"Living is easy with eyes closed,
misunderstanding all you see,
It's getting hard to be someone but it all works out
It doesn't matter much to me..."
Works:
If you're looking for something lighthearted that'll leave a happy feeling in the pit of your stomach, you're in the wrong place. My stories are brutal, dark, and disturbing, almost all of them ending in tragedy. You have been warned.
Never Pick Up A Hitchhiker: A one shot I wrote on a rainy day almost three years ago. It's not one of my best, but I'm still very proud of it. (Complete)
Surfing The Chaos: A long story about an alienated teenager who spends his days doing drugs and hanging out with his no-account friends who's life changes drastically after a revelation from his girlfriend. Set over the course of one day. This one means a lot to me, not only because the five main characters are all based on people I know, but because it's my first work that I ever felt truly proud of. (Complete)
The Wedding of Jimmy Best: A one shot about a really messed up weding and what happens afterward. A lot of people, myself included, consider this to be my best short story, because the tone is very blackly humorous and the ending is a real shocker. (Complete)
Last Resort: A short piece about a man and his terminally ill wife taking a vacation in a seaside town. This one is very depressing and the ending is very bleak.I wrote in when I was at a strange time in my life. (Complete)
The Overpass: A rather disturbing one shot about a gang of teenagers who engage in a brutal act of violence. This one I'm also proud of, even if it creeps me out a little. (Complete)
Strange Days: The Grandaddy of all my work up until this point. This is a novel I began writing in March of 2007 and finished in November 2007. The manuscript totals up to about 378 pages in longhand, and I'm now editing and typing it. The novel is about six contemporary teenagers dealing with such issues as drugs, sex, relationships, self-harm, parents, and school. I know that description probably put you to sleep, but trust me the book isn't all that bad. The working title is Strange Days, an homage to the Doors song of the same name. I'm extremely sorry for being such a bastard and not updating in a while, but I'v got a lot on my plate right now and typing this beast is a daunting task. I'll have the whole thing up eventually, I swear. (In Progress)
Future Projects:
Evergreen: A story I've had in my head for a long time (since I saw Gus Van Sant's masterpiece Elephant, actually) following a bunch of students at Evergreen High School, all with their own problems, in the span of several days before a deadly school shooting. I started Evergreen and steamrolled through it, writing about fifty or sixty pages, but then I stopped and started Crashing, which I'm almost finished. I will return to Evergreen when I have finished Crashing.
Crashing (Working title): A story of dreams, loves and discoveries, Crashing centers around Ryan "Rabbit" Lawson, a young man of 20 living in a small industrial town who works a menial job as a landscaper and competes in illegal motorcycle races in hopes of achieving glory. But things get complicated for Rabbit when he gets involved with his arch-rival's aspiring actress girlfriend. Crashing is a story I've had in my head for a long time, similar to Evergreen, and probably the one that required the most fine turning. I took a break from writing Evergreen in order to write it and it's now finished.
In addition to all that, I manage a C2 community showcasing what I think to be the best in teen and young adult fiction I find on this site. The archive contains two of my stories (of course) and a bunch of other really good ones. I named it Strange Days, after my novel. If you have a story that you think might belong in the archive, PM me and I'll be sure to add it.
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