I started recording Audiobooks in December of 2020 as the realization of a lifelong dream. A deep, resonant, expressive voice with an excellent sense of timing are my hallmarks. 15 years of performance Improv have shaped my acting acumen. I've had audiobook coaching sessions with Jeffrey Kafer, Johnny Heller and Jesse Bickford. My tech has been fine-tuned by Don Baarns.
My past: I've been a self-employed precision digital imaging consultant since the early 80's, at first specializing in teaching and applications development using AutoCAD. I pioneered high-quality graphics for map publishing on the PC, then applied those techniques to the security graphics field for a number of banknote companies. The skills and software I developed for accurately digitizing and publishing maps could be directly applied to what the banknote companies called 'second origination', colloquially known as counterfeiting - if you wanted to scoop your competitors' clients, you first had to exactly reproduce what they were printing. When the Euro was introduced, most of the banknote companies I worked with were bought up to print Euros, so I shifted to ID cards, producing graphics for hundreds of countries and companies world wide. I wrote a suite of design tools, teaching myself how to program as I went. If you're interested, my security graphics website is still up at hcc-graphics.com. Alas, chip-based security, the advancement of commercial graphics software, and the 'moving on' of my mentors meant producing graphics was no longer viable for me.
Time shift segue: As a young teenager I became obsessed with powerlifting. I was ridiculously strong and my over-zealous training resulted in torn retinas. The surgeries to repair the tears left me legally blind for the better part of a year. I went from deadlifting my teachers' cars to show off at recess to not being allowed to sit up on my own lest I tear the delicate stitches holding my retinas in place. I wasn't allowed to use my eyes for anything - no reading, no TV, nothing. Audiobooks saved my sanity. I listened to every audiobook the library had available that my parents would let me listen to, and I fell in love with them. Now that I have the time, I am revisiting my teen love affair in the hopes that I can be for someone else what audiobooks were for me - a lifeline.
May 2025 – Narration – Audiobook: Running Wild Press Short Story Anthology, Volume 8, Fiction anthology by Caroline Shannon Davenport (Author), Vincent Czyz (Author), Elizabeth S. Devecchi (Author), Jon Fain (Author), Joseph A. Schiller (Author), Kim Ransley (Author), Lauren Lang (Author), Nathaniel Farcas (Author), Jennifer Cinguina (Author), Dalton Mire (Author), John Tavares (Author), Ken Goldman (Author), Beck Erixson (Author), Mark Williams (Author), Brittany Bell (Author), Justin Lowe (Author), Gary Zenker (Author), Ibtisam Shahbaz (Author), Mykyta Ryzhykh (Author), Eric D. Lehman (Author), Jerry Purdon (Author), Benjamin White (Editor) for Running Wild Press
March 2025 – Narration – Audiobook: The Hand That Pulls You Under: Terrifying Tales of Absurdity and Lunacy (Whispers From the Abyss), Fiction by James Flynn for Velox Books
February 2025 – Narration – Audiobook: Rescue Run: Capt. Jake Rogers' Daring Return to Occupied Europe (Peggy C Saga Book 2), Fiction by John Winn Miller for Bancroft Press
January 2025 – Narration – Audiobook: The Edge of Insanity: Disturbing Tales (Whispers From the Abyss), Fiction by James Flynn for Velox Books
January 2025 – Narration – Audiobook: Horror Stories: Terrifying Tales of Horror and the Supernatural (Stories for Late at Night), Fiction by James Flynn for Velox Books
January 2025 – Narration – Audiobook: Change of Heart (A Miner & Mulville Medical Thriller), Fiction by Cristina LePort, M.D. for Bancroft Press
December 2024 – Narration – Audiobook: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Fiction by F. Scott Fitzgerald for Anthony Pica Productions, LLC
July 2024 – Narration – Audiobook: Peace, Political Thriller by Jeff Nesbit for Bancroft Press
July 2024 – Narration – Audiobook: Oil, Political Thriller by Jeff Nesbit for Bancroft Press
May 2024 – Narration – Audiobook: The Cult of Carmine, horror by Tyler O. Baker
June 2023 – Narration – Audiobook: Aftertaste, horror anthology by Brett O'Reilly for Velox Books
May 2023 – Narration – Documentary – Paranormal Connections – 12 episode documentary on paranormal investigation in South Africa
April 2023 – Narration – Audiobook: The Billionaires' Club: A Novel, political mystery by Jeff Nesbit for Bancroft Press
April 2023 – Narration – Audiobook: The Garden Plot Diaries: Stories One through Four, by Endy Wright for Halve Maan Press
February 2022 – Narration – Documentary – The Art of Forensics – 12 episode documentary on forensics in South Africa
January 2023 – Narration – Audiobook: Particles in the Air, medical thriller by Dr. Jenna Podjasek for Bancroft Press
December 2022 – Narration – Documentary – The Enforcers – 12 episode documentary on Law Enforcement in South Africa
December 2022 – Narration - Audiobook: The Maddening, horror by Paul Thaler for Dark Ink
November 2022 – Narration - Audiobook: Sizing Up Your Shadow: Eerie, Haunting, and Horrific Tales (Where Nightmares Dwell), horror anthology by Matt Richardsen for Velox Books
October 2022 – Narration - Audiobook: I Hate Campaign Hats: Police Stories of a Young State Trooper Making His Way with Faith, Love, and Silly Humor, autobiography by Randall Stevens
August 2022 – Narration - Audiobook: How to Build a Haunted House: Strange, Unsettling, and Unforgettable Tale, horror anthology by Travis Brown for Velox Books
July 2022 – Narration - Audiobook: Dissection: A Medical and Political Thriller, by Dr. Cristina LePort for Bancroft Press
April 2022 – Narration - Audiobook: Scavengers of the Sun (Children of the Crescent Moon Book 2), a Fantasy novel series by Adrian Meredith for Red Cape Publishing
March 2022 – Narration - Audiobook: The Anubis Experiment: Captivating Tales, a Sci Fi / Fantasy anthology by Richard Saxon for Velox Books
Dec 2021 – Narration - Audiobook: The Moonlit Road: A Collection of Short Horror Stories, a horror anthology by William Stuart for Velox Books
Nov 2021 – Narration - Audiobook: 100% Nightmare Fuel, a horror anthology for Velox Books
June 2021 – Narration – Audiobook: Writer’s Block, a Horror anthology for Velox Books
April 2021 – Narration – Audiobook: Deep Pain, a German thriller for Velox Books
Feb 2021 – Narration – Audiobook: The Lady Whose Mouth I Set on Fire: True Tales from the ER; an autobiography
Jan 2021 – Narration – Audiobook: One Eye Open, a Horror anthology for Velox Books
Dec 2020 – Narration – Audiobook: Through the Mole Hole, a Horror anthology for Velox Books
Oct 2020 – Narration – Audiobook: The Last Journeyman, a western horror
Oct 2020 – Narration - Audiobook: Psych Notes Clinical Pocket Guide – University textbook - NOT AVAILABLE
