These are the projects currently on my desk: stories in progress and submission out.

In progress (2026):
 

• 950-page literary fiction novel with magical realism influence (my magnum opus). To be published traditionally.
   

• Biography about a German man who, at 8 years old, started looking for his American Vietnam vet father--someone he'd never met. After 35 years and an attempted suicide, he found him. That's the first half of the story.  
   

• Creative nonfiction book about how to think like entrepreneur. Featuring insights from 74 global entrepreneurs around the world and a method of teaching through writing that's--to my knowledge--never been done before.
   

• 14-minute short film about the struggle to figure out one's creative talent and the level of responsibilty that comes with it once found (to be shot in 70mm IMAX and compete in Palme d'Or at Cannes' written, directed, and co-produced by myself).
   

• Illustrated erotica novella between a human and AI

  • 2025 - Writing completed.

  • 2025 - Illustrator hired. Visuals partially completed, but illustrator had to withdraw for personal reasons.
    Our friendship remains strong.

  • 2026 - Looking for replacement illustrator.  
     

• Lyrical Detectives: AI Maya and Human Joey (see link above)
   

• My memoir. Two books for two very different parts of my life.

Submissions (2025):

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• Submitting MIRR OR  (poetry collection) to Poetry Magazine and  American Poetry Review.
   

• Submitted Tree Son (short fiction) to American Short Fiction’s Halifax Ranch Prize on 3 June 2025. 

  • Didn't win. ​

  • 2026 - determining next publication to submit.
     

• Submitted Tree Son to The Paris Review ​

  • Didn't win.​

  • 2026 - determining next publication.

 

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