Contracted Articles
Why We Love Move for Hunger
Thinking about the security of others is often the last thing on your mind during a move. You just have so much to accomplish in such a brief period that it doesn’t even occur to you. Sure, sometimes you may clear out the clutter, or make way for the new by giving things away to ...
How to Hold People Accountable
A rarely discussed aspect of accountability in business is the shared responsibility for outcomes. Executives, stakeholders, and customers aren’t the least bit concerned about “who dropped the ball,” just that it was. A lack of accountability from a single team member can promulgate ...
String of Emeralds - Beaches
Michigan’s Lower Peninsula is a wonderful alternative to the Gulf Coast. I know. I’ve frequented both areas. Lake Michigan always reminds me why it’s the crown jewel of all Southwestern Michigan lakes. Every gorgeously-hued sunset colors the many beaches bordering its sparkling, ...
Identity Theft & Fraud
There’s no shortage of delicious fish here either. Rainbow trout (steelhead), brown trout fish, most species of lake perch, Coho salmon, and Chinook salmon are the most notable. The notion of our identity or reputation being our greatest asset certainly isn't new. Never before in history ...
Fiction
Shadows And Teeth
This unique collection of 10 stories features a range of international talent: award-winning authors, masters of horror, rising stars, and fresh new voices in the genre.
Elijah's Phone
Thirteen-year-old Elijah finds a smart phone in the yard of his South-Central L.A. home. Ruthless gang bangers, crooked cops, and Mafioso tune into the tracking signal heralding dire consequences for his family. The seemingly magical properties of the device offer Elijah more temptations than clues about its real ...
Festival of Ghosts
On July 15th of every year in Asia the gates of hell open allowing the dead to roam free and curse the livingduring The Festival of Ghosts. This year so will Matthew Powell whose father made burnt offerings of his own during the Vietnam war.
The Brood
U.S. Homeland Security finds far more then they bargained for while trying to apprehend a terrorist group.
Acta Somnium
Stephen late for the dinner party of a lifetime, the one that will make him a partner at his law firm, trades the sentimental $50 bill his father gave him for the tattered, old dream journal of a homeless man. The homeless man issues a warning lost on Stephen before suddenly parting ways after insisting, he take ...
BunnyMan
Based on Actual Events (…no, really, someone dressed up in a bunny costume and murdered a shitload of people).
Film
Many—not all—of these are 48 Hour Film Projects. Friday evening at 6:00 pm you draw one of 32 genres from a hat & must have a totally original, fully written, produced, staffed, directed, scored, colored, titled, 11-minute film, often with special effects, original music, and props used in the manor prescribed to ensure originality by 6;00 pm Sunday to compete. We’ve won 2ndplace twice, audience favorite twice, best writing (yours truly) and best actor 3 times, and this is often done with a group of complete strangers’ who’ve volunteered for the experience and reel credits. This is what I mean by proven creative under pressure. Yes, I do film and television screenplays. I was even a working screenwriter with a manager and attorney doing pitches to studios. Hell, I was even paid a couple of times. But the whole thing left me jaded. Especially after I was dropped by the manager and attorney for not moving out West with my young family and no other job prospects.
Pricing for this is beyond the scope of this brand. If you’re really interested: contact me.
Psycho Bastard (Fright Film, Not the 48).
A real estate photographer’s life unravels after she inadvertently and unknowingly films the grisly acts of a psycho serial killer—a psycho bastard’s latest murder on a property she captured for work.
My Angel Larry
A single conman from the 1970’s who died under dubious circumstances discovers in heaven that he must return to 2018 Earth and help a family reconcile to earn his way in.
The Parallels of Loneliness
A workaholic awakes to find she’s the only person left in the world. Or so she thinks.
Hereafter
The brother, best friend, and girlfriend of someone who suicided return to the family lake house to do psychedelic mushrooms from the body of the deceased loved one to communicate with him. They discover so much more about what happened than they anticipated.
Silence
A latchkey, deaf schoolgirl returns home alone without realizing an intruder is there. One desperate enough to take what he wants and get away by whatever means necessary.