Chapter 1 Novel Reading: Briar Earth, by Paul Tapp

Performed by Val Cole Get to know the writer: What is your novel about? Reluctance, tradition and coincidence. They bring together as princess and escort, an opiniative ‘silly girl’ and a ‘handsome captain’, who fails his diplomatic mission to keep her silent on contentious matters at her fox-hunting debut. A puppy hound and a missing… Continue reading Chapter 1 Novel Reading: Briar Earth, by Paul Tapp

August 2017 Novel & Short Story Winners

1st CHAPTER and FULL NOVEL FESTIVAL: https://novelwritingfestival.com/ Watch the August 2017 Winning Novel & Short Story Performance Readings. All stories read and performed by professional actors.   SHORT STORY Reading – GOD’S HANDS August 2017 Readingby Michael Coleman SHORT STORY Reading – MOON HATERS August 2017 Readingby Simon Ciappara NOVEL Transcript – ZAPINETTE GOES TO THE… Continue reading August 2017 Novel & Short Story Winners

Novel Transcript Reading: ZAPINETTE GOES TO THE NORTH POLE (CHAPTER 1 & 2), by Albert Russo

Watch Chapter 1: chapters 1 & 2 – Humorous fiction (5000 words) – synopsis: Zapinette lives with her mother, a staunch ‘felinist’who owns a beauty parlor in Paris, as well as with Firmin, the latter’s boyfriend. The girl however feels much closer to her ‘Unky Berky’, in spite of the fact that he is “such… Continue reading Novel Transcript Reading: ZAPINETTE GOES TO THE NORTH POLE (CHAPTER 1 & 2), by Albert Russo

Short Story Reading: The Moon Haters by Simon Ciappara

Performed by actor Laura Kyswaty Get to know the writer: What is your story about? Coastal trade around the UK only became smuggling after the imposition of taxes . From the as early as the 13th century “Owlers” as they were known exported wool from the coast of Norfolk evading the duty demanded by the… Continue reading Short Story Reading: The Moon Haters by Simon Ciappara

Short Story Reading: GOD’S HANDS by Michael Coleman

Watch the August 2017 Winning Short Story Reading. Performed by actor Peter-Mark Raphael Get to know the writer: What is your story about? My story is similar to the Fly & Face-Off. Its Gothic Sci-fi medical horror. Why should this story be read by people? I think the right reader might make the story live.… Continue reading Short Story Reading: GOD’S HANDS by Michael Coleman

July 2017 Novel & Short Story Winners

1st CHAPTER and FULL NOVEL FESTIVAL: https://novelwritingfestival.com/ Watch the July 2017 Winning Novel & Short Story Performance Readings. All stories read and performed by professional actors. NOVEL Transcript – DREAMDALES DARK HEARTS July 2017 Readingby Jeremy Roberts SHORT STORY Reading – ARYAN BLOD July 2017 Readingby Albert Russo SHORT STORY Reading – THEY DROVE ON STREETS… Continue reading July 2017 Novel & Short Story Winners

Novel transcript: Dreamdale’s Dark Hearts by Jeremy Roberts

Performed by Val Cole Title: Dreamdale’s Dark Hearts #1. “Arden Wonder and His Strange Change” Genre: Horror/Comedy/Fantasy – 114 pages Synopsis: When a frightening nightmare creature escaped its underworld prison, a brave boy, Arden Wonder, must slay the quirky dream monster, Count Comatose. Before the vampire villain has an opportunity to wake up and feed… Continue reading Novel transcript: Dreamdale’s Dark Hearts by Jeremy Roberts

Short Story Reading of ARYAN BLOOD by Albert Russo

Performed by Val Cole  Get to know the writer: What is your short story about? A German woman married to a Jewish American learns years later that her biological mother whom she is told to meet was forced to copulate with a blond man in the Lebensborn politics during the Nazi era, in order to… Continue reading Short Story Reading of ARYAN BLOOD by Albert Russo

June 2017 Novel & Short Story Winners

1st CHAPTER and FULL NOVEL FESTIVAL: https://novelwritingfestival.com/ Watch the June 2017 Winning Novel & Short Story Performance Readings. All stories read and performed by professional actors:   SHORT Story – BEFORE AND AFTER June 2017 Readingby S. Pfeiffer SHORT Story – ALWAYS WATCHING June 2017 Readingby Kordale Gibson SHORT Story – THERE ARE NO LIGHTS IN… Continue reading June 2017 Novel & Short Story Winners

Short Story Reading: There are no lights in Naples by Dennis L Havlin

Story performed by Elizabeth Rose Morriss Genre:  Suspense   Jeanelle C Havlin, CAP, CTC Publicist DL Havlin, Author Web Sites:  http://www.dlhavlin.com http://www.SandySays1.WordPress.com Blog:  http://dlhavlin.wordpress.com Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/dennis.l.havlin Twitter:      https://twitter.com/dlhavlin