Writing Samples

Press Start to Die

A Castle spec script

Castle pursues a merciless killer at the New York Comic Convention and harnesses his inner geek to uncover a secret worth killing to keep.

Wildly famous mystery novelist Richard Castle (Nathan Fillion, "Firefly"), who is searching for inspiration for his next book series, teams up with NYPD homicide detective Kate Beckett (Kate Stanic, "Heroes", "The Shield") to solve New York's strangest and most brutal murders.

When Castle and Beckett find a professional video gamer beaten to death in an alley, their investigation leads them to the New York Comic Convention. Amidst the fanboys and rivalries, they discover the pro gaming circuit has more than a few secrets and one very nasty killer.

Click the Castle logo to read Act One of the spec script!

Cryo Death

Short story - sci-fi thriller

"People say they dream when they're in cryosleep. That their thoughts go on to remember, to create, as though they'd fallen asleep. They're full of dumped bio. The brain has to be alive to think, to dream. Cryosleep stops everything, heart, lungs, brain. In any other circumstance, you're dead. No life support, no artificial anything, you're just dead. It's why ship engineers call the cryo pods "coffins"."

That moment between asleep and awake, that hazy existence where our limited minds force us back into this reality. That is where they live.

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The Rot

An original short film

When a weaponized virus called the Rot threatens to take out every cyborg in the city, private investigator Nyc Talope discovers the only way to beat this tech-eating disease is to become the Rot itself.

Nyc Talope isn't afraid of much. He survived the Segregation War. He's arrested more thugs than anyone else in his district. The only thing that sends shivers through Nyc is The Rot.

The Rot is a virus that’s been jumping between Cys over the past few weeks. Any and all cyborg bits it infects break apart. And since most humans have had the good sense to get upgraded to Cy status, half the city is dropping dead and leaving no evidence behind.

Nyc does have one lead, a dame that goes by Linda Legs. And every man knows you can never trust a pair of legs.

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