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Welcome to my author website. Here, you can learn all about what I’ve written and what I’m working on. I call it “Stories From The Last Frontier” because I’m drawn to the amazing people and land of the northern Great Plains and Rocky Mountains. The photo you see here was taken on one of my many journeys to the Bakken oil fields. It’s an incredible place of contrasts where people have come from all walks of life to battle the government, the oil companies, Mother Nature and each other as they chase the American Dream. You can read all about it in my latest novel, Fracturing. (Please click on “In Progress” to learn more.)

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About George

George is a novelist and screenwriter who writes about people who are much braver, cooler, and more interesting than himself. He finds inspiration for his stories in the least explored area of our country — the northern Great Plains and the Intermountain West. Most of his work revolves around the theme of second chances because that’s where emotion lives.

He has produced WHY WE RIDE, an award winning documentary about motorcycles. He also penned a feature film about legendary motorcycle racer Ed Kretz that is currently in development. You can learn more here: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm6014557/ And more about WHY WE RIDE here: https://www.facebook.com/WWR.WhyWeRide/?fref=ts

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Novels

The Road To Sturgis – A seventy-year old man gets a second chance at life when an experimental drug sends his cancer into remission. With his body seemingly aging backwards, he sets out to fulfill his lifelong dream – a motorcycle ride to the rally in Sturgis. But when his son, a failed author and businessman, learns that the effects of the drug won’t last, he sets out to find him. Now on the amazing high roads of the Rockies, and the open roads of the northern plains, two men with different agendas must battle the elements, their pasts, each other and time.

Daniel’s Wager – For Buffalo Creek, Idaho, the new mega-church was to be a boon. It was to bring a hotel, a golf course, racquetball courts and a five-star restaurant to this tiny hamlet far off the interstate. For eighteen year-old Daniel it was to be the beginning of a new life. It was a way out from under the oppressive hand of his alcoholic uncle who raised him. It was to bring him a high-paying job, acceptance, fame and girls. But it also threatened to destroy his best friend’s family business. And it was the beginning of the end to small town values. Now, just hours before he is to be lethally injected for the brutal murder of the mega-church’s enigmatic leader, Daniel tells his unbelievable story to the prison chaplain in hopes he can secure a stay of execution.

The Divorce Diet – It was Cassie Robert’s thirty-fifth birthday and, according to her doctor, her last. That’s because Cassie has a fatal weight problem. On top of that, she received another unwelcome gift – her husband’s infidelity. Faced with death, divorce, and the impossible task of starting over, Cassie tries to eat herself to death in the parking lot of Baker’s Square. Her best friend Cheryl persuades her to lower the fork and seek the ultimate revenge by losing the weight and living. With Cheryl’s help, Cassie is brought back from the brink by diet, exercise, and the promise of a million dollars from the popular TV show Loser Take All. While filming in Los Angeles, Cassie’s life takes an incredible turn, and over time she becomes thin, successful, and rich. Now, back home to finalize the divorce, an unexpected twist reveals evidence that her dreams of crushing her husband may not be justified.

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Screenplays

Full Throttle – When a hell-bent for leather truck driver loses his job, he turns to racing motorcycles in order to marry and support his girlfriend. But on the eve of making it big, he is confronted with losing all he ever cared about. (Based on the true story of legendary motorcycle racer Ed “Iron man” Kretz.) See more here: http://www.imdb.com/videoplayer/vi1194766361?ref_=nm_rvd_vi_1

Charlie Redstar – When an ex-cop witnesses the alien abduction of his son, the government frames him for murder in order to cover it up. Now, pursued by a relentless agent from a shadowy organization, he must work with his estranged wife to break into a top-secret warehouse filled with recovered alien technology in order to expose the truth and get his son back.

We The People – When a nuclear attack strikes during the President’s State of the Union address and kills all our elected officials, the world seems ready to pin the blame on a foreign terrorist group. But when a down and out ex-marine discovers proof that this was really an inside job, it falls on to him to hunt down the true subversive before he can take over the country.

Exquisite Corpse – In a world where how you die is more important than how you live, people pay big bucks for Hollywood-produced euthanasia. However, when one man learns the secret consortium that is behind all the pain and suffering on the planet, he must expose them before they execute his girlfriend on top of a tower during the world’s number one rated live TV show.

Sympathy For The Devil – When a washed-up teen idol steals a cursed Jimi Hendrix guitar, it gives him another shot at immortality. But as his new fame and ability grow, his girlfriend realizes she must destroy the guitar before it completely takes over his life and unleashes the devil onto the world stage.

John Brown’s Body – Over the course of one rainy October night, abolitionist John Brown and a ragtag group of raiders seize the federal armory at Harpers Ferry and its cache of 200,000 guns. But, before they can get out of town and arm the slaves in a massive rebellion, Robert E. Lee and his marines put down the insurrection, nearly killing Brown. Now, about to hang for his crimes against America, Brown finally sees that if he goes to the gallows, he can achieve everything he had ever hoped for. (Based on historical events.)

Depredations – When his children are slaughtered and his wife is taken captive by Cheyenne Warriors, a homesteader who fought in the Civil War picks up his rifle once again and sets out for revenge. (Based on actual events.)

 

 

 

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TV

The Twist – A washed-up Hollywood producer teams with a desperate scientist to produce a hit TV series by harvesting the memories of a cryogenically frozen man. But when their subject comes back to life and escapes his chamber, they must hunt him down before their secret is exposed.

DisAstor Park – Astor Park is a magical land of family, fun, and wonder. At least that’s how founder and eccentric millionaire Lawson J. Astor sees it. But in reality, it’s a comedic mess of a theme park where the rides are poorly designed, the employees don’t care, and the safety inspector threatens to shut it all down. Somehow, in the midst of all the chaos, a shy new employee finds a way to keep the dream alive.

 

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In Progress

Fracturing – An unemployed carpenter leaves his family behind to seek his fortune in the North Dakota oil boom.