/26/novel-transcript-reading-rhino-in-the-room-by-jill-hedgecock/
NOVEL MOVIE: Passing Loop, by Chynna Laird
https://novelwritingfestival.com/2019/06/03/novel-movie-passing-loop-by-chynna-laird/
NOVEL Transcript Reading: SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE, by Linda Palmer
https://novelwritingfestival.com/2019/04/15/novel-transcript-reading-somewhere-in-the-middle-by-linda-palmer/
NOVEL MOVIE: The Adventures of Larson and Garrett: Epic the First, by Aaron Dennis
https://novelwritingfestival.com/2019/04/13/novel-movie-the-adventures-of-larson-and-garrett-epic-the-first-by-aaron-dennis/
NOVEL Transcript Reading of In Bad Company, by Ke Sol
https://novelwritingfestival.com/2019/03/11/novel-transcript-reading-of-in-bad-company-by-ke-sol/
NOVEL Transcript Reading of The Alice 65, by Kyle Michel Sullivan
https://novelwritingfestival.com/2019/03/11/novel-transcript-reading-of-the-alice-65-by-kyle-michel-sullivan/
Novel Transcript Reading of The Menopause Murders by Mary Maloney & Ed Markel
https://novelwritingfestival.com/2019/02/07/novel-transcript-reading-of-the-menopause-murders-by-mary-maloney-ed-markel/
Novel Transcript Reading of The Adventures of Larson and Garrett by Aaron Dennis
https://novelwritingfestival.com/2019/02/07/novel-transcript-reading-of-the-adventures-of-larson-and-garrett-by-aaron-dennis/
Novel Transcript Reading of Lucy in Her Secret Wood by Christina M. Pages
https://novelwritingfestival.com/2019/01/06/novel-transcript-reading-of-lucy-in-her-secret-wood-by-christina-m-pages/
Novel Transcript Reading of My Lady Zane by Steven M. Sullivan
Novel Transcript Reading of Omie 17 by G. Michael Smith
https://novelwritingfestival.com/2019/01/06/novel-transcript-reading-of-omie-17-by-g-michael-smith/
