Storytelling…
This is the home of my published creative writing. In addition to my visual art interests I’ve always been a writer. My focus has been screenwriting with the intention of having those ideas produced as movies.
Oxygen Wars, the Novel
My first self-published novel is “Oxygen Wars,” an idea that first took form as a screenplay by my friend and frequent writing partner Daniel Merritt and me. More published works will show up here soon.
Oxygen Wars — After surviving serious damage, a clone soldier finds himself outside of the war he’s fighting and is left to rediscover his humanity and learn what’s really behind the war.
by Melton Eduardo Cartes
“This is a daringly inventive dystopian vision of a future era of complete planetary colonizations, organized by (surprise!) corporations rather than states. Amid wars that are systemic and endless, one soldier finds himself partly disconnected from the program, and the novel follows his gradual realization of what has happened, as well as his discoveries, here and there, of fragments of pre-corporatized humanity within himself. Allegorically, it’s a powerful warning of the forces released by the convergence of capitalism, militarism, and data-driven systems of control. It also reminds us, in nicely nuanced ways, that the hunger for freedom is not extinguishable.”
David Robbins
“Sharply written and deeply felt.
— Jada W.
“I really liked this! A quick read that knows how to savor while sprinting (and speckled with classic sci-fi and Americana references), Oxygen Wars gives form and personality to an elemental landscape that affronts and absorbs the characters and their actions toward self-determination.”
Coming Works
The next published works will most likely be paperback versions of my completed screenplays, beginning with Control Home, a science fiction story by Daniel Merritt and myself. It was a Semifinalist in the Austin Heart of Film Screenwriting Conference in 1999.
Control Home — A bounty hunter on the trail of an organ scam artist comes to realize that he may have found the man who has his original hands.
These published stories will be formatted as screenplays, but as paperback editions. They’ll be part of the The Screenplays Series. I intend to novelize all of my screenplays, but this should be a fun expression of these stories.
Following Control Home naturally will be the current screenplay for Oxygen Wars.
Rants and Short Stuff…
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Filmmaking and Animation
Two friends and I created an animation and creative services studio. Check out AlbinoPigGorilla Studio!
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