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I write screenplays and stories about hard things with a gentle pen.
Current Projects
Eyes of Fury – Feature Film (Action-Adventure) A rescuer of trafficked tigers fights to escape the triad determined to end his meddling permanently. Fabrications – One-Hour TV Pilot (Sci-Fi) A woman on the run and a mistrustful trucker combat the first wave of an alien invasion hidden in his sealed cargo. Semi Finalist - TSL 2020 Free Screenplay contest Quarter Finalist - Screencraft 2020 Sci-Fi & Fantasy TV Pilot contest Winner - 2020 WildSOUND contest Puzzles – Short Story The mind of a great quarterback can solve more than just the next play, even in a wheelchair. Quarter Finalist - Screencraft 2022 Cinematic Short Story contest Who’s It? – Short Story The cutting down of an ancient tree reveals a horrifying explanation for his haunting childhood memories. Under the Tree House – Stage Play An interracial couple struggles with their faith’s requirement for consent to marry when it is withheld by a parent due to racial prejudice. 2020 Red List - Coverfly Faith Based Stage Play scripts Coming Soon A Desirable Woman – Feature Film (Neo Noir) After an accident, a reclusive middle-aged author of detective stories takes on a young writer to do her typing but soon finds herself embroiled in a real life detective story – with her life on the line. A film that turns the noir genre upside down and inside out. Running Iron - Feature Film (Western) A French-speaking Canadian city boy posing as the quintessentially genuine American cowboy in the 1920s is forced by unexpected success as a cowboy artist to keep reinventing his life or be exposed as a fake, the thing he most dreads. Poetry In Kyoto - published at Medium Whirling Children - published at Medium Other Founder and editor of Tokens Magazine – a Semi-Annual Review of Bahá’í Inspired Art and Poetry (2015 to 2022) Deputy Regional Counsel and Civil Rights Attorney – U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development – Philadelphia Regional Office 1987 to 2009 |