Projects / Works-in-Progress

Misc.

Monkey, Monster or Spaceman?  The online writing project with heart -- and monkeys!  A new work every week -- and you choose the theme!

Various poetry in progress, submitting to magazines and online journals.

"The Man in Love With His Beard" and "A History of Flight" submitted to magazines.  "Labyrinthus Hic Habitat Minotaurus," "The Boy in the Homemade Robot Suit," "Symb," and various other short fiction in progress.  First draft completed of Unfolding (novel), second draft on hold. 

This fall during National Novel Writing Month -- draft one of a new novel, Impossible Instruments. 

Godzilla on Sundays -- staged reading on May 27th, 2007.  Two characters, male, with additional voices.  Traces the friendship of two geeky, pop culture-obsessed guys from childhood to their adult lives to their falling apart. Now to be in the Alumnae Theatre New Ideas Festival, March 19-22, 2008!

The Nefarious Bed & Breakfast -- in progress, reading TBA early this winter. When a retired supervillain opens a B&B in downtown Toronto, all he wants is a life of peace and quiet with his invisible wife, his Half-Ape bellboy, and a clientele that will forgive him his past. But on the opening weekend, who should book a room but his arch-enemy, Mr. Mister -- looking for any reason to send him back to the Big House!

Something About Smoke and the Way It Rises -- in progress, hopefully a submission for 2008 Fringe Festivals, contests, etc. Two characters, young adult female.  Alithea has the ability to turn herself into smoke.  But will she use this ability for good, or simply to escape?  And what will her girlfriend think when she finds out?

The Method -- seeking collaborators for adapting to a musical play. Four characters, two female, two male.  Scott is running away to start a life with the carnival, hoping to learn to become a sword swallower.  But is Jake willing, or able, to teach him?  Maybe he should think about what he's running to ....

The Last Few Minutes in the Life of King Kong -- ten-minute play, in submission to various contests. A three-hander between Ann Darrow, Kong himself, and one of the fighter pilots that shot him down. Not necessarily what you'd expect ...