Audiobooks by Matt Dorff

Beyond the Screen

"Serafina Hart has devoted her life to preserving the past. Inside her sprawling mansion she keeps a priceless collection of Egyptian antiquities: gilded coffins, ancient artifacts, the preserved remains of long-dead royalty. To outsiders, the collection is a symbol of sophistication and affluence. To Serafina, it is something far more intimate. On a cold December night, she invites a younger girlfriend to the house for a visit while Serafina’s husband is away for the weekend. What begins as a cozy evening of wine and conversation slowly shifts into something more and more unsettling. As the layers of civility are peeled back, what surfaces is a gruesome deathtrap waiting to be sprung. Adapted and modernized by Matt Dorff from Francis Stevens’s 1918 magazine story “Behind the Curtain,” “Beyond the Screen” transforms an early classic of dark fantasy into a psychologically charged contemporary thriller about obsession, betrayal, and the violence that lurks behind polite exteriors."

Francis Stevens, Matt Dorff (Author), Cameron King, Jennifer Tzoumas, Maura Vincent (Narrator)

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The Eyes

"Ethan Culwin spent decades shaping fortunes, careers, and lives from the summit of Silicon Valley power. Now semiretired and worshipped by a younger generation of ambitious tech founders, the legendary venture capitalist joins several protégés for an intimate evening of drinks and conversation at an elite private club. When the topic turns to the supernatural, Ethan reluctantly shares a disturbing secret he’s kept hidden for years. Twice in his life, after deeply personal moral failures, he became haunted by a strange phenomenon: Whenever he closed his eyes, he saw a pair of luminous eyes staring back at him from the darkness. Glaring. Accusing. Unrelenting. Psychological implosion transforms into supernatural horror as Ethan describes the eyes’ devastating impact on his life and the extreme measures he took to survive them. As the evening continues, hidden anxieties surface among the younger men listening to his story, and a disturbing theme emerges: Some hauntings may not remain confined to the past. Adapted and modernized by Matt Dorff from Edith Wharton’s 1910 story “The Eyes,” this emotionally charged contemporary gothic reimagines Wharton’s supernatural morality tale in the world of Silicon Valley money, influence, and manipulation. “The Eyes” explores guilt, power, conscience, and the alarming possibility that certain forms of judgment are inescapable."

Edith Wharton, Matt Dorff (Author), Gregory Ellis, Ian Blanco, Jason Lambeth, Joel Trinidad, Kyle Colton, a full cast (Narrator)

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The Guy Friend

"Kit Hayes thought she’d have life figured out by now. Instead, the almost-thirty former startup marketing director is broke, unemployed, living behind her parents’ Brentwood home, and quietly panicking about the future. Tired of financial instability and modern dating disappointments, Kit develops a bold new plan: Stop searching for the perfect job and start searching for the perfect husband. Her target is Mason Sinclair—wealthy, handsome, socially connected, and very aware of his own appeal. With the reluctant help of longtime best friend Sam Ryan, Kit orchestrates a “chance” meeting designed to spark romance. To her surprise, the strategy works almost immediately. As the whirlwind courtship turns increasingly serious, Kit finds herself pulled between the glamorous future she always imagined and the quieter emotional truths she’s spent years avoiding. What begins as a playful exercise in romantic calculation becomes a deeper reckoning about love, friendship, and the difference between financial security and happiness. Funny, emotionally sharp, and painfully modern, “The Guy Friend” transforms Mary Roberts Rinehart’s 1920 rom-com blueprint “The Family Friend” into a contemporary love story about dating, money anxiety, and the precarious illusion that we can outsmart our own hearts."

Mary Roberts Rinehart, Matt Dorff (Author), Aaron Sinn, Cameron King, Gregory Ellis, Maura Vincent, a full cast (Narrator)

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