top of page

 

Screenwriting

Sweet Jesus

Feature | horror comedy| 102 pages | Finalist: Atlanta Film Festival 2026

A teenager, brought up by her mother to believe in Jesus' triumphant return (to kill her), finally starts to get past her anxieties at a church retreat, just as those exact beliefs start becoming horrifyingly real and her sinning friends are picked off one-by-one.

Son of Duke

Feature | thriller | 113 pages

At the behest of "voices," a seemingly loving father goes on a quest of violence, evading the FBI with his daughter in pursuit of a mysterious end.

Not a Paid Actor

Pilot | black comedy thriller | 61 pages

A struggling middle-aged actor in NYC discovers a mysterious agency that deploys actors in real-world situations.

Zombabies

Feature | horror | 96 pages | Finalist: Atlanta Film Festival 2021

When her abortion is interrupted by a cult’s botched ritual, a high school senior must prevent the second coming of a desperate pagan god.

The Forever Moment

Feature | rom-com/sci-fi | 118 pages | Quarterfinalist: Atlanta Film Festival 2024 | Quarterfinalist: The Script Lab 2024

In a dystopia run by Angels and Cupids, two misfits are each other's last chance at falling in love to get their "forever moment," before the deadline: turning 30.

The Blue Diner

Feature | black comedy adaptation | 98 pages 

Based on both Stephen Crane's "The Blue Hotel" and Pizzagate. A man walks into a diner and asks, "how many kids you kill today?"

Some Things You Need to Know before the World Ends

Feature | adaptation with CCP | 85 pages

 

Blood Orgy of the Chainsaw Chorus Line 

Feature | adaptation with CCP | 96 pages

"Locker Room Talk"

Short | horror | 6 pages | Quarterfinalist: Killer Shorts competition

What really happens in the locker room...

"A Loan" 

Short | comedy | 3 pages | Official selection: Atlanta Children's Film Festival, awarded honorable mention, and Rolecall Indie Showcase 2023

A businessman seeks an unconventional loan from a grumpy banker. 

Both Our Houses 

Stageplay | drama | based on Jim Peck's Both our Condos | co-written with Larry Larson | 77 pages

"Feathers the Falcon" | short | animation | 4 pgs

Artwork by Beth Woods

Short Fiction

"Hair Raiser"

Published in Andromeda Spaceways Magazine, issue # 76 | Quarterfinalist: Screencraft cinematic short story competition

"Gerald's Split"

Published in The Dickinson Review, 2019 issue.

And many more!

Academic Writing

Essay that won Dickinson College's annual Stephen M. Courtland Prize for best essay from the English department:

“Sewing and Sawing: Sofia Coppola’s Gothic Doll House”

 

Senior thesis:

“Open Bodies, Open Minds: The Framing of the Ruined Body in the American Horror Film”

Film review blog: https://gimmickhorror.wordpress.com/

 

 

 

 

NEW LAUREL BANNER copy.png
469dbda2ff2d24134500a3032cc6b45ef7f3fb72

Secret text screenwriting and film and filmmaking ooh aahhhh sEO wow

bottom of page