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  • Songs of a Befuddled Muse

  • Thirteen Tales of Divergent Inspiration
  • By: William Cohen-Kiraly
  • Narrated by: Liz May Brice
  • Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins
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Summary

Born from a befuddled muse indeed....

These 12 short stories and one novella take you into the lives of people facing life-changing, unpredictable, and often strange inflection points in their realities.

These stories are pulled from a variety of speculative genres including sci fi, time travel, horror, clown noir and more; but they are tied together with the author’s sense of the absurd and his love of complicated, all-too-human (usually) characters. 

The stories reflect the quirky nooks and crannies of the author’s mind: a historian who becomes increasingly obsessed with saving a doomed 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 mentor; a president who learns that the devil’s promises have hidden hooks, and so much more.

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

©2022 William C. Kiraly (P)2023 William C. Kiraly

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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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A clever, entertaining collection

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.

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