Recent Fiction
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Upcoming Fiction
Author
Taylor's story "The Silent Ones" is a terrifying tale about a man who is slowly disappearing from reality and appears in one of the most highly anticipated anthologies of 2012: Horror for Good: A Charitable Anthology, featuring tales by some of the biggest names in horror, including Ramsey Campbell, Jack Ketchum, Joe R. Lansdale, F. Paul Wilson, Ray Garton, and many more.
"The Vood" is a psychological horror tale about a man whose fear of the dark is taken to a whole new level, and can be found in the horror anthology Box of Delights from Aeon Press, featuring Hugo, British Fantasy and World Fantasy Award-Winning authors such as Mike Resnick, Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Steve Rasnic Tem.
Taylor's story "Masks" exposes the masks we wear in public and what may be lurking underneath. It appears in the new anthology Feast of Frights from The Horror Zine, alongside award-winning authors such as Graham Masterton, Simon Clark, Ed Gorman, Tom Piccirilli, Joe McKinney, Scott Nicholson and more.
For something completely different, the literary collection Stories from a Holiday Heart has a seasonal theme and features Taylor's new tale of love, tragedy and mending a broken heart.
Taylor's most recent story "Show and Tell" is a chilling tale of a boy who makes a startling and horrific confession to his school counselor that may or may not be true. It will appear in the critically acclaimed UK print magazine Terror Tales in May, 2012.
Taylor is a former contributing editor and writer for National Lampoon Magazine, and has written several sports-themed independent comic books, based on celebrity athletes such as the Harlem Globetrotters, Barry Bonds, Mike Piazza, Ken Caminiti, and Ken Griffey, Jr.
He is currently hard at work on his first novel, a suspense thriller set in the Arizona desert, as well as his first collection of short stories.
Screenwriter
Taylor has sold, optioned, and developed feature film projects for Universal Studios, Imagine Entertainment, Dreamworks, The Firm, Contrafilms, Original Voices and Lions Gate Films. As a screenwriter and script consultant, Taylor has worked with top Hollywood producers and directors, including Stan Lee (Spider-Man, The Avengers), F. Gary Gray (The Italian Job, Be Cool), Jonathan Mostow (Terminator 3), Beau Flynn (Requiem for a Dream, Exorcism of Emily Rose), Tripp Vinson (Red Dawn, The Rite), David Kirkpatrick (The Brady Bunch Movie), Paul Hunter (Bulletproof Monk), Scott Messick (Survivor), and more.
Taylor created the animated series Monster Farm which aired on the Fox Family Channel, and also wrote scripts and developed stories for several high-profile television and Web series. These include Beetlejuice, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, The 7th Portal, Beetleborgs, Star Strikers, The Accuser, Bad Dog, The Drifter, and the Backstreet Project, starring the Backstreet Boys.
Taylor has also worked with some of the biggest music video directors in the business, writing videos for international superstars such as Whitney Houston, Diddy, The Fugees, Warren G, Aaliyah, Chaka Khan, and Brandy, which aired on both MTV and VH1.
Most recently, Taylor co-wrote Sticks and Stones with Kate Rees Davies, a short film that aims to spread awareness about "bullying" in schools and the effects it has on our children. Jennifer Blanc Biehn ("CSI, "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia," "Southland"), Freya Tingley ("Hemlock Grove") and Abigail Hopkins (Anthony Hopkins' daughter) will star in the film which premieres at NAB in Vegas in April, 2012.
Taylor has also worked with some of the biggest music video directors in the business, writing videos for international superstars such as Whitney Houston, Diddy, The Fugees, Warren G, Aaliyah, Chaka Khan, and Brandy, which aired on both MTV and VH1.
Most recently, Taylor co-wrote Sticks and Stones with Kate Rees Davies, a short film that aims to spread awareness about "bullying" in schools and the effects it has on our children. Jennifer Blanc Biehn ("CSI, "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia," "Southland"), Freya Tingley ("Hemlock Grove") and Abigail Hopkins (Anthony Hopkins' daughter) will star in the film which premieres at NAB in Vegas in April, 2012.
Filmmaker
Taylor is the screenwriter, producer,
director and star of The
Muse, a psychological thriller
also starring Jake Eberle and Sasha Perl-Raver. The Muse will appear on the independent film festival circuit through 2012
and will be soon be available for purchase on DVD. Stay tuned for further
announcements.
Actor
In the feature film The Muse, Taylor plays
Gabriel Hunt, an down-on-his-luck horror author whose muse is slowly driving
him mad. In Crows, opposite Ty
Granderson Jones and directed by Roy
Vongtama, Taylor portrays an obsessed
paparazzo who will do anything to get a picture of a female celebrity. Taylor also has a guest starring role in Holy Ground,
a new Web series created by Sonya Joseph, and he played an Improv Actor in a
reality show pilot produced for the Oxygen Channel.
Copywriter
Taylor is a multiple award-winning copywriter, who writes marketing and advertising for major brands and multi-billion dollar international organizations.
