My work spans feature films, TV pilots, short films, stage plays, poetry, and other forms of storytelling. Below is a selection of my original work. Screenplays are available as password-protected PDFs, with the password provided upon request. Additional writing samples are available as well.
“Gritty, witty face-to-face dialogue which would make Quentin Tarantino himself proud.”
J.E. Clarke, Script Revolution
FEATURE FILMS:
BIRTHQUAKE (Contained Thriller) After an earthquake traps him beneath his collapsed home, a gay American teacher living abroad must confront the love he left behind as fire and rising water close in.
RAPID EYE MOVEMENT (Crime Thriller) A year after his mother’s disappearance, a young man plagued by vivid dreams and sleep paralysis begins uncovering cryptic clues to her murder.
REBIRTH ROAD (Supernatural Drama) Trapped at a remote Alaskan bus, a restless ghost witnesses decades of death, birth, and rebirth that force him to change.
TRANSMUTE (Horror Thriller) Co-written with Jason Chambers In 1980s Alaska, a mute girl finds her voice while surviving the zombie apocalypse.
Editing Phase
LEGENDARY Z (Sci-Fi Thriller) Taking place in the world of The DenRux Dimension, a fighter in the future is paralyzed and brought to the legendary DenRux to begin the process of internal and external healing.
Editing Phase
TV PILOTS:
WINTERMORE (Drama) A troubled teen recovering from a suicide attempt enrolls at an isolated academy where students surrender their secrets, and as full moons bring mysterious disappearances, he begins to suspect the school is hiding something far more dangerous.
THE DENRUX DIMENSION (Sci-Fi) At a near-future immersive gaming facility, a brilliant technician uncovers secrets about its missing creator while trying to repurpose the technology to save his dying grandmother, drawing the attention of self-aware AI who see him as their way out.
VAPOR (Horror Comedy) A vaping-fueled zombie outbreak tears through Los Angeles, sending a teen and an aspiring comedian scrambling to survive, while his conspiracy theorist father moves through the chaos alone, convinced he was right.
ESCAPE! ESCAPE! (Sitcom) A situational comedy about working at an escape room in Los Angeles.
Editing Phase
SATORI WOODS (Fantasy) A mining family on the planet Laelaps fights to keep each other alive during a series of strange lunar events and the rise of a powerful ruler.
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SHORT FILMS:
SHINE, BABY, SHINE (Drama) A depressed man moves in with two older women and, through quiet moments and shared stories, they teach each other how to face grief, rediscover joy, and keep living.
THEY TOOK THE PIGS! (Sci-Fi) When a strange light abducts every pig from his family’s farm, a farmhand and his best friend are pushed together by something unseen… forcing them to finally face what’s been between them.
THE STONES THEY THREW (Drama) A man living in a cave uses stones thrown at him by faceless strangers to build something beautiful.
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STAGE PLAYS:
PALM TREE POISON (Drama) After moving to Florida to live with his charismatic, volatile cousin, a gay man searching for change is pulled into a seductive spiral of blurred boundaries, violence, and self-destruction.
Editing Phase
REBIRTH ROAD (Drama) Trapped at a remote Alaskan bus, a restless ghost witnesses decades of death, birth, and rebirth that force him to change.
Editing Phase
A GREEK FUNERAL (Comedy) A young man able to communicate with the dead is roped into a Greek family’s funeral rites, where they must follow Ancient traditions to receive their inheritance.
Editing Phase
POEMS:
SETTING HEARTS ON FIRE Published in Parnassus literary journal.
TELEPHONE Published in Parnassus literary journal.
TAKE ME AS WE ARE
HIGH REGARD
BOOKS:
111 PEARLS: A Treatise for Timeless Living (Spiritual) A compilation of quotes taken from personal journals.
Editing Phase
WHERE THE TIDES TAKE US (Novel) First full-length novel. A gay, spiritual journey of love and recovery.
In-Progress
THE DENRUX DIMENSION (Novella) Book One of the sci-fi fantasy series. A man in the future explores a VR world, gathering clues to build a healing machine in the hopes of saving his dying grandmother.
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