Tuesday, September 21, 2004

My work in writing (all reg. WGC & WGA)

TREPHINING - a Trilogy of three novels including :-
DEADLY NIGHTSHADE - novel - complete
Police detective Harry Dexter has symptoms of schizophrenia but refuses to do anything about it. He is assigned a case of unexplained death in a private women's college and becomes infatuated with wealthy student Cynthia Bouchard. He comes to believe she is a witch who has murdered her close friend with natural poisons. Cynthia taunts Harry while he falls in love and begins a mystic obsession with her, ignoring everything but proving her guilt. 98,000 words

RIDING PEGASUS - novel - complete
Harry Dexter is finally released from the state mental hospital after serving 12 years for killing a wealthy young woman. He suspects his ambitious psychiatrist has used him unfairly for research into schizophrenia. Prostitutes begin being brutally murdered and Harry becomes the chief suspect. He desperately evades the police with the help of a sympathetic hooker while trying to solve the murders himself to preserve his precarious freedom and his fragile mind. 97,000 words

A PLACE IN THE SKY - novel - complete
Harry Dexter, exonerated in the murders of five women, is released after a seven month incarceration and is immediately asked to solve a very old mystery as a private detective. He is being manipulated by a shadowy rich man but can’t resist being drawn in to playing out the game worth 63 million dollars which takes him to the big island of Hawaii to find a dangerous bush vet. His only assistant, Zac, a mental patient who has sworn to kill Harry. 95,000 words

THE BURGLAR'S GUN - novel - in progress
Harry Dexter, now a private detective on schizophrenic medication who lives with an ex prostitute, and who cannot ever become a real licenced private detective because of a murder conviction embarks on his first case when the Chief of Police, who has political aspirations, kills a burglar with a rare gun. Harry begins secretly investigating a 30 year old gun theft.

TANGO MURDEROSO - novel - complete
James H. McGrath, a corrupt police detective interested in murder and six million dollars in stolen drug money, courts his main suspect, Cassandra Coronado, beautiful owner of the 99 year old White Rose Club, whom he suspects shot gangster Condy Carlyle. The White Rose is frequented by her aged and bizarre South American emigré friends, all hiding a secretive past. A story of lust, murder and love with the background of the sweeping erotic tango and the elegant old White Rose building. 99,000 words

ACTS OF EMPATHY - novel - complete
A young widow traveling alone in Northern Italy meets a lesbian writer, faces death, falls in love and discovers herself. The Dear Diary account of Therése is a love story about a woman's struggle against her feelings for another woman, while falling into adventure and death. The story of Therese and Shawna is fun, adventurous, brave, poignant, and eventually satisfying and inspirational. 97,000 words

ULTIMATE SACRIFICE - novel - In progress
The further adventures of Therese and Shawna living in Italy on the Italian Riviera.

PELLY AND MIRAMAR - novel - in progress
Pelly and Miramar are meant for each other. But small time player and gambler Pelly can't convince her of it. Yet. Pelly tries to win Miramar with whatever crazy schemes he can think up, but finds himself in over his head and desperately eluding real gangsters who think he should be a dead witness to a murder.

NASHVILLE DREAMS - feature screenplay - complete
Songwriter Jackson McDill is determined to be a country star. With two newly found buddies, old Elijah the banjo plucking hobo and young stuttering guitar playing FDR, they head for Nashville. But they are stone broke and must hitch-hike, ride the rails or walk, resulting in harrowing yet hilarious adventures along the way. Throughout, Jackson never loses sight of his desire for success and learns to deal with reality. 122 pages

TANGO MURDEROSO - feature screenplay - complete
Screenplay adaptation from the novel. 135 pages

TALK ABOUT LOVE - full length stage play - complete
Love and war between friends and the constant struggle between man and woman for what each desires in an ongoing relationship. Four stages of one couple's life together and their belief in love and marriage as a philosophy on living. The mutual trait of both is humour. They are adversarial from the start yet often make the other laugh during arguments. The play shows that the goals of love can be attained and that marriage is a worthy pursuit. About 2 hrs Using 4 males and 4 females

THE RIDE - A one act stage play - complete
Young men at their prime facing death in the bloom of life. The tragedy of heroin drug addiction among young people in the fifties. With the subliminal warning that the dangers are amplified today and little has changed because of political inertia. Using 4 teen males, 1 older male About 40 mins

THE TRIAL OF DANCY WHITECOTTON - full length comedy - in progress
Dancy Whitecotton is struggling for a better life. As a single mother who works hard and needs every break to survive with her daughter Fitzie. One day she is accosted by aliens who intend to take her to their planet for study. But she won't go without a fight and a street corner court-case begins as Dancy needs every mote of her evolved intelligence to win. The play is about the invincibility of the human spirit. 6 males, 4 females (1 child)

MADAME MERELDA'S - full length stage play comedy - in progress
Madame Marelda's House of Magyck comes under scrutiny by the police, and even though it is simply a BDSM club, Madame Merelda is charged with keeping a common bawdy house. The new proper Mayor is campaigning for re-election and needs someone to pick on. Madame Merelda calls her most bizarre witnesses and the prosecution calls theirs. To a hilarious verdict and the conclusion that all is not always as it seems to be.

THE BERTRAMEISTER - short story - complete
A literate childhood memory of a cherished uncle and the effect on everyone of his extremely audible flatulence. 2650 words

VITAL MISSION - short story - complete
A literary expression of the joys and fantasies in owning and riding a motorcycle. 1700 words

THE MAGIC BUS - short story - complete
A timid young man struggles to make a decision about his life, while seeking advice from fantastic people from history aboard a magic bus. 4100 words




0 Comments:

Post a Comment

<< Home

Back to Top
Free Tell A Friend from Bravenet.com Free Tell A Friend from Bravenet.com
Free Guestbook from Bravenet.com Free Guestbook from Bravenet.com
peregrine
Online dictionary at www.Answers.com
Answers, not links