“The Forgotten Man” is an operatic story of masculinity, religion and self-destructive friendships, set in the early years of the Great Depression. Inspired in part by the bizarre, true world of 20th century “Muscular Christianity”.
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2. “The Dress” Short script, 2018
A housekeeper has disappeared from the Ocean Reef vacation cottages. Mystery, tension, scary new possibilities. For the owners and their young son, this humid summer day will last forever.
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3. “Fudge Money” Comedy sketch, 2015
The host of “Fudge Traveler”, the Food Network TV show that started a veritable “fudge craze” across America, demands to know why there is fudge on his craft services table.
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4. “The One-Eyed Car” Short script, 2019
A short ghost story about fear and contagion. Every day the PE students buy chips through the fence, and sometimes they hear about what’s happening at the other school.
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5. “Jerry’s Gone” Short script, 2019
“Jerry’s Gone” is a bad dream in the vein of Silvina Ocampo or Shirley Jackson.
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6. “Lightningball” Short script, 2016
The obsessive creator of a failed barroom game has allowed himself one final attempt to market his creation, but his world of illusions and cruel optimism might be inescapable.
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7. “Blood On The Floorboards” Short script, 2011
A surburban mother’s attempts to get her home onto TV’s “Super House Makeover” only plunges her family deeper into bleakness and misery. Everyone dreams of escape.
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8. “The Good Times Bar” Short script, 2013
Nightmare-sitcom-chamber-piece set in the parking lot of a bar on its closing night. As an era comes to a close, Don Goggins unleashes hell on everyone around him.
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PROSE
1. “Cellophane” Short story, 2020
Fried nerves in the age of pandemic.
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2. “The One Eyed Car” Short story, 2019
A short ghost story about fear and contagion. Every day the PE students buy chips through the fence, and sometimes they hear about what’s happening at the other school.
Link to the PDF here:
MISC
1. “Christmas In The Pleasuredome” Music blog, 2018-2020
A blog compiling strange, underheard music found on Spotify.
