Stories

I really enjoy writing absurdist fiction, although it's sometimes hard to find the time to sit down and write. I'm inspired by Camus, Sarte, Bradbury, and Vonnegut. Check out a few of the stories I'm working on.

The Heir

Read the script here!

A 15 minute play, and the first play I've ever written.

Walter Morticus is struggling to keep his family's 6 billion dollar company - Morticus Vacuums - profitable. His dead father, Albinus, a ruthless businessman, hell bent on destroying Hoover, Dyson, and Kirby and subsequently making Morticus Vacuums a disgusting amount of money, raised Walter to be a cutthroat successor and deal the final blow to those vile vacuum barons.

The only issue is that Walter isn't a ruthless person, and Kirby actually made a pretty good vacuum. There's no way Walter can lead Morticus Vacuums into another era of wild, heartless success.

His grandfather, Bodhi, the company's founder, was a generous man that started the humble business as a way to help those with allergies have cleaner carpets; however, due to Albinus's hatred of his father, Walter doesn't know much about his grandfather.

Stuck with a failing business and no idea how to improve his desperate situation, Walter pushes his son, Evan, to prepare to take over the company upon Walter's death. The only issue is that Evan is tired of vacuums...

2012

An attempt at understanding Leonard Gibbs' obsession with the mythical land of the Kingsbury Ordinance Park (K.O.P) and the curious characters found within it, i.e. Clara, Beni, Calliope, God, the Current Queen Mary, the Past Queen Elizabeth, Dr. Monnix, Lady Penelope of The Rabbit, Sir Jonathan of The Skunk, Mr. Blazin, Billious, Orlow, Lawrence the Grand, Automaton 3257, Sliver of One, Claude, the King of Carrot Flowers, Chaos, Delores, Persephone, Hare of the Hour, The Boogabah, John Lennon, Jerry, Larry, Gary, Mindy, Lindy, Brittany, Automaton 4663, Jean, the Jello People, Carlos, and Steve.

Brother of Ike

I'm not terribly sure what this one is about... I'm still trying to figure out the outline, but I'll let you know what I have so far, and hopefully it makes sense.

We start with a few characters:

  • - James Cheenum: a devoutly religious man searching for immortality
  • - Wild Bill: a real life, midlife gold digger known around town as the Brother of Ike, although his birthname is Professor
  • - God: the heir of a promient gold prospector and in control of hundreds of plots, she sells a plot to Wild Bill
  • - Ike: not sure yet

James dies at the very beginning (hit in the head with a thrown pistol). Wild Bill attends his funeral, however on the way home he notices a handsome figure in a white suit running into the mine he just purchased from God. Wild Bill attempts to catch up to him but he's in his nice funeral boots, so there's no point in trying.

This is when things start getting a little weird.