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As a writer working in various mediums, he writes stories about people stuck in absurd and untenable situations, leaning heavily into comedy and horror which he views as two sides of the same coin.  

As a screenwriter his scripts have placed in various contests over the years including ATX, NYC Midnight, FilmLabTv, and more. In 2020 joined forces with Emily James (BBC Storyville, A&E Indie Fund) as a writer for multiple episodes on a new media project CORONAVILLE. He developed the short film CROSSROADS which will be featured in Season 2 of the Six Page Scripts Podcast. 

He recently appeared on the Improv Network Podcast to talk about the Evolution of a Script. In 2019 he created and hosted a run of shows TALES FROM THE SCRYPTKEEPER. A live comedy show that riffed on tablereads.  

His science-fiction stories and his Historical Supernatural Western Comic can be found here. 

SCRIPTS

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ALPHA & OMEGA PITCH PACKET
ALPHA & OMEGA | ½ Hour Comedy 
An ethically challenged sibling rivalry between a midwife, mortician, and minister, has life & death consequences for the eccentric citizens who patronize the family’s businesses located on the same intersection in rural Oregon


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VAMP E.R. PITCH PACKET
VAMPI E.R. | ½  Hour Comedy/Horror
When a socially conscious ER doctor is turned into a vampire, she is compelled into joining the team at a mismanaged hospital for mythical creatures and monsters in Portland, OR.  
-FilmLabtv Finalist [as Web Series]
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VINES | Horror, Short Film
A passionate botanist uses human experiments to cultivate a sentient species of vines, but will his newest victim escape the forced evolution? 
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CROSSROADS | Drama, Supernatural, Short Film
A shrewd businesswoman is presented with the opportunity to make one final deal with the devil, with unintended consequences for those she loves.
FINALIST - Six Page Scripts Podcast
FINALIST - FilmLabtv Willamette Writers 
SEMIFINALIST -  "Shoot My Short" Top 100  NetworkISA Emerging Talent
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ROCKET BUFFALO
½ Hour Adventure SciFi, Animated

Aboard a shiny silver rocket ship, rayguns at their side, two treasure hunting mercenaries, a wisecracking Buffalo and a Lakota woman, brave dangers across the galaxies to obtain rare treasures while navigating their tenuous partnership.

SEMIFINALIST -  Animation Creative Screenwriting 2021
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OTHER SCRIPTS
LUKETOPIA-- 1/2 Hour Absurdist Comedy (ATX 2016 Pitch Semi Finalist)
A hipster in rural oregon secedes from the USA and must learn how to rule his own nation state complete populated by outlandish characters and sasquatches.

BEAST FROM THE SEA "SLEEPY HOLLOW SPEC" - 
SEMIFINALIST 2016 FILMAKERS.COM
Cultists have summoned an ancient sea monster foretold by the book of revelation and the only way to stop it is hidden in the journals of Captain Cook. 

DUST BOWL - 1 HR HISTORICAL DRAMA PILOT 
Amid the greatest ecological disaster of the 20th century, two brothers in Texas fight to keep their families alive when everyone is abandoning their farms or dying.

HOBO JUNGLE - 1 HR HISTORICAL DRAMA PILOT
A young farmer moves to Chicago during the great depression and finds himself caught up in the criminal world while navigating the social morras of the burgeoning houseless community known as the Hobo Jungle. 


FICTION

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19 Pages || Science Fiction
All a young boy wants is a  "Red Planet 175w Direct Pulse Modulator."
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24 Pages || Post-Apocalyptic
A lonely miner meets a masked stranger in a tale about violence and faith. 
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