Writing

Whodunnit?

Here’s a sketch I wrote for this past October’s live show with my team, 15 Minutes Away. It’s a sort of Agatha Christie parody, and if you’re read my books you might recognize it as a version of the first chapter of Night of the Living Date. I like writing sketches and plays with big casts, so it was fun to be able to use all the actors for this one, and (hopefully) give everybody something fun to do.

Whodunnit? is by me, and features me, Kevin Delano, Ann Marie Yoo, Andrew Warner, John Xavier Miller, Kate Guathier, and James Meiser.

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Level Three

Why yes, it’s another new sketch from my comedy team 15 Minutes Away! This was from our October 22, 2022, show at the Pit Loft in NYC. It’s written by me, and features me, Kevin Delano, and Ann Marie Yoo.

I was inspired to write this by the various YouTube exercise videos I attempted, and gave up on, during lockdown. I hope you enjoy it, because performing it almost killed me!

And if you want to see us live, you’ve got one more shot this year, on December 17 – tickets here!

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Imaginary Friend

New comedy sketch from my sketch team 15 Minutes Away, written by me, and featuring me and Kevin Delano. Benjy’s too old for an imaginary friend now, but he’s got one last magical adventure he wants to play…

This is from our show this past October at The Pit Loft in NYC. Next show is December 17th – tickets here!

Please enjoy my costume. I put a lot of work into it.

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New comedy video: LuciferLife

Since early this year, I’ve been writing and performing sketch comedy in New York City with my team, 15 Minutes Away. We’ve been posting videos of our sketches on our YouTube channel, but I thought I’d feature a few here from time to time.

Here’s LuciferLife from our second show, this past May at the Pit Loft. I originally wrote this for a sketch comedy class I took with Squirrel Comedy Theatre (a great group you should check out!), and later refined and revived it for 15 Minutes Away. It was directed by James Meiser and features Kate Gauthier, Kate Shine, Matt Brooks, Ann Marie Yoo, and me! Enjoy!

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The Dystopia Spell is free at Amazon for a limited time!

The Dystopia Spell is FREE on Amazon, today through Saturday, January 7!

The Dystopia Spell is a genre-smashing adventure, mixing up young adult sci-fi dystopia and sword-and-sorcery fantasy, with a diverse cast and a queer action hero lead!

It’s the first book in the Multiverse Mashup series, and I’m making it free for a limited time in celebration of the release of book two, Night of the Living Date! So jump on now with The Dystopia Spell, and the sequel will be ready and waiting for you when you’re done.

Download The Dystopia Spell for FREE right here!

Are your swashbuckling pirates battling killer robots?
Is a masked slasher lurking in your cozy mystery?
Does your space opera have too little space and too much opera?

When genres collide, Jed is there to pick up the pieces…and have a whole lot of fun in the process.

Jed Ryland is an agent of the Crossroads, always on watch for incompatible universes smashing together. This time out, a dystopian society where teens are forced to battle for their lives is invaded by monsters from a sword-and-sorcery fantasy realm.

Jed’s mission: keep the teens alive, repel the invasion, topple the oppressive government, locate the artifact pulling the worlds together, and prevent the utter destruction of both universes.

Piece of cake.

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