Blue Dasher Press

25/06/2024

It's new release day! We’re excited to share Wren Valentino’s new novelette MISS NOTHING with you.

Available exclusively on Kindle (Unlimited): https://a.co/d/02Ze1882

24/06/2024

We're so excited to share Wren Valentino's new novelette MISS NOTHING with you tomorrow. Before that happens, here's a story preview. Enjoy!

25/03/2024

We are excited to announce that the all-female stage play SKY LINES is being adapted for television. Playwright David-Matthew Barnes recently completed the pilot episode script. More details soon! In the meantime, you can find the play on our website at bluedasherpress.com. This photo is from the Denver production of the play (photo by Regina Ayala).

18/03/2024

Visit our website to learn more about the ground breaking stage plays and scripts we publish.

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16/02/2024

“David-Matthew Barnes takes us to a magical night that will transform a young man's life.”
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“Sweet and moving and so very unexpected.”
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“Barnes brings us to the record store and to a moment of discovery, an unexpected winter chill.”
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Kindle Unlimited Edition: https://a.co/d/a4uUJmA

12/02/2024

✨We publish more than seventy stage plays: from 10-minute scripts to one-act plays to full length productions. Our plays have been performed at festivals, high schools, community theaters, and colleges around the world.

🎭Visit us at BlueDasherPress.com for information about our scripts.

15/01/2024

Excerpts from many of the stage plays we publish have been featured in The Best Men’s Stage Monologues. Looking for an audition piece with a complex character to bring to the room? Visit us at BlueDasherPress.com.

05/01/2024

Tina Duncan has one year to find the perfect man.

Her search isn’t going so well.

Get your copy of AMBROSIA by David-Matthew Barnes here: https://a.co/d/32Bngps

23/12/2023

Happy Holidays from the Blue Dasher Press team!
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20/12/2023

“I am so impressed again with the life-giving power of literature. If I were a young person today, trying to gain a sense of myself in the world, I would do that again by reading, just as I did when I was young.” ​​― Maya Angelou

04/12/2023

Looking for a short stage play for the holiday season? We recommend A RUM CAKE FOR RITA by David-Matthew Barnes.

The year is 1965. Rita has been suddenly widowed as her husband, John, has been killed in Vietnam. Since his death, Rita has been ostracized by John's family simply because Rita is white and her husband was black. Loneliness has left Rita emotionally crippled and suffering from a deep depression. When John's older sister, Marla, shows up unexpectedly on Christmas Eve brandishing a rum cake, the two women finally come to terms with their shared grief and sorrow. Through their tears and conversation, they come to the realization they will always be family, despite the color of their skin. This short dramatic play features roles for two women. Featured in The Best Women's Monologues.

Digital Edition (printable): https://payhip.com/b/skf8

Kindle Unlimited Edition: https://a.co/d/8yL2gK8

20/10/2023

🔸NEW RELEASE🔸

We are so happy to share JUST A LITTLE HAUNTED with you. In this cozy mystery short story written by Wren Valentino, we are introduced to Stella Sabotino, a widowed Italian-American parapsychologist living on the south coast of England in a seaside town called Stonewyn.

What JUST A LITTLE HAUNTED is about: When parapsychologist Stella Sabotino is hired by former movie star Melody French to determine if her new mansion is haunted, Stella discovers that someone close to Melody might be a bigger threat to her than a ghost.

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This story is available in a Kindle Unlimited edition here: https://a.co/d/71lrlqS

16/10/2023

✨Here are our free Kindle titles of the week, written by David-Matthew Barnes.✨

The Jetsetters (novel)
https://a.co/d/d6JPY7j

Don't Mention It (short play)
https://a.co/d/gONyDV0

Don't Say Bad Things About Me (short play)
https://a.co/d/8TPGJjE

False Hopes (one-act play)
https://a.co/d/9gUZEmm

Fractured (short play)
https://a.co/d/4ceyguw

Free Dry on Thursdays (short play)
https://a.co/d/5rh8nuA

Make It 'Til Dawn (short story)
https://a.co/d/d1M0iRD

16/10/2023

We are pleased to share the new Halloween romance short story PUMPKIN LOVE CHARM, written by Wren Valentino.

When broken hearted Bridget Perry is given a pumpkin love charm at Olga's Love Potion Parlor, she doesn't believe the charm is magic until she meets a handsome stranger named Jeffrey who asks her to be his date to a Halloween costume party.

Kindle Unlimited edition: https://a.co/d/4oQxaAb

When broken hearted Bridget Perry is given a pumpkin love charm at Olga's Love Potion Parlor, she doesn't believe the charm is magic until she meets a handsome stranger named Jeffrey who asks her to be his date to a Halloween costume party.

11/10/2023

We are pleased to share the new short play WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT SUCH THINGS?, written by Wren Valentino.

Intrigued by Alexandra, a twelve-year-old girl who has a fascination with murder, a ghostwriter named Florence invites the young girl to her home for tea, with the intention of outwitting and killing her.

Digital Edition (printable PDF):
https://payhip.com/b/yfX6P

Kindle Unlimited Edition:
https://a.co/d/9WySYxv

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11/10/2023

We are pleased to share the new short play titled CRUMBLE, written by David-Matthew Barnes.

As the end of the world draws near, two men who were once in love reunite after a decade apart to spend the last night together. This dramatic short play features roles for two men.

Digital Edition (printable PDF):
https://payhip.com/b/6BUpS

Kindle Unlimited Edition:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CKTTWMX3

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09/10/2023

✨Here are our free Kindle titles of the week, written by David-Matthew Barnes.✨

Back Strokes (novel)
https://a.co/d/5w7Us4t

Close Your Eyes and Count to Infinity (short play)
https://a.co/d/0wEt8Qi

The Clutch (short play)
https://a.co/d/ceeo9yL

A Darling Among the Maidens (stage play)
https://a.co/d/ceeo9yL

Deena and the Dino Mights (short play)
https://a.co/d/eL3g8tP

Defenseless (short play)
https://a.co/d/g9ULVDB

Delinquent (short story)
https://a.co/d/5w2USmz

Hot Rates to Omaha (short play)
https://a.co/d/5zFzQLB

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02/10/2023

✨Here are our free Kindle titles for the week, written by David-Matthew Barnes✨

Ambrosia (novel)
https://a.co/d/5xoZM6V

Boxcar (short play)
https://a.co/d/5cRAPo8

Bracelets and Boyfriends (short play)
https://a.co/d/iWDCi0l

The Bray of The Belles (one-act play)
https://a.co/d/3eOvexe

Bruised (novelette)
https://a.co/d/3O6FbUb

Cinematic (short play)
https://a.co/d/htCkJ8w

Clean (one-act play)
https://a.co/d/6Ny3WBV

Hell With the Lid Off (short play)
https://a.co/d/ctLqENI

Love in the Shadows (novel)
https://a.co/d/iT2IhIC

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25/09/2023

✨Here are our free Kindle titles for the week✨

Link: https://shorturl.at/fmKY4

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18/09/2023

✨Here are our free Kindle titles for the week✨

Fifty Yards and Holding (YA novel)
https://a.co/d/dDZYEuS

Trophy (short play)
https://a.co/d/3eVOav9

The Truants (stage play)
https://a.co/d/dF0jXyy

Two of Hearts (short play)
https://a.co/d/b94vNWT

V***n (short play)
https://a.co/d/8YNhwVn

We Never Made it to Paris (stage play)
https://a.co/d/gGCGq9k

What Happened to Cindy (short play)
https://a.co/d/3hCQXxf

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12/09/2023

💥NEW RELEASE💥

"Barnes has an eye for detail that comes through nicely in this story, and the chapters flow easily between various characters points of view while spending the majority of the time on the main couple....Riley and Victor are thrown together at school. Though each of them is loathe to admit their feelings, their instant spark proves that they are destined to be more than just friends...This book is recommended for young adult audiences and for libraries that collect YA literature."
The GLBT Round Table of the American Library Association

Varsity football player Victor Alvarez is in serious trouble. Seventeen and flunking out of high school, he’s been chosen as the leader of the violent street gang he’s been a member of since he was thirteen. Riley Brewer has just broken a state record as the star of their high school baseball team. When Riley and Victor meet by chance, a connection begins to grow. When friendship turns to love, both young men realize their reputations contradict who they really are. Once their secret relationship is discovered, Victor realizes their lives are at risk. Refusing to hide in order to survive, Riley vows that nothing can keep him apart from Victor.

⚡️FIFTY YARDS AND HOLDING is now available in paperback and eBook⚡️

➡️Paperback: https://a.co/d/cKyEYiT

➡️Kindle Unlimited: https://a.co/d/hYPKH8A

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11/09/2023

✨Here are our free Kindle titles for the week✨

Boys Like Me (short story collection)
https://a.co/d/bYs1fEM

Tagged (short play)
https://a.co/d/8xTbgH4

Taking Off (short play)
https://a.co/d/feW0Uuu

There is No 'D' in Revenge (short play)
https://a.co/d/2mUmPkR

Threnody (short play)
https://a.co/d/c8erWym

Trixie's Last Date with The Boogeyman (short play)
https://a.co/d/1ruX9jg

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04/09/2023

✨Here are our free Kindle titles for the week✨

Better Places to Go (stage play)
https://a.co/d/8EV6f10

Somebody's Baby (stage play)
https://a.co/d/3fqqSYx

A Sort of Madness (short play)
https://a.co/d/7a1OLCR

The Star Killer (stage play)
https://a.co/d/fMRNk5b

Stay (short play)
https://a.co/d/0reSYVU

Syrup (short play)
https://a.co/d/8q4f3UN

Wonder Land (novel)
https://a.co/d/6R7fKH7

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22/08/2023

✨Here are our free Kindle titles for the week✨

Love and Detours (poetry collection)
https://a.co/d/gW0yGOm

Please Meet Your Mother at the Service Desk (short play)
https://a.co/d/7oxy0iQ

Punch Bowl (short play)*
https://a.co/d/8sU9EPh

Relocations (short play)
https://a.co/d/bfNPdT2

A Rum Cake for Rita (short play)*
https://a.co/d/hckdm07

The Seventh of August (short play)
https://a.co/d/b0uE8rb

Stronger Than This (novel)
https://a.co/d/1bbo1zd

*These titles are available for free from Tuesday, August 22 through Saturday, August 26

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