Writing

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I am a published journalist and media creator who specializes in narrative comedy and action.

Samples:

The Hot Room (short comedy sketch)

When the news is served, we bring it to you HOT!

The Hot Room sketch

Over Due (comedy/horror excerpt)

When solitary a librarian is trapped by an avalanche while on forced vacation in the Cascade mountains she must face her deepest fear in order to escape: friendship.

Over Due excerpt

The 3rd Footman (TV Show Bible Excerpt)

“Downton Abbey meets . . . something quite silly”

In a 1901 summer home, a self-important 3rd Footman leads the staff on impractical and bizarre exploits while striving for promotion, money, and sex. Irresponsible, myopic, incompetent, delusional, and unaware Gryffwn believes his advancement to Butler will be inevitable. It’s not.

The 3rd Footman Bible

The Revenge of the Black Claw (Science Fiction/Action Adventure/Mystery)

This script won the action/adventure category at the Gotham Screen International Screenwriting Competition. The first 30 pages are here!

At a deep space listening post, a talented metaphysical detective must solve a series of unusual murders tied to a possible alien invasion and a missing comic book.  

Revenge of the Black Claw

Station Zero (Science Fiction/Action Adventure video game)

B-Movie scifi. (Think Resident Evil has lunch with Sharknado)

Ex-Army Scientist, Nick Bradley must get a Navy Seal team to an abandoned top secret military base above the arctic circle, then deal with its inhabitants.

Station Zero  excerpt

Thus far my writing has won or placed at the Zoetrope Screenwriting Contest, the Gotham Screen International Film Festival, the Seattle Transmedia & Independent Film Festival, the Austin Film Festival Screenplay Contest and the Cyber 48 hour Scene Writing Contest.