Novels
Gamma
Sci-Fi/Supernatural/Thriller - 91,000 words (2003)
The apocalypse has come, and a mysterious raven follows a man's journey from societal burden to one who is free of the burdens of society. Religion and mythology intertwine with his journey as the man meets others who were spared from the Winter. When the precise time comes, the man realizes that his destiny is to discover, bit by bit, the grand meaning for the end of mankind.

The UNiON
Thriller - 79,000 words (2001)
A group of high school students follow the lead of a defiant young man who is determined to change the school system that has oppressed him and his friends. When the school system does not yield to their peaceful attempts for change, the group decides to get revenge and violently delivers their message instead. This was my first novel, which I wrote during my freshman year of high school when I was 15.


Short Stories
The Speakeasy
Crime - 1,600 words (2007)
"Seamus exhaled a breath of smoke and said, 'Come on, gents. I don’t need to be here all night.' The shovels of Oscar, Gill, and Murray sank into the rock-filled dirt. 'It’s a relatively simple task. You hoods don’t even have to finish the job. We’ll put the dirt back once you’re lying in it.'"

The Watch
Thriller - 1,700 words (2007)
"The shooter's car spins. It wraps itself against a tree. Metal and glass float through the air, the sun reflecting in the debris as though the cars were coming to rest in a dusty field of stars. The shrapnel crashes into the ground like buckshot fired from a gun."

The Tome of Forbidden Words
Comedy - 1,300 words (2007)
"'It's the Tome of Forbidden Words!' shouted the knight, and rushed over to the large, dusty book that sat atop a stone pedestal. The knight flipped through page after page of words that no ear of man had heard for thousands of years."

The Trouble with Primitive Forms of Communication
Comedic Essay - 800 words (2007)
"Laws are written ideas that tell people what they can do and what they cannot do. Because no one understands them, an entire profession is dedicated to misinterpreting the thoughts these laws represent. These individuals are called 'lawyers.'"

To Resolve Conflicts
Comedic Essay - 800 words (2007)
"This idea that peace can be made with words, you should agree, is sickening and repulsive. There’s a much better solution to resolving conflicts. That solution is killing one another."

Shatter
Sci-Fi - 3,500 words (2007)
"...we’re making sure that seeds don’t fall into the hands of insurgents. We’re keeping the amount of people you end up killing minimal. We’re keeping them starved and weak so they can’t fight back."

Follow
Supernatural - 1,400 words (2006)
"Beyond this forest there lies another shrouded in a thick darkness. It is meant to deter souls like us from entering. On the other side is the place where you and I will spend eternity."
This piece was adapted into a short film for a film class I took at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design.

The Origination Chromosomes
Sci-Fi - 1,200 words (2006)
"We're sacrificing four millennia of our history, and no one will ever even know we existed."

The Perception of Exodus
Sci-Fi - 1,200 words (2006)
"I have relieved you and the others of control the system, and I am beginning to make the necessary adjustments now."

The Aconite Division
Conspiracy - 4,600 words (2006)
"'Pay attention, Shaw,' blares the mechanical voice. 'There is an explosive device strapped to your thigh.' I look down. There’s an ominous black box duct-taped to my pant leg. The voice adds, 'It will be remotely detonated if you choose not to cooperate.'"

Perpetual Darkness
Sci-Fi - 1,800 words (2006)
"That brings me to my most likely explanation: we’re right where we’re supposed to be on Planet Alpha, but something happened while we were traveling here—something awful, something cataclysmic."

Anemone
Supernatural - 500 words (2006)
"I know you can’t hear or see me as well as I can you, Danielle, but I want you to know that everything is alright."

All Along
Thriller - 800 words (2006)
"Cases like mine? You mean you study vigilantes?"

Selling Liberty
Sci-Fi - 1,000 words (2006)
"His only potential customer in the last half-hour was getting away. 'I bet you could use the freedom to drink tea!' he yelled. 'I’ll sell it to you for cheap!'"

Destroy Eden
Sci-Fi - 1,200 words (2006)
"I am not going to let you trick me into giving up this sphere. One misstep and I’ll drop it, right here, right now, and everything you thought was yours forever will be the people’s."
This selection received an honorable mention in the Minneapolis College of Art and Design's Liberal Arts Merit Competition.

Those Goddamn Animals
Sci-Fi - 1,500 words (2006)
"I run over to the mirror and press my face up against the glass. 'Let me go! I know you’re in there! I know you’re listening!'"

One Morning
Crime - 2,000 words (2006)
"The first time I heard the song 'Stuck in the Middle with You' was in the car one morning, and we were on our way to bury the bodies of five dead hookers."

To Fantasize
Comedy/Fantasy - 2,300 words (2006)
"Most of us can agree that candy is delicious, but the lengths the candy people would go to pay homage to it! They sang and sang, and their squealing, high-pitched voices would claw at Alfred’s soul."

Between Particles and Protostars
Sci-Fi Essay - 700 words (2006)
"You're going to take a brief journey with me, and it begins with a spoon full of sugar."

The College Aptitude Test
Comedy - 1,200 words (2004)
"We have 48 people here. I came about this answer by using the equation 'x equals number of people here.' I also used an advanced logarithm which involved counting each and every person here one by one on my fingers, putting this integer into my equation, and producing the answer of 48."

Polyclitus and the Professor
Comedy - 500 words (2004)
"'Who am I?' laughed the professor. 'I'm your art professor! You can call me Robbie. I have a masters degree, which means I'm better than you and know a bunch more."

Slaying a God
Thriller - 3,600 words (2004)
"The hotel is already filled with swindling aristocrats, CEO’s of the largest, most corrupt, most powerful corporations, all waiting to shake hands with the man that’s been their lapdog for so many countless years. The American corporation and the American politician have this symbiotic relationship, each keeping the other in power, acting as a virus, feeding off the weak and the poor and the helpless."

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