Update on Works

Available Stories for Publication


The Garden Party Co-Authored with Leland Graham (coming July 2007) Seven people come together with money and time to throw a grand summertime birthday party. Little do these men know that the party will be the pivotal days from which they will set the course for the rest of their lives? And soon after the event, the hosts are forced to confront serious life issues, such as crime, divorce, coming out to old friends, AIDS, and the group's pact to stay together and keep each other laughing. Based on a true story.

Raise My Town My Love Co-Authored with Ron Leathers (coming May ‘07) A current story of an honest man the ghosts he is following into old age. Throw in a town which needs a truckload of siding and paint and a marketing genius, and flashbacks to the grand days of the town’s popularity and we see why the lead character gives a damn. Based on a true story.

Ghosts of Baby Lake (coming September 2007) This story about a town in Alabama in the late 1950s reminds us that “…change doesn’t bode well with some folk”.

Children of Baby Lake (coming November 2007) From a horrible event caused by zealot southern deacons to the murder and strange demise of cousins, the tales from Baby Lake continue. Yes, some of the same characters from the original are around, and the legacy of their blood kin continue to reveal much about the folklore in southern idealism.

Extravagance, the Musical! (Currently in Edit) An island in 1990 is the setting for this, the unofficial “Cancer Musical of Hope”. Aging celebrities Margot and David Fontaine think they have it all until Margot “begins to ignore” her breast cancer and their son runs away to the Persian Gulf War. Did I mention that their careers take a nose dive? There’s a surprise at the end which will leave one asking “why do I always doubt myself?”

Songs written for this work:

Let’s Go Play Tennis
Road Dog
Twenty-fifth Anniversary Song
Her Face
Workin’ For the Government
It Was Our First Christmas (Being Together)
Oscar’s been good to David
Something’s Wrong With The (Her) System
Zodiac Commercial, 1990
Extravagance
Coming Home in Dress Blue Blues (Requiem)
When I Miss My Hair
She’s got the Fire to Make It
Reprise “First Act Songs”
This is what it Means to be Alive

The Story of Andrew Pepper (completed) A boy becomes a man on the streets, losing his arm in the process. With this disability comes the agonizing process of learning to write with a different hand. One day he is given a paint brush, which becomes his phoenix.

A Coign of Vantage (completed) A man loves a woman deeply, even through her final days. Long hours are spent watching her and attempting to get a glance at some secret of her inner strength. Title and story based on my love for a painting by Sir Alma Tadema.




A Coign of Vantage (1895) It’s hard to tell from this angle, but the women await the arrival of their husbands and lovers on war ships, which are slowly making their way into the harbor.


The Pact of Surrender (completed) A suicide makes 3 men and their wives to question friendships and the annual rituals which have kept their club together. A dark past is uncovered, and sores are opened. What length would you go to keep a secret?

Fever (1986, completed) From a baby's fever to an angry man holding a town hostage we see how the southern heat can influence a person.

The Housewife & the Tree (completed) A fat woman devotes her life to watching a soap opera until she moves her television. It’s then we find she’s not the only fan of wasting time. This tree hugger of a children’s story is sure to motivate and start to participate!

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