Welcome.A writer makes sense of his or her world through story-telling. The process can be the result of a slow, contemplative self examination or come screaming straight out of last night’s fever dream. It’s a devilish creature made through a marriage of fact and fiction, a living, breathing, thing that can change its appearance depending on the angle from which you view it, whether its two meters to the left, 6 months into the future, or 600 years into the past. Writers lay their lifeblood out on the page and leave a trail for the reader to follow. A good story may lay tantalizingly naked in front of you one minute, then slither away the next, or resonate with you months later. If everything aligns correctly, the reader and the writer will meet at the end, both a little more enriched. Hope to see you there.
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Novels
JUDAS ROBE
During the height of the Spanish Inquisition a ruthless inquisitor by the name of Bishop Roberto Promane tortures a fellow priest, Father Sanchez, for information about the whereabouts of a relic known as The Judas Robe. The robe holds the key to some highly sensitive secrets about Jesus that Pope Sixtus does not want revealed. Promane succeeds in uncovering the robe only to lose it to Sanchez’s rescuers, the knights of The Order Of Christ. Present Day Joel Gardiner, a pre-med student, is attacked one night by thugs after leaving a campus pub. A young woman named Sophia rescues him and reveals that Joel’s mother, Natalie, is descended from of the Order Of Christ, the faction that has kept the robe hidden for centuries. These thugs are part of a conspiracy group led by a Bishop Newman who seeks the robe in order to uncover a secret held for centuries. |
OCTOBER 32
Alexander Malefant, a middle-aged an insurance agent, arrives in the quaint town of Elora on October 31. That afternoon, Alex witnesses some strange occurrences: a young boy nearly drowns while bobbing for apples, and a few children are attacked by crows. Town odd-ball, Missy Claridge senses something evil coming their way and begs the mayor to postpone the evening Halloween dance but of course, nobody listens. That night all the children in the village who are out trick-or-treating suddenly disappear! Everyone blames Missy. Curiously, she and Alexander find themselves unlikely allies as they try to unravel the mystery of what happened to the children and how to get them back. Published by Deer Hawk Publications 2015 |
PERVERSE
19 year old Emylene Stipe is a 2nd generation Goth who, like every teenage girl, is trying to find her place in the world. One night she comes upon an old painting in an antique store and is compelled to purchase it. When she brings it home, an image of a young woman appears in the sketch and then magically materializes in her apartment. Emylene nicknames her ‘Poinsettia” and they quickly become fast friends. But Poinsettia and an ulterior motive for her sudden and strange intrusion into her host’s life, and it causes Emylene to question her entire belief system. |
TODAY I AM A MAN
Fifty year old Steven Goldman waits for fifteen year old Todd Holloway to leave school one afternoon and beats him up in front of his friends. Then he calmly goes home to his family and waits to be arrested. The reason for his seemingly reprehensible behavior is revealed through flashbacks of his youth. 1963. Twelve year-old Steven Goldman and his family fulfill a life-long dream to move from the bitter Canadian winters to the warmth and allure of Los Angeles. But the social and political climate of the day, including the assassination of JFK, the Watts Riots, and the growing threat of the Vietnam War, underscores the family’s struggles after they leave their peaceful working class neighborhood in Toronto and try to assimilate into a world filled with gangs of Greasers, Surfers, and Mexican immigrants in the San Fernando Valley. The Goldmans are desperate to make it in their adopted country but in order to be accepted, Steven will have to prove himself through various rites of passage that involve gangs, running riot in the neighborhood, and sexual awakening. As he studies for his Bar Mitzvah and learns what it means to become a man, Steven has to reconcile the pressures of fitting into this fast-paced culture with the moral attitudes of his upbringing. |
CRYSTAL VISION
Scotland, 1342. The Great Plague ravages the countryside. In its wake the body of a beautiful young noble woman, Ariella, is laid to rest on a funeral pyre. Her fiancé, Darcy McKee, begs a sorcerer, Armand, to use his magic to bring the young woman back to life in exchange for his own. Fast Forward to: America, 2008. Fourteen year old Jeremy McKee attends a fantasy workshop downtown every day which is run by a beautiful young woman. One afternoon, Jeremy is approached by a vagrant who offers him a small crystal which produces visions of a young woman resurrected from death hundreds of years ago. Slowly, the truth begins to reveal itself. The woman in the vision is Ariella and the vagrant is the sorcerer, Armand. He explains to Jeremy that his ancestor, D’Arcy McKee, offered his soul for the life of his betrothed but reneged at the last minute. Now the demon has returned for payment and is prepared to unleash the Black Plague to get what he wants. |