The Great Audiobook Giveaway Begins: ‘Strange Company’ and ‘Stop the Car’

As I anticipate the upcoming audiobook release for my latest chiller, ‘A House in the Woods,’ narrated by the terrific Daniela Acitelli (our third audiobook together), I’ve decided to do a regular audiobook giveaway for subscribers “while supplies last.” Not a subscriber yet? Just sign up here and look for these and more complimentary audiobooks, eBooks and author updates as we sail into 2020. I have a limited number of free download codes for all my audiobooks, so fasten your headphones and enjoy! – Mark

This month:

Stop the Car
Narrated by Braden Wright

Stop the Car was selected as a Kindle Single after the editors at the Amazon program deemed it an outstanding short story. Bradon Wright brings his marvelous talent as a voice actor and narrator to this story about three teens on an Indiana backroad in 1977 – what they see there, and how it changes their lives.

1977. Three teenagers on an Indiana back road, heading home away from the highway, away from prying eyes and traffic cops. One behind the driver’s wheel, two in the back seat sampling the merchandise that could get them all jailed. And then, as the car careens along beneath a black sky lit only by a million stars, they see it. The boys demand they stop the car. The driver refuses. Whatever it is they see makes the decision for them and stops the car in its tracks. What happens next to them could be real or imagined, but it will never be forgotten.About Stop the Car:

About Braden Wright:

A versatile narrator in multiple genres, Wright has narrated four books in the Joseph Campbell collection and is the voice of Seth for Jane Robert’s Seth Speaks series, also enjoying collaborations with best-selling novelists Russell Blake and Tanya Anne Crosby and speaker Jim Rohn.

Strange Company
By Jean Ryan
Narrated by Nikiya Palombi

I had the pleasure of publishing three of Jean Ryan’s books, and the audiobook edition for Strange Company, her remarkable series of essays on nature.

About Strange Company:

In Strange Company, a delightful collection of short essays, Jean Ryan brings us closer to the natural world. From lizards to lady bugs, from the inscrutable sloth to the resplendent quetzal, Ryan reveals some of our commonalities with earth’s creatures and hints at the lessons we might learn from them.

Do lizards fall in love? What do sloths think about all day? Why is the blood of a horseshoe crab so valuable? Do starlings flock for fun? Can a parrot serve as a therapist? Do turtles ever grow bored with their long lives? Why would a crow foster a kitten? Can snails be fearless?

These are just a few of the questions Ryan poses in Strange Company as she invites the listener on a wild journey through land, sea and sky. While these essays acknowledge our responsibility to Mother Nature, the insights they offer are affirmative and heartening. With her precise, elegant prose, Ryan draws us into the tantalizing world of animals and their oddities.

About Nikiya Palombi

Nikiya Palombi studied acting at The Gately-Poole Conservatory. She moved to Los Angeles, where she is now working as an actor, dancer, and model. Her TV appearances include House of Cards and CONAN and Nikiya has starred in numerous award-winning independent projects. Nikiya is represented by Movement Talent Agency and IT Model Management.