Elevating short stories on YouTube: A Reputation for Prudence by Richard Swan (narrated by Luke Arnold)

In case you missed it in our newsletter announcement, we are starting our YouTube channel afresh and taking a completely new approach. We’ve found what we think is a pretty awesome gap in the short fiction market: on screen narration. And, we’re going to be doing it with screen actors, bringing those extra layers of creativity through voice and screen presence.

Our first video is A Reputation for Prudence by Richard Swan (The Justice of Kings, Grave Empire) originally published in Grimdark Magazine #31. Luke Arnold provided our first performance, and he’s knocked it out of the park. There’s a pretty darn good chance you’ve either read or seen Luke on the silver screen at some point, and I’m so happy he agreed to do our first video.

Luke is the author of the noir fantasy series The Fetch Phillips Archives and co-writer of the graphic novel Essentials. He has performed around the world in roles such as John Silver in Black Sails, and Michael Hutchence in INXS: Never Tear Us Apart. He is also developing his first video game, called Shoot for the Moon, soon to be released on steam.

For me, one of my favourite parts of this first video is where Luke gets right in there and brings an otherworldly beast to life–it’s a pretty epic change up of his voice that sends a shiver down the spine as the story stakes explodes.

If this sounds like it might be your jam, give the video a watch. And if you’d like to see more of them, please give our channel a follow / subscribe to help us grow the channel and keep on creating.

The second video featuring another Aussie actor has already been shot and is currently in editing. Can’t wait to show it to you!

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