Writing


Welcome, I've written screenplays, short stories, essays, news features, and more. This page contains a selection of my personal favorites - both professional and personal stories, poems, and short plays.

New Writings

Nugget
A short story about a special taxi cab driver in Chicago.
God's Own Machine
A singularity (read: robots) story about nurture vs. nature. Caveat: cliches not allowed. Stereotypes OK.

Professional

EIU College Descriptions
Descriptions for the four colleges of Eastern Illinois University. These appeared in the prospective student guide under the "i am eiu" campaign.
Blue Hotel Analysis
An award-winning essay about the Blue Hotel and its undertones of Tolstoy vs. Darwinism and the East vs. the West. If you haven't read Stephen Crane, this probably won't be understandable.
College Interest Piece
An interest piece on Parkland Community College in Champaign/Urbana, IL. Written for a regional community magazine.

Poetry

Energy Benign
An award-winning poem about a long-distance relationship.
Home at Ease
A poem about coming back home (Ultima Online)
Not so Fair
A very traditional poem about winning back a lady

General

The Rat Sketch
A (screenplay) sketch about a rat named Ickna, written for a playwriting class at Eastern Illinois University.
Christ, J'Lo, and Other Religious Figures
Farce about terrorism, religion, America's focus on pop-culture over real world events and inwardness.
The Day After Yesterday
Nothing to do with a movie by a similar name - this is a sci-fi piece about holograms, science, and the definition of love.
Travel Essay
A school assignment; written as a travel essay. This was written at the tail-end of a trip to England.
Wedding Toast
The flattering speech I gave at my brother's wedding.

UO Writing

The Elements of Roleplay
A well-known (in narrow circles) essay on role-playing, specifically in Ultima Online, but applicable to anything.
The Undiscovered Facet
The Undiscovered Facet is a novel set in an "alternate reality" version of Britannia, based upon the roleplaying community of Great Lakes.