Audiobooks by Jasmine Bowen

Short Story Press Presents Paid To Scare

Kingdom Come is the most successful amusement park in the country, and every Halloween, the park turns into a Haunted event with hundreds of actors to scare guests silly • It’s more than just costumes and makeup and playing makebelieve for 8 hours a night. • Follow Jocelyn and Johnny, the King and Queen of Kingdom Come, through a typical night performing at Fright Nights. • The scariest thing in the park could be some of the guests they encounter: missing children, illness, pickpockets, and inebriated, violent guests. • Being an actor is more than just playing makebelieve. As Jocelyn and Johnny get ready for the day, they soothe young performers, deal with personality clashes, and develop keen senses to watch out for danger. • Follow Jasper, the youngest performer at the park, a zombie on rollarblades, as he scares guests senseless and entertains children. • Follow Todd, a docile contortionist who considers taking his career in another direction when he gets an offer he can’t seem to refuse. • Follow Billy, the childlike clown who never harms a fly; but is harmed himself. • Peek behind the scenes, as rivalries, and clashing personalities, surface in the 400person cast. • For the performers of Fright Nights, there is never a dull moment. Short Story Press publishes short stories written by everyday writers.

Jasmine Bowen, Short Story Press (Author), Todd Eflin (Narrator)

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Short Story Press Presents Unable To Breathe

• A grungy, edgy Rockstar famous since he was 12 and a young model, innocent in her ways and just coming into her own. • They didn’t have much in common; except for fame…and the inability to properly breathe. • While Olympia’s father does everything to keep her cystic fibrosis under control, his healthy ways won’t give her immortality. Meanwhile, Michael has chosen to live life like a fast burning torch; since he’ll be dead soon either way. • Will Michael’s flamethrower ways destroy Olympia, or will her slow burning candle save him before it’s too late? • Olympia’s family disapproves of the troublesome Rockstar, and his band mates dislike the innocent almost-child that is always around. • Their tender romance is found in breathless moments of understanding; of silent gazes and knowing looks. • About finding beauty even in pain; even when your partner looks their worst. • When Michael receives bad news, it tests their romance at new heights. • “Unable to Breathe” is a story about love despite the difficulties; about the little things that bring you together even if you are worlds apart. About transcending lifestyle, religion, professions; all differences; to be with the one you love. • Is it truly till death do us part, or is there something after that can be shared? Short Story Press publishes short stories written by everyday writers.

Jasmine Bowen, Short Story Press (Author), Maria Chester (Narrator)

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Short Story Press Presents Her Mother's Child

Once upon a time, he was a heartthrob, on top of the world, finally with the woman he loved. Ever since he saw Joy across the street at 15, he couldn't take his eyes off her. Their fiery passion and attitude were a match for each other. The hotel became a second home, a place of fights but also of discovery, of personality clashes that turned into friendships, of a fantasy life free from the stresses of the world. They may have fell in love in Queens, but they stayed in love in Hotel Gaelon. One day, hotel staff opened the paper to find Joy was dead and buried across the world at only 26, her widow beside her grave at 23. At that age, if you were lucky enough to find the love of your life by then, you were supposed to living life up to the fullest, romance, flowers, late-night clubs, easy living. Your whole life was in front of you. The things you weren't supposed to be doing were the things Todd did, essentially. Bury your love, become a widower and a parent, with a child he would likely one day bury as well. When a grieving Todd brings Veronica, the secret daughter of Joy, to the hotel and introduces her to the world in the same spot he introduced her mother, they can't help but be shocked. As their visit goes on, the staff feels like it's seeing ghosts, transported back to a time five years ago when Joy was alive. Veronica's looks, movements, and actions imitate Joy's so much, it sends shivers down their spine. She truly is her mother's child. Short Story Press publishes short stories written by everyday writers.

Jasmine Bowen, Short Story Press (Author), Laura Johnson (Narrator)

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Short Story Press Presents To Say I Do

• At 17, you are just beginning to know yourself, figure out who you are and what you like. But for some people, 17 is the start of a whole new world. • Caitlin left her Canadian home at 16 with a dream in mind; gain an American high school degree so she could enter a top notch American University. The goal? Become a translator at the UN. • Full of energy and promise, she works hard, working long into the night as a waitress to make enough money to live; rising early in the morning to continue getting top marks at school. • When she unexpectedly falls in love with an older man at the gambling club she works at it; she takes it in stride. Soon, at 17, Caitlin is running a household, getting top-notch marks, paying her half of the bills and preparing for graduation. • When the education laws change suddenly, it seems that all her work has been for nothing, and she will be stuck with international tuition fees, unless she changes her life forever. • She knows she loves Cordney more than anything; but will she love him the rest of her life? Are her dream and her love for Cordney about to become one? Short Story Press publishes short stories written by everyday writers.

Jasmine Bowen, Short Story Press (Author), Alexis Pine (Narrator)

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Short Story Press Presents Grave Silence

They were happy once and everything was perfect. A man and a woman and a little girl. Lots of money and an American dream life. Jake was an actor, Jane was a nurse, and Sara, their little girl, was nothing short of perfect. For years, they were a happy family, until reality came crashing down. Jake tried his best to raise Sara after her mother left; but she was destined to fall into her mother’s footsteps and follow her way of life. You never realize how much you have, until it is gone. Jake tries to move on, after they left him; but finds it impossible to see the sunshine any more. Listen as Jake recounts his best memories with the girls and tries his hardest to have a second chance at their life together. But is it too late, and has it been too long? Others think he’s crazy for trying to relive a memory; but he has never let go of the life and love they wants shared. This story speaks to anyone who has ever loved, and lost, in many different ways. Are you crazy to not let go; even years later? Does Jake realize that he can never have it back, that they have left for good or will he continue to try, all while being alone? Short Story Press publishes short stories written by everyday writers.

Jasmine Bowen, Short Story Press (Author), Cynthia Ann (Narrator)

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