Who is Stephen?

Fox Storytelling is my creative home.

I played with toys longer than the kids around me; it was difficult for me to give up the play part of my life. I didn’t realize why I loved them so much at the time. In retrospect, I very clearly see my adventures with G.I.Joe, Star Wars, and TMNT action figures as my first experience in storytelling. The betrayals, deaths, and shocking twists that unraveled under my parents’ coffee table burned real joy into my id.

I chase that same feeling today. My catalog of creations are fairly diverse in tone – from sci-fi comedy to dark fantasy to essay-style nonfiction. It’s all about the same thing, though. My imagination has always been my favorite place to sit and think and be.

I tried to bend my writing and drawing into a part of a daily grind. I worked for a few gaming companies, drew a few comics for small press comics, assembled series bibles, and wrote screenplays for several folks in the Nashville area – some of them might actually see production. The experience of contributing to other folks’ dreams, though, wasn’t fulfilling. Time-after-time the pitching stage would stall, and the few pitches that moved into actual negotiation destroyed my faith in corporate-sponsored storytelling. The clichéd caricatures of fast-talking agents, two-faced executives, and manipulative processes weren’t exaggeration at all.

This isn’t a “I walked away” sort of story as much as a “they’ll never want someone like me,” story. I decided a while ago I wanted to work on my own books. The projects at Fox Storytelling are the fruit of a desire to bypass the sort meaningless corporate feedback responsible for stealing so much fun from audiences that never knew they’d been robbed. It’s what I want to say, how I want to say it – art.

Writing Credits

“It’s Doug the Pug” animated short – screenwriter
Tom Bancroft Productions

“The Ask” feature film – story by, first draft screenplay
Laugh-O-Gram

“Family Movie Night” feature film – screenplay
Tekmerion Productions

“Major Dynamo” – first draft screenplay
Tom Bancroft Productions

“Cyber Security Fundementals” course, 8 2 – 3 minute videos – scripts
Southrock Ventures

“The Quest” short-format feature – story by, screenwriter
BGEM

Illustration Credits

“Legend of Isis” vol. 1, issue 10 – pencils
Tidalwave Productions

“The Myriad: Chi Sai” 1 – 3 – pencils
Approbation Press

“The Northern Lights” campaign sourcebook – illustrator
Dream Pod 9

“The Rifter” quarterly magazine (2 issues) – illustrator
Palladium Games

“Nightbane Survival Guide” campaign sourcebook – illustrator
Palladium Games

“Traveller” game sourcebook vol. 2 – illustrator
Mongoose Games

“Cyberpunk 2020 Card Game” various cards – illustrator
Social Games