PORTFOLIO
Available here are select snippets of novel chapters as well as scripts from graphic novels, TV pilots, podcasts, and a few video excerpts at the bottom. All words by Yours Truly except for LARP!, which I co-wrote with Shawn deLoache.
THE CHAOTIX CASEFILES
A narrative podcast set in the Sonic the Hedgehog universe
The series stars a trio of side characters: VECTOR THE CROCODILE, ESPIO THE CHAMELEON, and CHARMY BEE. The three of them make up the Chaotix Detective Agency, and this podcast delivers a tongue-in-cheek noir-style whodunnit. Presented here is the first half of the first episode.
MACK MOON & THE P.E.T.S.
A Middle-Grade graphic novel from Andrews McMeel
A comedic Middle Grade graphic novel about a boy who finds out his dog Pickles, his cat Lady, and his fish The Fish are all undercover alien cops. In this excerpt, Mack is being given a tour of the amazing, secret, high-tech underground lair the P.E.T.S. have built beneath his house. He’s also pretending that he’s a deep-cover P.E.TS. agent himself, rather than an ordinary human boy.
LARP!
Comedy TV pilot script based on a YA graphic novel
LARP! began as a YA graphic novel I co-wrote with Shawn deLoache for Dark Horse Comics. We adapted it to a pilot script, sampled here, which led to Nickelodeon hiring us to develop another project for them. This excerpt introduces the main characters as well as the small-town Live Action Role-Playing group of which they’re members.
BLOODHOUND
Action/Sci-Fi pilot script based on a comic book series
A gritty, grounded story about a brutal profiler who hunts down superhuman criminals. This excerpt introduces the two main characters, TRAVIS “CLEV” CLEVENGER and FBI Special Agent SAFFRON BELL, as they’re caught in a superhuman attack and resulting prison riot.
THE RUNEMASTER HOMICIDE
Fantasy/Mystery prose novel
The first book in my Sword and Sorcery Detective series, The Demon-Sleuth Scrolls. It stars Nysska Stonegate, a violet-skinned, yellow-eyed, horned member of the Sethyd race, forced to work with human law enforcement and deeply resented for her literal lack of humanity. In this excerpt we join Nysska as she falls prey to a lethal ambush.
Dying Light - VIDEO CLIPS
This is the intro cinematic to the game, explaining the whats and wherefores. Words by Yours Truly.
The intro cinematic leads into the first cutscene, in which protagonist Kyle Crane experiences an immediate run of bad luck.
(Contains zombie violence.)
Then, a bit later on, the fate of one of the main characters is revealed. WARNING! SPOILER! PROCEED WITH CAUTION!
(Contains zombie violence and adult language.)
Prototype 2 - OPENING SCENE
Intro cinematic and tutorial, in which protagonist James Heller has a series of very bad days.
(Contains sci-fi violence and adult language.)