Founder and Director of Tenebrific.
I'm a writer and narrative designer whose been professionally writing for over a decade, and I've been creating stories through a variety of avenues for even longer.
My portfolio covers a range of genres and mediums, but one common thread ties them together; an emphasis on character-driven stories, using a piece of myself to form the foundation of the characters I create.
That spans from amorphous feelings in a specific time/place in my life to deep-seated emotional touchstones and childhood experiences. Building personalities and narrative journeys around that core keeps characters relatable while helping me flesh out their thoughts, feelings, goals and motivations at any given point.
A narrative rogue-like following the nostalgic dreams of a comatose woman, an action-platformer detective thriller with an interplanetary conspiracy, a body-swapping puzzle adventure, and more.
Vigilantism doesn't work. Four 'heroes' learn that the hard way after being framed and exiled. As they fight their way back to civilisation they have to overcome their pasts, inner-demons, and each other to find answers.
A surrealist comedy where a woman questions her sanity when an imaginary creature appears / In a muddled dystopian future, a rogue militia try to stop a procedure that causes biological immortality and its arrogant inventor.
A personal self-sustaining tropical island sounds idillic, until unpredictable 30-metre tall waves crash through / The joys of pregnancy begin to dissipate for a young couple when the reality of their environment sinks in.
Original stories exploring different themes, worlds, and storytelling styles; a mystical life or death choice that decides the fate of others, an assassin boxed in and betrayed, a relationship at the end of the line, and more.
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