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P James NorrisAuthor & Editorwww.amazon.com/author/pjamesnorriswww.linkedin.com/in/pjamesnorris |
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Vanessa (March 2017)Vanessa is a gothic vampire story about a man in existential fear that his lover, who he was unable to protect from a vampire, will return and damn him to an eternity as something that should not exist in God's creation.![]() Izzy Tells No Lies (March 2014)What I call a "Catholic Fantasy"--Izzy Tells No Lies is about a transgendered homeless woman who regularly brings prophecies that always come true to a Catholic priest and the restoration of the priest's faith.![]() ![]() ![]() |
Michael is Coming (March 2021)![]() An adaptation of my short story "Izzy Tells No Lies". Powers & Glory (May 2020)![]() An experienced New Orleans narcotics detective who is more than he appears to be is saddled with a rookie detective the day he plans on taking down a major drug kingpin's right-hand man. But during the take-down, the rookie is killed, resurrected, and the two are tasked by an Archangel with finding a Prince of Hell who has escaped the Pit. ![]() Supernatural: Lucky and Gabbie (September 2018)![]() Written as a one-hour backdoor pilot for Supernatural. Investigating the deaths of several wealthy women, Sam and Dean discover Lucky of "All Dogs Go to Heaven" and his partner Gabbie, a witch, are working the case from a different angle. But can the Boys, a skin-walker and a witch put down the incubus responsible for the deaths of the wealthy women and several prostitutes before it kills again? ![]() ![]() ![]() Beyond the Door (April 2018)![]() A twelve-page adaptation of Philip K Dick's short story of the same name published in the January 1954 issue of Fantastic Universe that I wrote for Aaron Sorkin's MasterClass on television writing. When a man buys a cuckoo clock for his wife, he discovers that there is more behind the cuckoo's door than just the cuckoo. ![]() Project Ωmega: Nina Blacke (April 2014)![]() An original one-hour "Catholic fantasy"/procedural pilot teleplay A Catholic retired U.S. Army colonel must deal with memories of his son's ritualistic murder and wife's suicide, as he, his brilliant experimental psychologist daughter, and a charismatic expert in the occult debunk paranormalists, search for the reason that his son was killed, and prevent the angel who guards Sheol from bringing about the End of Days. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Star Trek: The Next Generation:
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A Boy and His Dog (May 2019)![]() The year is 2024. 17 years ago, World War IV, which lasted all of 5 days, laid nuclear waste to the world. You are a Solo: a wandering survivor eking out a solitary existence in what was once Arizona. But you've heard tales of Solos that are not lonely, who have a companion, a dog, a telepathic dog, with whom they share their lives and who helps them find food and shelter in the radioactive wasteland that Arizona has become. Your goal is to survive in the radioactive environment and unpredictable weather, defend yourself against all manner of threats, find water and food, and find such a dog and convince him or her to be your companion. This game is based on Harlan Ellison's® short stories: A Boy and His Dog" (1969) "Vic and Blood" (2003) "Eggsucker" (2018) "Run, Spot, Run" (2018) Harlan Ellison's® works can be found at: www.amazon.com/-/e/B000APZU8C Timeloop Trilogy: Book 1 - The Loops of Time35,184 words![]() In 2189 Samuel serves as a linguist onboard a United Earth Survey vessel after losing the ability to do theoretical physics due to a brain injury in a lab accident that also killed his wife two years ago. When he is kidnapped by aliens who want him to entreat a God unaware of and unconcerned with Its creation to save them, Samuel learns the true nature of time and slowly regains his cognitive abilities. But using his newfound knowledge and recovered faculties, will he be able to travel back in time to save his wife? The Order of the Brotherhood12,703 words ![]() The year is 2042 and Ishmael Brown, himself an ex-convict, is the Warden of an independent and self-sufficient prison in a post-apocalyptic Illinois, but he prefers the title Abbot of the Brotherhood, as the inmates refer to themselves. When National Guardsmen, on orders from the autocratic Mayor of Peoria, arrive and demand that the Brotherhood accept new inmates and teach the people of Peoria how to survive in a technology-less world, Ishmael must decide if he will acquiesce or refuse. Either way, Ishmael must fight forces within and outside the Brotherhood bent on destroying the rational democracy the Brotherhood has so carefully crafted for themselves. The Djinn Wars: Book 1 - A Broken Ruh10,875 words ![]() The year is 2013 and Afghanistan-War veteran Greg aimlessly wanders the Appalachian Hills trying to regain his moral compass. When he is magically transported to Ramja-Sul, a sultanate much like medieval Afghanistan, he finds himself thrust into a political and martial conflict between Ramja-Sul and a neighboring Sultanate, the Sultan of which is covertly controlled by Djinn who are thought to be mythical. Can Greg maintain his moral autonomy, or will he be forced to make himself vulnerable to the magic of Ramja-Sul to save the woman he comes to love? A Desolate Habitation5,429 words ![]() Since his suicide after betraying Christ, Judas has repeatedly reincarnated after each death. During each life, on the nights of the days of his life that he died, he dreams of his past deaths. In this life in 2018, he is a lawyer seeking justice for nuns sexually abused by priests of the Catholic Church--throughout the 2,000 years of his lives, he has fought against injustices perpetrated by the Church--often leading to his deaths. But unlike during his previous lives, the dreams now speak to him of undeniable realities, and he seeks counseling to understand them. Through past-life regression, he learns that he was once Judas, and that he must forgive himself for his necessary and pre-ordained betrayal of Christ in order to be admitted to Heaven. In the Light of the Morning Sun4,120 words ![]() The angel Hadziel befriends young Johnny, who will, should he die of "unnatural" causes after puberty, become a vampire. Johnny grows to want nothing but to be like his older brother Tommy, who is popular and athletic, and on a dare, drowns after jumping off a reservoir and becomes a vampire. Hadziel teaches Johnny how to disguise his vampirism and to survive without preying on humans, for if he should ever do so, Hadziel will send him to Hell. As Johnny begins to eclipse Tommy as an athlete, Tommy grows jealous. Tommy is drafted to go fight in Viet Nam, and upon being medically discharged for a wound suffered in battle, returns home bitter, and decides to kill Johnny when he learns his high school sweetheart has fallen for Johnny. Will Johnny find a way to survive without draining his brother and damning himself to Hell?
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