CURRENT WORK

SCREENPLAYS

  • BUTTERFLIES IN A GILDED CAGE – Feature Film | Noir Romance
    • 1903: The introspective Black piano player at Chicago’s most opulent brothel, a harlot on the run from her murderous past, and the city’s most scandal-ridden all-too-eligible bachelor face lethal underworld blackmail and the societal demands of race, sexuality and class to unapologetically navigate their own treacherous love triangle. [ inspired by true events ]
  • LUNA – Feature Film | Horror
    • You’ve never seen a werewolf movie like this. (Logline top secret)
  • THE STRIP CLUB – Feature Film | Comedy
    • Four retired strippers must retake the stage or $10m ear-marked for charity will go to a far-right extremist radio host.
  • THE GRIND – One Hour Escapist Drama READ THE FIRST 15 PAGES
    • When a burlesque star with a dark secret leaves her empire in Chicago to start over in LA at a club owned by an 80 year old stripper, she finds a family of misfits that help her navigate life in an impossible city.
  • SUNSET ’81 – One Hour Campy Horror READ THE FIRST 15 PAGES
    • When the fame-hungry bass player for a notorious 1981 heavy metal band is killed by a reclusive Hollywood starlet, she’s offered a second chance. But is eternal life worth killing for? LIVE FAST. UN-DIE YOUNG.
  • THE HOUSE OF LILIES – One Hour Romantic Supernatural Thriller READ THE FIRST 15 PAGES
    • When the curator for the Vatican’s classified Erotic Archive unearths a way to escape her family’s ancient penance, she falls for a New Orleans party-girl, ensnaring them in a war between immortal courtesans and a vicious secret society that’s been hunting them for centuries.
  • ANGEL’S LANDING – Short Film – Action Drama
    • Taking advantage of a Nevada brothel’s publicity stunt, a disabled writer jumps out of a plane over the desert to find the ending to his retelling of Icarus. [inspired by true events]
  • EXHIBIT A – Short Film – Drama
    • No one can tell you Penny Heaven how to make a living.
  • VERIFIED – Short Film – Action Drama
    • A driven Special Agent discovers a criminal syndicate hellbent on preserving the Patriarchy.

NOVELS

  • Butterflies in a Gilded Cage READ THE FIRST 50 PAGES
    • 1903: The introspective Black piano player at Chicago’s most opulent brothel, a harlot on the run from her murderous past, and the city’s most scandal-ridden all-too-eligible bachelor face lethal underworld blackmail and the societal demands of race, sexuality and class to unapologetically navigate their own treacherous love triangle.

SHORT STORIES

  • The Courtesan Parables
    • Mystical/Philosophical/Erotic tales from a magical bordello.

WORKS IN PROGRESS

SCREENPLAYS

  • ACCESSORY – One Hour Television Drama (co-writer)
    • Logline is top secret.
  • “Relics of Thundor” – Feature Film – Live Action Drama
    • When a fed-up princess from a 1989 video game receives propaganda via a mysterious gang of rebels from other games, she decides to save herself. (Consulting partners: Retro Game SuperHyper and BITCULTURE)

COCKTAIL BOOKS

  • “Courtesan Cocktails and Other Libertine Libations” [ SAMPLE ]
  • “Nothing But a Good Time – The 80’s Hair Metal Cocktail Book”