Living Dolls

By Veda Dalsette

Four original stories inspired by classic cinema. If you liked the movie, you'll love its Cinspiration.

DOLLIDAY was inspired by the 1938 film "Holiday" starring Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant.

Beautiful blonde fashion doll Babsy loves Kent, but her glamorous French cousin, brunette Babette, snags his heart. However, the love triangle doesn't end there. Babsy's plain roommate Madge and Kent's dipso friend Alfred also complicate these affaires d'amour.

When a surfing tragedy befalls Kent, Babsy doesn't let petty jealousy stop her from performing her volunteer nursing duties. She learns love is an untamed beast-one doll's perversity is another's delight-and that life, especially doll life, has a way of working things out neatly for everyone in the end.

Set in 1962, "Dolliday" highlights the fallout when two related but very different girl dolls love the same boy doll. And the story does this without a single change in facial expressions.

DOLLAR HOTEL was inspired by the 1932 film "Grand Hotel" starring Greta Garbo and John Barrymore.

The goings-on at most hotels often make for thrilling melodrama, but they're especially titillating in Dollar Hotel, the Grand Hotel for dolls.

Mitzi is posing as bellhop Mitch so she can spy on her bellhop fianc Alvin, whom she suspects of cheating. However, she's soon drawn to a new guest, battle-fatigued G.I. Moe, and soon discovers why their bond is so strong. As evidence mounts to confirm Alvin's infidelity and she confronts him, he surprises her with a stunning defense.

Maid Darby also has love woes. She secretly loves desk clerk Sven, who's focused on the fate of the hotel when millionaire wheeler-dealer Ben Corrupt registers. Also adding to the drama are a sexy hotel guest and two old-timer hotel residents.

Make a reservation in 1962's "Dollar Hotel", a hotbed of passion and intrigue, things you don't have to be a house detective to enjoy.

A DOLL'S FACE was inspired by the 1941 film "A Woman's Face" starring Joan Crawford and Melvyn Douglas.

Brie's love for Poindexter transcends his terrible resin-bubble acne. Sadly, her parents find the disfigured doll unsuitable for their daughter, creating a rift between the lovers, so Brie runs away. Her journey takes her from living on the streets to cinching a TV news model job to meeting the Muttel God. Fate reunites her with Poindexter multiple times, but when she finds herself fleeced by blowhard doll millionaire Dollhand Plump, she puts her faith in her true love's scheme to recoup her money.

Take your own journey back to 1962, as "A Doll's Face" explores how one man's face can change the fates of others. Prison, exotic dancing, aliens, the penis, and inventions all play a role this exciting tale.

DOLLERIA was inspired by the 1942 film "Casablanca" starring Ingrid Bergman and Humphrey Bogart.

"Casablanca" has the Nazis and "Dolleria" has the Nisis, but both have love and espionage in dangerous times.

Dolleria intelligence agent Langford is assigned to Irishtown to prevent an act of terrorism against a new resin refinery. For this, he first has to uncover the Nisi collaborator who facilitated the trashing of the local priest, a D.I.A. informant. However, Langford, a dashing, suave lover of girl fashion dolls, has to operate under the guise of a celibate priest. A gorgeous nun doll complicates his mission along with an abandoned resin mine's secrets, a holy stone relic, a bedroom ghost, a gun ban, and howling bagladies.

Rewind to 1985's "Dolleria", a story of evil enemies who fear self-reflection most of all.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1724101609
• ISBN13: 9781724101600
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 8.0"