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Songs of a Befuddled Muse

Thirteen Tales of Divergent Inspiration

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Songs of a Befuddled Muse

By: William Cohen-Kiraly
Narrated by: Liz May Brice
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BORN FROM A BEFUDDLED MUSE INDEED…

Songs of a Befuddled Muse contains thirteen surprising short stories that draw you into the lives of people facing life-changing inflection points in their realities.

These stories reflect the quirky nooks and crannies of the author’s mind. They include: a historian who becomes increasingly obsessed with saving a doomed Tudor queen; a dolphin who sees herself in an old prophecy; a future where humans live on separatist worlds—some with excellent pizza; a clown PI who must investigate the murder of his oldest friend and mentor; a president who learns that the devil’s promises have hidden hooks, and much more.

Some are funny, some are suspenseful, some are even dark. All of them will leave you thinking.

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Where do I start... firstly I loved every story. I enjoyed listening on my drives to and from work and found myself debating wether I should go into my house or stay in the car until the next chapter on numerous occasions. I found myself laughing, captivated and in total silence in shock from 1 story to the next. highly recommended

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This is a varied and entertaining collection of short stories beautifully narrated by Liz May Brice. Cohen-Kiraly has a deft touch with stories that, while slightly genre-bending (speculative fiction, sci-fi, private dick noir, historical fantasy) all have humour and well-executed twists. Mix in generally likable point-of-view characters and it all adds up to a well-spent eight or so hours of listening. I especially enjoyed The Big Gumshoes, a detective noir fiction à la Raymond Chandler, where the "gumshoe" and most of the characters actually wear big gumshoes - because they are clowns. Two longish stories that feature the historical figure Lady Jane Grey caught up in the paradoxes of time travel, bear further development into a novel or a collection of linked short stories. The surprises and twists of these stories always seem organic when they are revealed, a true sign of a writer in control of his craft. I look forward to reading - or listening to - more by Cohen-Kiraly.

A clever, entertaining collection

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