Note: I originally wrote this in January 2017. It felt right to revisit. I think this time though, I am going to raise my head and my voice. I went to bed in the Shire, woke up in Mordor, Exchanged comfort for horror And complacency for fear. But the world that I woke in Is the same some folks walk in, And it’s not their fault This map isn’t mine. I’ve just been lucky, Protected Read more…
I don’t even know where to start. Was it in 2018 when I wrote the first draft of “Hell: A Rescue Mission?” Or maybe it was in 2022 when Ian Whates, publisher of NewCon Press and editor of Parsec Magazine reached out to me to buy my story, “Theo Ballinchard and the Oranges of Possibility,” a short story in the world of The Sisters Mederos and Fog Season. Or maybe, it was when I decided Read more…
When I started my film making journey in the fall of 2021, I had no idea what I was getting into. I had some idea that I was going to learn screenwriting and film editing and had a sort of hazy expectation that I could parlay this new education into a new career. I wasn’t keen on the concept of learning new technical skills, but I was game. Now here we are, two and a Read more…