Angie is a short story writer, novelist, and award-winning screenwriter living in Portland, Oregon. Get the scoop on her latest book and other projects.
Published in Fredericksburg Literary & Art Review, Vol. 4, Issue 2, Fall 2016 Cover Art by Bill Harris, Rearview Mirror (Excerpt:) It’s 110 degrees and the air is weighed down by a blanket of humidity, when it’s just barely June, meaning this day could never lead anywhere good. The uneven dirt road goes on forever, a washed-out brown line looping in and through itself. I keep…
Published in The Helix Magazine, Fall 2015 (Excerpt:) I stand at our favorite spot under the dogwood tree. There are day-old cigarette nubs piled underneath, but none of them are hers. I keep walking around to the edge of the cliff, searching for signs that Marie was here, but there’s not a single trace of her. For as long as I can remember, the sky has…
Last fall, I wrote and directed Redmonton, a dramedy web series that has already earned 18 film awards from LAIFFA, IIFA, IndieFEST, and other international film festivals this year. Redmonton: Behind the Scenes Photos Learn more about the show at www.redmonton.com It’s kind of bizarre to think about how it all started. For those who don’t already know the story, Redmonton is a funny and honest look…
Fiction Meets Life is an online project of mine that eventually led to the creation of the award-winning Redmonton web series that premiered last fall. My idea was to create a deeper engagement for readers by combining written and visual storytelling. Taking from my experience working for a news media company in Washington, DC, I was inspired by interactive storytelling sites produced by The New York Times and other newspapers,…
Published in Halfway Down the Stairs (Excerpt:) Out of the second floor window, Alex climbs barefoot down the drainpipe in a dark alleyway with the ends of her black dress flapping upward from the wind, revealing her soft bare skin underneath. She’s a beautiful and fragile creature, her feet delicately wrapped on both sides of the pipe as she steps, one foot at a time, down…