let every pipe groan burst, walls leaking little songs i sung you seeping into the hardwood eyes in every knot trees looking still we could forget some forests where i called you me where you didn’t exist or do much talking, leastways drinking coffee in the sugar shack making earnest conversation with two hundred year… Continue reading RHYME Poem: placing objects within your walls, by Syf Abbey Sloane
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WILDsound Festival Script Reading: Polite to the Death (Nanny Kills), by Pippa Blackmore
Nanny Ivy, an English nanny, is hired to help an American family with their troublesome children but when she arrives, it becomes clear that the adults and other people in the children’s life are the problem so she enlists her charges to kill them all. They return to England to start a new life as… Continue reading WILDsound Festival Script Reading: Polite to the Death (Nanny Kills), by Pippa Blackmore
WILDsound Festival 1st Scene: TRINITY WEST, by MG Hardie
A drama set in the heart of a Southern Baptist congregation, where personal conflicts, church politics, and family legacies intertwine as they fight for the survival of The Church. CAST LIST: Eleanora: Julie Sheppard Erin: Val Cole Narrator: Sean Ballatyne
WILDsound 1st Scene Read: YOU WERE WRONG ABOUT THE JELLYFISH, by Andy Carpenter
When an unnamed virus begins to kill off human males, a family takes refuge on a sailboat in hopes they can escape the virus. CAST LIST: Narration: Sean Ballantyne Mila: Hannah Ehman Erica: Val Cole
SHORT Story: Two Crazy Creatures, by Lance Mazmanian
Performed by Val Cole
RELIGION Short Story: Ra – Master of Mandjet Piercer of the Veil, by Jim Ogburn
360 words Performed by Val Cole
WINNERS: October 2025 DIVERSITY Film Festival
Showcase of the best FILMS in the world today. Audience Awards:Best Short Film: Work in ProgressBest Society Film: Rose Colored GlassesBest Micro-Short: The Beauty in Being DifferentBest Direction: All You Need is LessBest Cinematography: Where Home Never WasBest Story: Words I Can’t ForgetBest Human Interest Story: Roses Through the Cracks Rose Colored Glasses, 12min., USADirected… Continue reading WINNERS: October 2025 DIVERSITY Film Festival
WINNERS: September 2025 DIVERSITY Film Festival
Showcase of the best FILMS in the world today. Audience Awards:Best Short Film: Shut Up & Make Me…Best Direction: ZakiBest Performances: Shear DisturbanceBest Animation: Like this, it seems easier!Best Micro-Short: Francelho’s FlightBest Human Interest Film: The World Needs YouBest Story: (mis) MatchBest Visual Design: Message of Change ZAKI, 15min., PakistanDirected by Hassaan ImtiazSuffocated in traditions… Continue reading WINNERS: September 2025 DIVERSITY Film Festival
SHORT Story Reading: Let’s Go Sledding in Sequoia, by Damon Yeargain
Performed by Val Cole
SHORT Story Reading: Beneath the Darkening Sky, by Damon Yeargain
Performed by Val Cole