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Gettysburg by Morning (Novel) A patriotic young woman delivers a stirring speech after the attack on Fort Sumter, inspiring her brother to enlist in the Union army but, when he decides not to fight, she takes on his identity and serves on the front line. Accepted for publication by Addison and Highsmith in the Fall of 2021. 

A Shadowland Investigation
(Novel and Screenplay versions) A Nashville homicide detective solves a double murder with help from the ghost of the daughter he didn’t know he’d fathered. 

Creation's Fire (Novel and Screenplay versions) Finalist in the SFK Novel writing contest 2016. Finalist Peter Taylor Novel writing award 2001, semi-finalist 2003. Was accepted for publication with Online Originals of London 2000. (Contract negotiations failed). Clay Sloan begins a spiritual journey by climbing a tree to see “what it’s like to be God” his story ends as a defrocked minister finally making peace with his gay, former action-star dying father. 

 Judge Fogg (Docu-Drama) (Novel and Screenplay versions) Nashville’s first African American judge contends with racism, corruption, and moral weakness as he dispenses justice. Published 2007 by Literary Road. 

Screenplays

Duncan Pearcy (Drama/Comedy) Winner Quarter-Finalist status in Nicholl Fellowship, Austin and FADE IN: Magazine An eleven-year-old boy has refused to talk for a year following the mysterious death of his mother. 

 Gentleman Jack (Drama) (was optioned) Two female detectives track a serial rapist through the streets of Nashville while Gentleman Jack dubbed so by the media, believes he’s on a mission to find Nirvana, and help reincarnate the Devil. 

 Family Tradition (was optioned) (Drama/Comedy) Harvard law fails to prepare a wannabe songwriter for reaching his goal, to play on the stage of the Grand Ole Opry.
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