M e l o d y L e i g h
WRITER & EDITOR
Here you will find samples of my work, from flash fictions to novel excerpts to a playable text-adventure game!
AND ONE FOR GOOD LUCK | Comic Script
Slice-of-Life/Drama | Act One
It's Billy's birthday and he's desperate to make it through the school day without a beating from the biggest jock around—in this game of cat and mouse, it's Billy vs. Carson.
A TWIST IN MY STORY | Novel Excerpt
Fantasy/Adventure | In-Progress
It's Queen Roselle's coronation day, and it's not going great. Not only did she offer a ride to the mage who ends up losing her sister, but now she's stuck teaming up with him and her sister's fiance on a journey to bring Faith home.
ANIMAL SHELTER | Short Film Script
Slice-of-Life/Family | Completed
Clarissa is downright lonely in her new apartment, and a trip to the local animal shelter might be just the thing she needs to fill the emptiness that has made its way into her heart.
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST | Novel Excerpt
Sci-Fi/Romance | In-Progress
A modern re-telling of the classic Beauty and the Beast in which it is science that curses Beast, not magic, and there is no true love's kiss to cure all.
FIXATED | Flash Fiction
Drama/Suspense | Completed
Shawn Cooper's dog is missing, and the voice on the phone isn't much help at all.
PAINT IT RED | Short Story
Horror/Suspense | Published
Padrik is desperate to be rid of his nagging wife, and his growing fantasies of murder have become too much to bare.
PARADOX HOUSE | Novel
Suspense/Magic & Mystery | Published
One year after a reporter disappears investigating the story of Laelia Bay's local haunted mansion, Emilie Shostrom and her two best friends decide to follow in her footsteps and find out what happened to her. But when they end up trapped within both the mansion and time itself, Emilie realizes her desire for adventure might be more than she bargained for.
PLAIN FLOWERS | Short Film Script
Slice-of-Life/Drama | Completed
Rosalie is a florist eager to meet her online friend for real, but is terrified of planes and the means she must take to reach her.