Writing Samples

Leveled Books written for Heinemann’s Fauntus and Pinnell program: Early reader books for grades 4-6. Note: due to the large quanitiy of books written (18), multiple psudeonyms were created. Two of the below samples are written under one of those pseudonyms.

• The Colony/The Mission
• Swallowed
• Comic of Chaos
• Second Fiddle
• How to Plan a Murder Mystery Party

Middle Grade Fiction novels published by Crown Books for Young Readers:

• Dr. Fell and the Playground of Doom – Chapter 1
• Beyond the Doors – Chapter 1

Legends of Learning: This 10-chapter superhero-themed story arc was the foundation for the gameplay for the online educational game, Legends of Learning.

• Phase One 10-Chapter Outline
• Phase One Chapter One Synopsis
• Chapter One – Full Script

The Quest for Ichabod Crane: This original, family-friendly, interactive adventure for Histoic Hudson Valley on the grounds of Philipsburg Manor in Sleepy Hollow, NY, during Halloween season engages guests in an interactive theatrical experience.

The Eliminator: This 2004 action film stars UFC Champion Bas Rutten and Michael Rooker (Guardians of the Galaxy).

Black Fork: Television pilot optioned to 20th Century Fox in 2011.

Short Stories: Examples of stories (usually a blend of humor and horror) published both online and in print anthologies.

• Inner Demons (Creepy Campfire Quaterly, April 2016): A scientific experiment attempting to increase man’s intellectual power has unexpectedly horrific results.
• Reluctant Hors d’oeuvres (The Writer’s Arena, April 2015): A man is captured by a band of subterranean cannibals bent on eating him, which he finds truly distressful and in poor taste.
• The Contents of the Box With the Ribbon (Fantasy Scroll Magazine, September 2014): Gordon Bazelton receives an unmarked box tied with a ribbon one fine morning. Within waits a delightful little horror beyond anything he could have ever imagined.
• Bon Appetit (Infective Ink, October 2013): Master Chef Pierre Stanislavski’s oven has died and he must brave entering the shunned, long-sealed room containing the second oven to finish serving his customers, despite the horrible rumors of unstoppable evil surrounding it.
• The Hell (Encounters Magazine, September 2013): Something crashed into the barn. Ma’s dead. Pa’s grabbing a shotgun. Jared’s eating glass. And all kinds of weird stuff is going on out there.