Hello! I've recorded a beautiful and fun story for this Christmas.  "A Christmas Accident", written by Annie Eliot Trumbull and published in 1900 in the collection "A Christmas Accident and Other Stories" which you can find in project Gutenberg ( https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/28307/pg28307-images.html ). So, the Biltons and the Giltons. Side by side they lived - divided by a fence, a courtroom battle, and years of hurt. One Christmas accident, though, altered both families forever… maybe. After all, if Christmas spirit survived the summer, this world would be a very different kind of place... You can listen to the story here: https://youtu.be/4wZmticnXbw?si=Z6zS9pVLr-Kjqicd If you like the story why not share it with your friends, leave a comment or just press the like button!  You can also subscribe on my YouTube channel. It's free and you'll be notified whenever i upload new content. 

"The Chromatic Ghosts of Thomas” by Ellis Parker Butler, is one of the funniest stories I've ever had the pleasure to read and narrate. A short humorous fantasy, where we meet the extremely sensitive cat called Thomas. And his ghosts... Listen to the story here:  The Chromatic Ghosts of Thomas If you like my work why not leave a comment, a like, or share it with friends and family that might enjoy it!

"Tomorrow - Tomorrow" is a short story, written by Ivan Turgenev in May 1879..  From the collection "Dream Tales and Prose Poems".  I narrated this story and you can listen to it here:  Tomorrow Tomorrow A dense philosophical passage with strong existential themes. Excerpt: "And yet it is man’s wish to exist; he prizes life, he rests hopes on it, on himself, on the future.... Oh, what blessings he looks for from the future! But why does he imagine that other coming days will not be like this day he has just lived through?"  Please support my work...  Like and share my videos. Leave a comment.  Subscribe on my YouTube channel https://youtube.com/@nayanomikou?si=tang7rS_ma1unEiI

"Giovanna Draws" by Nicholas Leonard is a contemporary love story, but not the kind one is expecting. It's about Patrick, a man walking alone around Lake Quannapowitt in Massachusetts, who meets Giovanna, an art student from Brazil, who needs to capture human vulnerability for her school project. She asks him to be her subject. He agrees. What unfolds is an achingly beautiful exploration of longing and brief connection. "I am your angel. Look up at me, Patrick. I'm your angel." It is not a story about happy endings.  It's a story about things that define us and stay with us forever.  It's a story that makes us think of our own brief angels.  Watch here:  Giovanna Draws by Nicholas Leonard If you want to support my work leave a like, comment or share the video with someone who might need to listen to it.  You can also subscribe to my channel and get notified about every new video I upload.

 The accompanying piece of Stephen Sinclair's poem "This Day" is now on YouTube. You can listen to it on my channel. It's about  James IV of Scotland and his death at the Battle of Flodden in 1513. But it's not just that. It's history lesson condense and felt.

 A journey from shattered despair to defiant resilience.  A messege echoing across centuries "This Day", a narrative poem by Stephen Sinclair. Listen to my recitation on YouTube  This Day, a poem by Stephen Sinclair If you like my work you can support me by subscribing to my channel, leaving a comment or by sharing my videos!

"Some said that Ferguson gave up sailoring because he was tired of the sea. Some said that it was because he loved a woman. In truth it was because..." Thus starts"The Auction" a story by Stephen Crane.  It tells us how shame can wound deeper than loss. The fear of being seen failing... As contemporary writer Stephen Sinclair notes, "Crane puts tragedy and the ridiculous funny on a razor's edge". 🎙️ Narrated by me 🔗 Full story on YouTube:  Listen here