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Performed by Val Cole POEM: Your brain is a sea, your irises my windows to watch you drown. You choke on waves meant to break on my shore. You choke on your own hair. From your skull tentacles peel, crawl down your face like purple ivy over my windowsill. You freeze. They pulsate and feed.… Continue reading HORROR Poetry Reading: Invertebrates, by Ada Costea

When an archeologist is murdered with a hindu statue, an art professor must get to the bottom of the death while revealing past mysteries. CAST LIST: Narrator: Geoff Mays Rekha: Val Colehttps://youtu.be/qL9GbeIUZpU

“Friend” follows the heading-for-divorce parents of a precocious nine-year-old who befriends an older, intellectually disabled man. Friend is in a great place—well written and with a strong premise. CAST LIST: Narrator: Geoff Mays Reagan: Elizabeth Rose Morriss Kate: Val Cole

Performed by Val Cole

Performed by Val Cole

A showcase of the best HORROR films in the world today! AUDIENCE AWARDS (from FEEDBACK Film Festival): Best Short Film: THE MUSIC OF ERICH ZANN Best Micro-Short Film: KNIFE Best Story: HELLO Best Direction: FIRESTARER Best Visual Design: OLGA Best Art House: GHEE Best Sound & Music: CHILD’S DRAWING Scariest Movie: JC BRATTON’S DOLLHOUSE Best… Continue reading HIGHLIGHTS: February 2026 HORROR Film Festival

Performed by Val Cole

Performed by Val Cole

Poetry by Val Cole — ———Salvation With a single act, All merit burns to ashes, Only death forgives.

Performed by Val Cole —- POEM: SOME PEOPLE Some people really make me feel so ill That I just wish I could go out and kill. If only it was legal would the deeds Be executed, as I’d make them bleed. By that, I’d be talking a swimming pool Full of blood, for I don’t… Continue reading DEATH Poetry Reading: Some People, by A.J. Chilson