Current & Future Projects
CURRENT AND FUTURE PROJECTS
I’m currently writing a small collection of short stories. Each one is based on a different genre, but they all revolve around the human condition. I’m excited about how they’ve been shaping up, and I’m looking forward to completing them in the near future.
I recently acquired a vintage 1930s radio. The electronics no longer worked, but I decided to rescue the wooden unit, refinish it and repourpose it. The current plan includes adding hidden Bluetooth speakers so it can still function in a way similar to its original purpose.
WRITING
Untitled Sequel Novel
Science Fiction, Speculative, Gay Romance
The sequel to my first published novel. While I can’t give details, I will say that it expands on the events and elements of the first book, while staying true to its own narrative. It may seem like a straightforward sequel, but it’s everything else, too!
Rift in the Mountain
Science Fiction, Space Opera
170,000 words
Rift in the Mountain was my first foray into novel writing. It began as a tongue-in-cheek short story, but evolved into a tricked-out, oft-serious 170,000-word space opera. I’m currently revisiting this manuscript on a casual basis, updating its language and structure, with the intent to publish in the future.
Rift in the Mountain is packed with every science fiction cliché I could think of—the “chosen one” trope, an ultimate sacrifice, a resurrection, exploding planets, space vixens, and brawny muscle men battling sea serpents on alien oceans. Think: Rick and Morty stuck in a wicked marriage with Futurama.
The Sibling
Science Fiction, Space Opera
The Sibling is the sequel to Rift in the Mountain. It presumes the existence of a second heir to the throne of Rienna—a challenger to the protagonist in the first book. Events in The Sibling compel each of the supporting characters to question their loyalty to Rienna, while forcing Rienna herself to question her own righteousness. The competing heirs are quickly defined by their ambition, and it’s up to the people of the galaxy to decide who is the more worthy leader.
Memoir of the Common Man
Fiction
Memoir of the Common Man is my attempt to give voice to the average, middle class American “head of household”—male or otherwise. It’s my hope with this story to show how even the most ordinary person—an individual often referred to derisively as “mediocre”—can experience dramatic and traumatic episodes that make their existence extraordinary on the inside, even as it’s bland and suburban on the outside. No one has a simple ordinary life, and with Memoir of the Common Man, I attempt to show this.
Time’s Progeny
Science Fiction
Time’s Progeny is a science fiction account of one man’s life after he is gifted the proverbial fountain of youth by his late brother. After ingesting a compound left to him, his aging process slows significantly, causing him to age approximately one year physiologically for every thirty that pass. Time’s Progeny follows him from the year 2000 when he’s still in his mid-thirties, to 2500 when he reaches the equivalent of his late 40s. It highlights his emotional and intellectual evolution as people enter and leave his life, amid a global economic and social ecosystem transforming itself over centuries. It asks the questions: How would you live if you essentially lived forever? What would you do if you had everything you wanted? What kind of person would you be if you didn’t have to care?