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My new book, The Witch: And Other Tales of the American Gothic, is available NOW!
An accused witch is banished from her home in Portland, Maine. A young socialite in New Orleans dabbles in magic to get rid of a rival. An acrobat in a traveling circus learns her greatest enemy lives in the mirror. An Irish immigrant may have brought malevolent faeries with her to the New World. A lumberjack in the Pacific Northwest suspects a monster lurks behind the enormous trees. A Colorado gold miner find himself trapped in the bowels of the earth, no matter how many times he tries to dig his way out. A psychiatrist in Chicago suffers from insomnia and loses track of where reality end and his nightmares begin.
Written in the literary tradition of gothic horror, The Witch: And Other Tales of the American Gothic is a collection of strange occurrences in 19th century America. These seven stories provide a reflection of the country's growing pains during a time of transition and exploration of the secrets that lurk in the shadows of the world we think we know.
Audio versions available on the
American Gothic podcast.
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Pilot, Thriller. Philadelphia, 1917. A medical student with a unique gift for healing must return to his parents’ Mennonite farm when his sister murders a man she refers to as “one of them,” leading him to grapple with the truth about family, faith, and limits of pacifism in a war between good and evil.
Short, Drama. A young woman spends a hot summer day in St. Louis caring for - and protecting - her four-year-old niece.
Pilot, Comedy. Lifelong friends and practicing witches Stella and Jasmine find themselves at a pivotal moment: Jasmine becomes a widow and Stella, the mother of teenage twins, goes through a divorce. With nothing to lose, the pair move to the magickal town of Westbrook to reconnect with their own power. But fitting into a town full of witches with a strict dogma and an aversion to outsiders is going to be much harder than they expect.
Pilot, Science Fiction. The peaceful suburban town of Greenhaven is rocked by a bloody murder that causes Tara, a teenage girl with a mysterious medical condition, to befriend Skye, a renegade hacker who has evidence linking Tara's father to the murder. The two girls embark on a secret investigation that's cut short when Tara encounters an inhuman creature and is abducted by men posing as FBI agents.
Pilot, Thriller. New Orleans, 1898. Gabriel is the son of poor Italian immigrants. Lucy works as a prostitute in a brothel in the Storyville district, where prostitution and gambling are completely legal. Together, they set their sites on becoming Storyville power players and test the limits of ambition and an uphill pursuit of the American Dream against a backdrop of jazz, race riots, Voo Doo, religious reformers, corruption, the Mafia, and a string of unsolved ax murders.
Pilot, Comedy. New to a city she despises, playwright-turned-wellness brand consultant Jane begins carrying a notebook to organize the constant stream of thoughts about her disappointing job, her over-achieving family members, her former best friend, and her impending divorce. Since she moved to support her now ex-husband’s career, Jane will decide how – or if – she will build a life for herself as a single woman in the ocean of absurdity that is Los Angeles.
Feature, Horror. Sarah sees ghosts. They used to be harmless. But lately, the visions have become more painful, and the ghosts are more malevolent than ever before. Sarah must discover a way to save herself, or she may lose her mind in the process.
Feature, Comedy. Suburbia, 1976. Eight months pregnant and a day before her wedding, Amy’s fiance calls it quits. In a desperate quest to make it down the aisle, Amy lures four former boyfriends - and one former stalker - to her house and holds them all hostage until someone agrees to marry her.
Feature, Thriller. Since she was a small child, Christina has been plagued by her malevolent 'dark-twin' alter-ego. Now, as a young woman, a surprise career opportunity at a Los Angeles PR firm leads Christina to a supernatural web of demons, monsters, blackmail, and the discovery that she's a descendant of the fallen angel Lucifer - and the newest member of the world's oldest crime family.
Short, Thriller. Vanessa has found an unusual way to have it all: a clone. But when the experiment that created the clone is deemed a failure and calls for clones to be returned, the other Vanessa is not willing to give up so easily.
Short, Thriller. A depressed man finds an unusual way to provide for the ex-wife he betrayed.
Short, Musical. After thirty years in the business, Tom wonders if it’s worth staying in Los Angeles and hustling work as a musician and songwriter. But leaving the industry would mean leaving his friends and apartment in the beloved neighborhood of Laurel Canyon.
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about
Jessica Hobbs is a writer with a BA in Film Studies from the University of Colorado, Boulder, a background in theater, opera, Vaudeville, television production, and film festivals, and a passion for all things strange and unusual. If she’s not writing, she’s likely on a movie set, traveling around the world, practicing witchcraft, or blasting rock and roll records in her living room. She lives in the magical Laurel Canyon neighborhood in Los Angeles with her composer husband, Robinton, and their cat, Freyja.