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THE GHOUL GOES WEST (a novelization)
Ed Wood’s most famous unproduced screenplay is reborn as a horror-western pulp novel! In the dust-choked town of Pumpkin’s Promise, the dead don’t stay buried. Graves are robbed beneath moonlight, black horses drag coffins into the hills, and the sound of a ghostly organ drifts on the wind. Sheriff Chance Hilton rides into a nightmare…
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IN THE STICKS (the progenitor of the Odd Fellow’s Lot series)
A tight-knit group of outdoor enthusiast friends, haunted by personal demons and strained relationships, embark on a hike through the rugged Ozark foothills to bury the cremated remains of one of their comrades. As they travel deep into the forest, tensions that have simmered beneath the surface begin to rise. Old wounds and unspoken grievances…
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MANIAC COP (a novelization)
New York City turns deadly when a seemingly unkillable figure in a police uniform tears through the streets. Detective Lieutenant Frank McCrae, a grizzled cop with a nose for the truth, finds himself caught between a corrupt police department desperate for a cover-up and a brutal vigilante killer who seems to target the city’s underworld.…
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Ed Wood & Vincent van Gogh: Posthumous Fame, Such a Shame
When I think about Ed Wood, I tend to think of Vincent van Gogh, too. Both men were tortured artists who allowed the passions of their prolific creativity to eat them up and spit them out. They weren’t considered talented by their peers or the audiences they created for during their own lifetimes. They both…
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Nano to Diamond: Decoding the Low-Budget Movie Spectrum
Ask a dozen aspiring filmmakers or casual movie buffs what “low budget” means, and you’ll get a dozen different answers. For some, it’s a film shot on an iPhone. For others, it’s anything under a studio tentpole’s catering budget. The truth? “Low budget” is a vast, often misunderstood, and incredibly diverse landscape. The problem is,…