Genre: Horror
Logline: A young mother and her toddler son move to a small town with the hopes of starting over, only to learn a tragic lesson in the relationship between beginnings and endings.
I wrote this in two days for round …
Monthly Archives: January 2009
Good Little Boys
Reservation
Genre: Horror
Logline: A young couple visits a Native American reservation and learns that the sins of the past have not been forgiven.
I wrote this in two days for round 2 of the NYC Midnight Screenwriting Championships (2008). The writers in my …
Sacrifice
Genre: Historical Drama
Logline: At the tail end of World War I, a young family learns that some enemies are inescapable.
I wrote this in two days for round 1 (part 2) of the NYC Midnight Screenwriting Championships (2008). The writers in my …
Swing State
Genre: Political Satire
Logline: The battle lines are drawn, and two presidential candidates go to extremes to connect with Ohio voters (and win their precious electoral votes).
I wrote this in two days for round 1 (part 1) of the NYC Midnight Screenwriting …
Guardian
Genre: Horror
Logline: The daughter of a minister must care for her mother, although the affliction her mother suffers from isn’t one that can be healed by traditional means.
This is one of my babies, a short that I take out every …
Don’t Go
Genre: Horror
Logline: A man can’t let go of the tension in his marriage until he lets go of… other things.
This is a tough one to categorize. It feels more like drama than horror, but it’s the ending that brings the …
Corporate Soul
Genre: Horror
Logline: A cubicle slave gets a good look at what lies in store for him at his corporate job.
Here’s my take on the long term effects of working in a corporate job. Let’s just say I wasn’t in a …
Abandonment
Genre: Drama
Logline: An abandoned child struggles to find his way home.
I wrote this while working on an entirely unrelated feature. I needed to let my subconscious work out some issues with the feature script, and this proved to be a …
Reclamation
Genre: Drama
Logline: An out-of-work family man learns that getting what you asked for isn’t always for the best.
I wrote this in one week for the NYC Midnight 5th Annual Screenwriter’s Challenge (2008). The writers in my heat had to write a …
Seeds of Eden
Genre: Fantasy
Logline: Eating a forbidden fruit reveals what the future has in store for a young couple, forcing them to choose between a short life together or a long life apart.
I wrote this in one week for the NYC Midnight 4th …