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WRITING
Short Stories
Lifeline An aerospace engineer sacrifices her career and puts her life in jeopardy to save the dying crew of a spaceship traveling to Mars.
Tyler and the Small Door A teenage boy befriends an other-worldly girl who emerges from a portal in the basement of his new home.
An Iris in Full Bloom While studying a mysterious artifact, scientists at a lunar lab become infected by an unknown pathogen, which begins to display a growing level of intelligence.
The Gods of Ethan Holloway A long-time inmate at a psychiatric hospital summons his personal gods, which help him achieve freedom through mystical transcendence.
Short Stories
Short Scripts
A scientist confronts his fatal error in "The Small Multiple," filmed by Dan Piatt in 2008.
Short Film Scripts
Germination Eight-year-old Sarah discovers the visionary genius of her grandfather—a brilliant but failed architect—and is inspired to carry on his life’s work.
The Present After moving into a new home, a young couple encounters the spirit of the original owners and discovers their love of dancing under the sky.
Trevor Gets the Blues A teenage boy finds, celebrates, and loses love in the space of five minutes.
Depth Perception A one-eyed martial arts master encounters violence, friendship, and love on the night of an art show opening in which she is the subject.
A Doorway Whispers An angry young poet finds inspiration and a new direction after the death of his abusive father.
Flower Girls 75-year-old Cody, near death, recalls a moment of great joy, and finds a mystical way to share it with a new friend.
Delta V A mortally injured pilot is healed and transformed by the life on an alien planet, and must choose between her old life and utterly new possibilities.
Love Nest A solitary young man must choose between isolation and returning to the company of others.
The Small Multiple A visionary scientist builds a machine to access alternate universes, with unexpected consequences.
Winter Passage A grieving widower, haunted by his late wife, struggles to cope as he sees her ghost get younger with each new encounter.
Soldier Cody Durso makes a new friend in "Flower Girls," as realized by director Matthew Gabzdyl in 2012.
Feature Film Scripts
A Place in the Ground To save his quirky family from bankruptcy, a funeral director plots to steal a fortune in jewels from the coffin of an even quirkier family’s matriarch.
Time Exposure Across a vibrant lifetime, a gifted photographer wrestles with family, art, love, and loss, ultimately facing the need to begin his life a second time.
Feature Scripts
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