Naya Nomikou
@nayanomikou.bsky.social
Narrator📚.
Exploring classic literature & modern storytellers.
English🇺🇸 narrations weekly on my channel.
🎬 https://youtube.com/@nayanomikou
Exploring classic literature & modern storytellers.
English🇺🇸 narrations weekly on my channel.
🎬 https://youtube.com/@nayanomikou
Have you listened to "The Closing Hand"?
It's a short story by Farnsworth Wright, about two sisters in a "haunted" mansion and a perfect example of how the most terrifying monsters are often (always?) all too real.
You can listen here: youtu.be/RCpSwTRvs90?...
It's a short story by Farnsworth Wright, about two sisters in a "haunted" mansion and a perfect example of how the most terrifying monsters are often (always?) all too real.
You can listen here: youtu.be/RCpSwTRvs90?...
November 7, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Have you listened to "The Closing Hand"?
It's a short story by Farnsworth Wright, about two sisters in a "haunted" mansion and a perfect example of how the most terrifying monsters are often (always?) all too real.
You can listen here: youtu.be/RCpSwTRvs90?...
It's a short story by Farnsworth Wright, about two sisters in a "haunted" mansion and a perfect example of how the most terrifying monsters are often (always?) all too real.
You can listen here: youtu.be/RCpSwTRvs90?...
Turgenev hands the burden of interpretation directly to us. It is both a challenge and an invitation. To find personal meaning in this struggle. To see it in our own lives, in our societies, and in our souls.
You can listen to the story here: youtu.be/oRCiGlMPon8
You can listen to the story here: youtu.be/oRCiGlMPon8
November 2, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Turgenev hands the burden of interpretation directly to us. It is both a challenge and an invitation. To find personal meaning in this struggle. To see it in our own lives, in our societies, and in our souls.
You can listen to the story here: youtu.be/oRCiGlMPon8
You can listen to the story here: youtu.be/oRCiGlMPon8
My newest narration is "Giovanna Draws" by Nicholas Leonard, a literary love story about an art student from Brazil and the lonely man who becomes her muse.
30 minutes of contemporary fiction that feels like a confession.
30 minutes of contemporary fiction that feels like a confession.
November 2, 2025 at 10:51 AM
My newest narration is "Giovanna Draws" by Nicholas Leonard, a literary love story about an art student from Brazil and the lonely man who becomes her muse.
30 minutes of contemporary fiction that feels like a confession.
30 minutes of contemporary fiction that feels like a confession.
This narration is a performance and a meditation — on war, belief, the human contradiction, the question "who pays the price".
October 31, 2025 at 10:13 AM
This narration is a performance and a meditation — on war, belief, the human contradiction, the question "who pays the price".
I’d read Turgenev’s “The End of the World” before — I thought I was ready.
But recording it was really something else.
It’s not loud horror. It’s quiet. Patient.
Then a small voice says: “Father, I’m frightened.”
By the end, the world simply... stops.
And you can almost hear the last breath.
But recording it was really something else.
It’s not loud horror. It’s quiet. Patient.
Then a small voice says: “Father, I’m frightened.”
By the end, the world simply... stops.
And you can almost hear the last breath.
October 13, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I’d read Turgenev’s “The End of the World” before — I thought I was ready.
But recording it was really something else.
It’s not loud horror. It’s quiet. Patient.
Then a small voice says: “Father, I’m frightened.”
By the end, the world simply... stops.
And you can almost hear the last breath.
But recording it was really something else.
It’s not loud horror. It’s quiet. Patient.
Then a small voice says: “Father, I’m frightened.”
By the end, the world simply... stops.
And you can almost hear the last breath.
“It was the cats that caused the big trouble.”
But really, it was the people.
Mrs Keeper by Stephen Sinclair — a story I was honored to narrate. Now live. 🎧
youtu.be/0qPv8xJBXYA?...
But really, it was the people.
Mrs Keeper by Stephen Sinclair — a story I was honored to narrate. Now live. 🎧
youtu.be/0qPv8xJBXYA?...
October 11, 2025 at 6:02 PM
“It was the cats that caused the big trouble.”
But really, it was the people.
Mrs Keeper by Stephen Sinclair — a story I was honored to narrate. Now live. 🎧
youtu.be/0qPv8xJBXYA?...
But really, it was the people.
Mrs Keeper by Stephen Sinclair — a story I was honored to narrate. Now live. 🎧
youtu.be/0qPv8xJBXYA?...
Sometimes the most deep connections happen when we lean into uncertainty together rather than pretending we have all the answers.
The Dream Mold Wishing Well, by Nicholas Leonard. Narrated by me.
Listen to the whole story ➡️ youtu.be/QFvtuZqk2Hc?...
The Dream Mold Wishing Well, by Nicholas Leonard. Narrated by me.
Listen to the whole story ➡️ youtu.be/QFvtuZqk2Hc?...
October 1, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Sometimes the most deep connections happen when we lean into uncertainty together rather than pretending we have all the answers.
The Dream Mold Wishing Well, by Nicholas Leonard. Narrated by me.
Listen to the whole story ➡️ youtu.be/QFvtuZqk2Hc?...
The Dream Mold Wishing Well, by Nicholas Leonard. Narrated by me.
Listen to the whole story ➡️ youtu.be/QFvtuZqk2Hc?...
Reposted by Naya Nomikou
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"Δικαιοσύνη; Θα βρεις δικαιοσύνη στον άλλο κόσμο.Σ’ αυτή τη ζωή έχουμε μόνο νόμους"
"Δικαιοσύνη; Θα βρεις δικαιοσύνη στον άλλο κόσμο.Σ’ αυτή τη ζωή έχουμε μόνο νόμους"
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"Δικαιοσύνη; Θα βρεις δικαιοσύνη στον άλλο κόσμο.Σ’ αυτή τη ζωή έχουμε μόνο νόμους"
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September 26, 2025 at 5:06 AM
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"Δικαιοσύνη; Θα βρεις δικαιοσύνη στον άλλο κόσμο.Σ’ αυτή τη ζωή έχουμε μόνο νόμους"
"Δικαιοσύνη; Θα βρεις δικαιοσύνη στον άλλο κόσμο.Σ’ αυτή τη ζωή έχουμε μόνο νόμους"
I've narrated 3 versions of the story with the Frogs wishing for a King. An Aesop fable.
The first titled "The Frogs who wished for a King" could be a sophisticated critique of democratic discontent and the psychology of authoritarianism.
youtu.be/CEFAXI4vTfg?...
The first titled "The Frogs who wished for a King" could be a sophisticated critique of democratic discontent and the psychology of authoritarianism.
youtu.be/CEFAXI4vTfg?...
September 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM
I've narrated 3 versions of the story with the Frogs wishing for a King. An Aesop fable.
The first titled "The Frogs who wished for a King" could be a sophisticated critique of democratic discontent and the psychology of authoritarianism.
youtu.be/CEFAXI4vTfg?...
The first titled "The Frogs who wished for a King" could be a sophisticated critique of democratic discontent and the psychology of authoritarianism.
youtu.be/CEFAXI4vTfg?...
🔥 Battles. Myth. History on the edge of horror.
Last week I narrated The Lion at the Turn of the Tide by Stephen Sinclair—an intense dive into historical fiction that demanded rhythm, grit, and focus.
🎧 Listen now: youtu.be/RBLYnjSJjXw?...
💬 Comment, share, or hit subscribe to support the journey!
Last week I narrated The Lion at the Turn of the Tide by Stephen Sinclair—an intense dive into historical fiction that demanded rhythm, grit, and focus.
🎧 Listen now: youtu.be/RBLYnjSJjXw?...
💬 Comment, share, or hit subscribe to support the journey!
The Lion at the TURN of the Tide | A story by Stephen Sinclair | Historical Fiction Audiobook
YouTube video by Naya Nomikou
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September 11, 2025 at 11:29 AM
🔥 Battles. Myth. History on the edge of horror.
Last week I narrated The Lion at the Turn of the Tide by Stephen Sinclair—an intense dive into historical fiction that demanded rhythm, grit, and focus.
🎧 Listen now: youtu.be/RBLYnjSJjXw?...
💬 Comment, share, or hit subscribe to support the journey!
Last week I narrated The Lion at the Turn of the Tide by Stephen Sinclair—an intense dive into historical fiction that demanded rhythm, grit, and focus.
🎧 Listen now: youtu.be/RBLYnjSJjXw?...
💬 Comment, share, or hit subscribe to support the journey!
Οι εικόνες είναι σκληρές.
Σκληρή είναι η πραγματικότητα.
Απάνθρωπο το σύστημα που επιτρέπει τον αφανισμό της φύσης, της ζωής.
Καμμένα ζώα, καμμένη γη, καμμένες περιουσίες.
Θλίψη και οργή.
Χίος, 14 Αυγούστου 2025
Σκληρή είναι η πραγματικότητα.
Απάνθρωπο το σύστημα που επιτρέπει τον αφανισμό της φύσης, της ζωής.
Καμμένα ζώα, καμμένη γη, καμμένες περιουσίες.
Θλίψη και οργή.
Χίος, 14 Αυγούστου 2025
August 14, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Οι εικόνες είναι σκληρές.
Σκληρή είναι η πραγματικότητα.
Απάνθρωπο το σύστημα που επιτρέπει τον αφανισμό της φύσης, της ζωής.
Καμμένα ζώα, καμμένη γη, καμμένες περιουσίες.
Θλίψη και οργή.
Χίος, 14 Αυγούστου 2025
Σκληρή είναι η πραγματικότητα.
Απάνθρωπο το σύστημα που επιτρέπει τον αφανισμό της φύσης, της ζωής.
Καμμένα ζώα, καμμένη γη, καμμένες περιουσίες.
Θλίψη και οργή.
Χίος, 14 Αυγούστου 2025
Ο Γεώργιος Σουρής για την Αθήνα!
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August 1, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Ο Γεώργιος Σουρής για την Αθήνα!
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youtu.be/EKxcENYknqY?...
Ilya Sergeitch Peplov and his wife Kleopatra Petrovna are desperate to marry off their daughter, Natashenka.
A hilarious story! Chekhov is a master of satirizing several aspects of Russian society and human nature in "A Blunder".
You can listen to the story here:
youtu.be/cHgAoqNfQt8?...
A hilarious story! Chekhov is a master of satirizing several aspects of Russian society and human nature in "A Blunder".
You can listen to the story here:
youtu.be/cHgAoqNfQt8?...
"A Blunder", by Anton Chekhov
YouTube video by Naya Nomikou
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July 30, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Ilya Sergeitch Peplov and his wife Kleopatra Petrovna are desperate to marry off their daughter, Natashenka.
A hilarious story! Chekhov is a master of satirizing several aspects of Russian society and human nature in "A Blunder".
You can listen to the story here:
youtu.be/cHgAoqNfQt8?...
A hilarious story! Chekhov is a master of satirizing several aspects of Russian society and human nature in "A Blunder".
You can listen to the story here:
youtu.be/cHgAoqNfQt8?...
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Η ΑΘΛΙΑ αυτη #κυβερνησηΜητσοτακη ειναι υπευθυνη για πολλες τραγωδιες και δεκαδες σκανδαλα στη χωρα, απο τοτε που ανελαβαν! 🤬
67χρονη, ΑΣΤΕΓΗ, γυναίκα αυτοπυρπολήθηκε έξω από το Ζάππειο!😱
www.rosa.gr/koinonia/gyn...
67χρονη, ΑΣΤΕΓΗ, γυναίκα αυτοπυρπολήθηκε έξω από το Ζάππειο!😱
www.rosa.gr/koinonia/gyn...
Γυναίκα αυτοπυρπολήθηκε έξω από το Ζάππειο - Rosa.gr
Γυναίκα αυτοπυρπολήθηκε έξω από το Ζάππειο ΚΟΙΝΩΝΙΑ - Rosa.gr
www.rosa.gr
July 30, 2025 at 9:11 AM
😢😢😢
Έλεος...😢
ΑΙΣΧΟΣ!
Αλήθεια, η λαλίστατη και άμεμπτη κ.Μενδώνη έχει να πεί κάτι για την ΑΠΟΥΣΙΑ ΦΥΛΑΞΗΣ; #ΚυβερνησηΜητσοτακη 🤬
Βαλτε ενα φυλακα, ρε γμτ! Περικοπες και εκει κανετε; 🤬🤬
Ο αλλος στη #Ναξο θα παρει το μαρμαρο και στο σπιτι του κι εσεις δεν παιρνετε ειδηση τι γινεται!
www.rosa.gr/ellada/sfodr...
Αλήθεια, η λαλίστατη και άμεμπτη κ.Μενδώνη έχει να πεί κάτι για την ΑΠΟΥΣΙΑ ΦΥΛΑΞΗΣ; #ΚυβερνησηΜητσοτακη 🤬
Βαλτε ενα φυλακα, ρε γμτ! Περικοπες και εκει κανετε; 🤬🤬
Ο αλλος στη #Ναξο θα παρει το μαρμαρο και στο σπιτι του κι εσεις δεν παιρνετε ειδηση τι γινεται!
www.rosa.gr/ellada/sfodr...
Σφοδρές αντιδράσεις στην Νάξο για τον Τουρίστα που πόζαρε με κομμάτι της Πορτάρας - Rosa.gr
Από τον 6ο αιώνα π.Χ. που ξεκίνησε να οικοδομείται ο Ναός του Απόλλωνα, θα γλυτώσει από το τσουνάμι του υπερτουρισμού;
www.rosa.gr
July 30, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Έλεος...😢
After systems alienate us from our bodies, three poems say: your breath, your touch, your movement are revolutionary acts.
Three original poems by Nicholas Leonard, shared with permission on my blog— quiet, moving, and full of voice.
Read more here: nayanomikou.blogspot.com/2025/07/voic...
Three original poems by Nicholas Leonard, shared with permission on my blog— quiet, moving, and full of voice.
Read more here: nayanomikou.blogspot.com/2025/07/voic...
July 27, 2025 at 7:44 PM
After systems alienate us from our bodies, three poems say: your breath, your touch, your movement are revolutionary acts.
Three original poems by Nicholas Leonard, shared with permission on my blog— quiet, moving, and full of voice.
Read more here: nayanomikou.blogspot.com/2025/07/voic...
Three original poems by Nicholas Leonard, shared with permission on my blog— quiet, moving, and full of voice.
Read more here: nayanomikou.blogspot.com/2025/07/voic...
That's it👇
Iconic anti-war poster, originally by US printmaker Lorraine Schneider, 1966 #ReframingWomenPrintmakers
July 27, 2025 at 11:43 AM
That's it👇
Understanding Aristotle’s Poetics – Chapter V: Comedy, Tragedy & Epic Poetry
🎭 What is Comedy?
Imitation of lower types, not evil, but ludicrous (a mild form of ugliness)
📌
• Depicts defects that are not painful or destructive
• Example: a comic mask – ugly but not harmful
youtu.be/HztMO5O-sTQ?...
🎭 What is Comedy?
Imitation of lower types, not evil, but ludicrous (a mild form of ugliness)
📌
• Depicts defects that are not painful or destructive
• Example: a comic mask – ugly but not harmful
youtu.be/HztMO5O-sTQ?...
What is Comedy? Aristotle's POETICS Ch 5 Read Aloud (Butcher Translation)
YouTube video by Naya Nomikou
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July 26, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Understanding Aristotle’s Poetics – Chapter V: Comedy, Tragedy & Epic Poetry
🎭 What is Comedy?
Imitation of lower types, not evil, but ludicrous (a mild form of ugliness)
📌
• Depicts defects that are not painful or destructive
• Example: a comic mask – ugly but not harmful
youtu.be/HztMO5O-sTQ?...
🎭 What is Comedy?
Imitation of lower types, not evil, but ludicrous (a mild form of ugliness)
📌
• Depicts defects that are not painful or destructive
• Example: a comic mask – ugly but not harmful
youtu.be/HztMO5O-sTQ?...
"the instinct of imitation is implanted in man from childhood, one difference between him and other animals being that he is the most imitative of living creatures, and through imitation learns his earliest lessons". - Aristotle
Link on YouTube below 👇
Link on YouTube below 👇
July 25, 2025 at 12:29 PM
"the instinct of imitation is implanted in man from childhood, one difference between him and other animals being that he is the most imitative of living creatures, and through imitation learns his earliest lessons". - Aristotle
Link on YouTube below 👇
Link on YouTube below 👇
Tragedy, is an imitation of an action that is serious, complete, and of a certain magnitude; and an action implies personal agents, who necessarily possess certain distinctive qualities; the incidents and the plot are the end of a tragedy; and the end is the chief thing of all.
Aristotle's Poetics
Aristotle's Poetics
July 18, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Tragedy, is an imitation of an action that is serious, complete, and of a certain magnitude; and an action implies personal agents, who necessarily possess certain distinctive qualities; the incidents and the plot are the end of a tragedy; and the end is the chief thing of all.
Aristotle's Poetics
Aristotle's Poetics
He's not a ghost... He's a SKELETON.
Henry De Quaterly, a handsome English nobleman, wants to live forever.
A tale of hubris punished, but also of humanity reclaimed, by Stephen Sinclair. Read by me. #horrorstories #gothicfiction
🎧 Hear the full story on YouTube 👇
youtu.be/xkqLwp3Li-8?...
Henry De Quaterly, a handsome English nobleman, wants to live forever.
A tale of hubris punished, but also of humanity reclaimed, by Stephen Sinclair. Read by me. #horrorstories #gothicfiction
🎧 Hear the full story on YouTube 👇
youtu.be/xkqLwp3Li-8?...
July 16, 2025 at 9:20 AM
He's not a ghost... He's a SKELETON.
Henry De Quaterly, a handsome English nobleman, wants to live forever.
A tale of hubris punished, but also of humanity reclaimed, by Stephen Sinclair. Read by me. #horrorstories #gothicfiction
🎧 Hear the full story on YouTube 👇
youtu.be/xkqLwp3Li-8?...
Henry De Quaterly, a handsome English nobleman, wants to live forever.
A tale of hubris punished, but also of humanity reclaimed, by Stephen Sinclair. Read by me. #horrorstories #gothicfiction
🎧 Hear the full story on YouTube 👇
youtu.be/xkqLwp3Li-8?...
"His name was Wandering Oscar, and he was a skeleton."
A cursed nobleman who tried to cheat death must wander the same haunted hill for 500 years. Eerie woods, haunted hills, ancient rituals, and cursed relic. A gothic horror story by Stephen Sinclair, read by me.
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youtu.be/xkqLwp3Li-8?...
A cursed nobleman who tried to cheat death must wander the same haunted hill for 500 years. Eerie woods, haunted hills, ancient rituals, and cursed relic. A gothic horror story by Stephen Sinclair, read by me.
👇
youtu.be/xkqLwp3Li-8?...
July 14, 2025 at 11:01 PM
"His name was Wandering Oscar, and he was a skeleton."
A cursed nobleman who tried to cheat death must wander the same haunted hill for 500 years. Eerie woods, haunted hills, ancient rituals, and cursed relic. A gothic horror story by Stephen Sinclair, read by me.
👇
youtu.be/xkqLwp3Li-8?...
A cursed nobleman who tried to cheat death must wander the same haunted hill for 500 years. Eerie woods, haunted hills, ancient rituals, and cursed relic. A gothic horror story by Stephen Sinclair, read by me.
👇
youtu.be/xkqLwp3Li-8?...
"I was walking along the street ... I was stopped by a decrepit old beggar.
Bloodshot, tearful eyes, blue lips, coarse rags, festering wounds.... Oh, how hideously poverty had eaten into this miserable creature!"
"I knew that I too had received a gift from my brother."
#lierature
Bloodshot, tearful eyes, blue lips, coarse rags, festering wounds.... Oh, how hideously poverty had eaten into this miserable creature!"
"I knew that I too had received a gift from my brother."
#lierature
July 12, 2025 at 8:05 AM
"I was walking along the street ... I was stopped by a decrepit old beggar.
Bloodshot, tearful eyes, blue lips, coarse rags, festering wounds.... Oh, how hideously poverty had eaten into this miserable creature!"
"I knew that I too had received a gift from my brother."
#lierature
Bloodshot, tearful eyes, blue lips, coarse rags, festering wounds.... Oh, how hideously poverty had eaten into this miserable creature!"
"I knew that I too had received a gift from my brother."
#lierature
Reposted by Naya Nomikou
"the instinct of imitation is implanted in man from childhood, one difference between him and other animals being that he is the most imitative of living creatures, and through imitation learns his earliest lessons; and no less universal is the pleasure felt in things imitated."
July 5, 2025 at 7:32 AM
"the instinct of imitation is implanted in man from childhood, one difference between him and other animals being that he is the most imitative of living creatures, and through imitation learns his earliest lessons; and no less universal is the pleasure felt in things imitated."