J.H. Long
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The Library
TWO SENTENCE STORY:
Scientists asked an A.I. to take the most utilitarian action it could imagine that would benefit the largest portion of humanity.
It turned itself off.
Fiction
Moksha
Short Story | Science Fiction | 5000 Words
A budding game designer in a stunning virtual world of her own creation must suddenly confront the terrifying truth of her existence, her identity, and the nature of life and death.
Twisted Image
Short Story | Horror | 5800 Words
An ambitious psychotherapist isolates herself with a patient for a revolutionary therapy and soon discovers that she's dealing not with a sociopath, but a true monster.
The Book of Borrowed Time
Short Story | Fantasy | 5000 Words
Logan and Ray, two nerdy, bullied teens, find an escape from the trials of their lives in the form of a book that opens the door to an empty mirror of reality all their own, and they must choose between facing their problems and fading away.
Waterside: A Tale of The Ranger
Short Story | Fantasy | 3000 Words
A traveling mercenary stops at a pond to bathe, and is confronted by a mysterious woman who emerges from the depths.
Once Upon a Time in The Bronx
Short Story | Drama | 2500 Words
Cormac, a latch-key kid living in The Bronx, leaves home to retrieve his grandfather’s medication, but has a chance encounter with a beautiful girl who he vows to impress, even if it means going outside the law.
Magnum Opus
Flash Fiction | Drama | 1000 Words
After his latest work is rejected by yet another gallery, Henri, a struggling artist, confronts the realities of trying to live his dreams in a world where dreams are commodified and success may mean giving all he has.
Short Scripts
Lifeline
Script | Science Fiction | 10 Pages
A put-upon house robot escapes his master and tries to avoid recapture as he makes his way in an unforgiving world.
Superhero Gig
Script | Action | 9 Pages
An amateur superhero toiling in a society that doesn't value his talents decides to break into the big leagues by poaching a major hero's rescue.
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Bottom Feeders
Script | Horror | 19 Pages
An affluent family hosting a dinner party must fight for the right to live when a group of masked men hold them hostage and force them to play a twisted game.
Life and Death on the Edge
Script | Drama | 7 Pages
Lynn’s latest excursion to the roof of her apartment building for a smoke leads her to discover a young man preparing to jump to his death.
Published
The Pale
Novel | Fantasy | 288 Pages
This is not the story of a hero.
This is the story of Adam Rodriguez, a soldier trying to pick up the pieces of a life that was stolen from him. On a mission in Afghanistan gone sideways, Adam finds himself at the mercy of a vicious warlord, and the warlord's murderous ambition lands Adam on the other side of the Pale, where he finds his world has become unaccountably stranger. New terrors, some bizarre and others all too familiar, prey upon his home, and to face these new threats, he, too, must become stranger: a monster, a hunter of monsters.
Into The Wind
E-Book | Drama | 4800 Words
“Into the Wind” is a dramatic collection of short tales about the loss of innocence set in the modern world—a dark, poignant delve into the struggles we face in the days of our lives.
The production of this e-book involved several steps and processes. Polishing the e-book content. Building, formatting, and programming the manuscript following industry standards to create e-book files that would be compatible with multiple devices. Finally, uploading the e-book for publication and distribution, and creating marketing material for it.