More Lies
Richard James Allen
More Lies is a highly referential comedy thriller about a writer being held hostage in their own apartment and forced to type to hide the manoeuvres of a femme fatale, holding a pearl handled gun, and her brother, a small-time thug with big time ambitions. This wild tale about assassination, lost gold, betrayal, passion and identity theft engages the reader in the many layers of the author’s witty but deceptive journey. Through a series of lies, backflips and alternative versions of the tale, the author moves from being a trapped hack, forced to prostitute themselves, to dazzling the world with the acrobatics of their imagination, to the heart of the matter: storytelling is all that is keeping them alive.
Richard James Allen’s writing has appeared widely in journals, anthologies, and online, and he has been a popular reader at multiple performing arts venues, over many years. In 2019, a collection of poetry, The short story of you and I, was published by UWA Publishing, and a suite of poems, Minimum Correct Dosage, was commissioned by Red Room Poetry. Previous critically acclaimed books of poetry, fiction and performance texts include Fixing the Broken Nightingale (Flying Island Books), The Kamikaze Mind (Brandl & Schlesinger) and Thursday’s Fictions (Five Islands Press), which was shortlisted for the Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry. More Lies is his first novel. Well-known for his multi-award-winning career as a filmmaker and choreographer with The Physical TV Company, and critically acclaimed as a performer in a range of media and contexts, Richard has a track record for innovative adaptations and interactions of poetry and other media, including collaborations with artists in dance, film, theatre, music and a range of digital platforms.
Duration - 1h 23m.
Author - Richard James Allen.
Narrator - Jadzea Allen.
Published Date - Wednesday, 29 January 2025.
Location:
United States
Networks:
Richard James Allen
Jadzea Allen
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Description:
More Lies is a highly referential comedy thriller about a writer being held hostage in their own apartment and forced to type to hide the manoeuvres of a femme fatale, holding a pearl handled gun, and her brother, a small-time thug with big time ambitions. This wild tale about assassination, lost gold, betrayal, passion and identity theft engages the reader in the many layers of the author’s witty but deceptive journey. Through a series of lies, backflips and alternative versions of the tale, the author moves from being a trapped hack, forced to prostitute themselves, to dazzling the world with the acrobatics of their imagination, to the heart of the matter: storytelling is all that is keeping them alive. Richard James Allen’s writing has appeared widely in journals, anthologies, and online, and he has been a popular reader at multiple performing arts venues, over many years. In 2019, a collection of poetry, The short story of you and I, was published by UWA Publishing, and a suite of poems, Minimum Correct Dosage, was commissioned by Red Room Poetry. Previous critically acclaimed books of poetry, fiction and performance texts include Fixing the Broken Nightingale (Flying Island Books), The Kamikaze Mind (Brandl & Schlesinger) and Thursday’s Fictions (Five Islands Press), which was shortlisted for the Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry. More Lies is his first novel. Well-known for his multi-award-winning career as a filmmaker and choreographer with The Physical TV Company, and critically acclaimed as a performer in a range of media and contexts, Richard has a track record for innovative adaptations and interactions of poetry and other media, including collaborations with artists in dance, film, theatre, music and a range of digital platforms. Duration - 1h 23m. Author - Richard James Allen. Narrator - Jadzea Allen. Published Date - Wednesday, 29 January 2025.
Language:
English
Intro
Duration:00:00:09
Chapter 1: We Got Company, Ma
Duration:00:03:04
Chapter 2: Miraculously
Duration:00:03:56
Chapter 3: The Trick
Duration:00:02:09
Chapter 4: The Strangest Muse
Duration:00:01:24
Chapter 5: A Certain Fascination
Duration:00:02:05
Chapter 6: The Road to Utopia
Duration:00:02:18
Chapter 7: Aw, Where's Your Sense of Humour?
Duration:00:02:22
Chapter 8: Freeze-Frame
Duration:00:01:43
Chapter 9: Down Memory Lane
Duration:00:03:33
Chapter 10: Think Fast
Duration:00:01:15
Chapter 11: Which Part of This Do You Have a Problem With?
Duration:00:01:32
Chapter 12: Story Story
Duration:00:02:09
Chapter 13: Lights Out, Sweetheart
Duration:00:02:56
Chapter 14: Blackout
Duration:00:02:13
Chapter 15: Hard to Believe
Duration:00:03:28
Chapter 16: Human Nosiness
Duration:00:01:52
Chapter 17: This Falls Under the Sad But True Category
Duration:00:02:01
Chapter 18: Nothing Was As It Had Been
Duration:00:02:29
Chapter 19: Some Pretty Drastic Means
Duration:00:02:49
Chapter 20: The Rubbish of My Mind
Duration:00:02:22
Chapter 21: The Homeless
Duration:00:02:26
Chapter 22: Bad Command or File Name
Duration:00:03:32
Chapter 23: ¿Cuánto?
Duration:00:02:38
Chapter 24: Home is Where the Art Is
Duration:00:03:52
Chapter 25: Laugh at Will
Duration:00:02:40
Chapter 26: What?
Duration:00:01:09
Chapter 27: Sort of Blink
Duration:00:01:05
Chapter 28: Are You Still Here?
Duration:00:02:46
Chapter 29: Ulterior Motive
Duration:00:02:51
Chapter 30: Wakey-Wakey
Duration:00:01:21
Chapter 31: ...If I Can Remember It
Duration:00:02:31
Chapter 32: The Dark Rememberer
Duration:00:00:43
Chapter 33: Without Your Gaze
Duration:00:02:22
PS.: Epilogue, Dénouement, This is the End, etc
Duration:00:01:41
Credits
Duration:00:04:20