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Introducing "Da Workz," a new fiction initiative I'm launching. I'll be narrating my original prose fiction with actors reading some if not all of the dialogue, depending on which project. All of this will be free on YouTube, released as 10-20 minute scenes once per week and collected as a longer contiguous and binge-able work once they're all out in the world.
Anyone who becomes a paid subscriber to my Substack will get early access to the stories as prose and have the ability to go back and read stuff at your own pace. Ain't that swell?
What are the launch projects for "Da Workz?"
FALSE FLAG: DADDY LESSONS
If you ever enjoyed the 1980s adventures of real American heroes and the terrorists they battled, imagine if it was more like Wag The Dog meets professional wrestling as a workplace drama?
Starring Damion Poitier (Avengers, Captain America: Civil War, The Flash, Payday) as Black Fury, CJ Johnson as Operator, Heidi Cox (Stalking LeVar) as Wrecking Ball and DW McCann (Beyblade Burst, Genshin Impact, Blade of Honor) as Jack Attack.
We're just getting started ...
THE SUNDERING: NO MORE ORPHANS
Starring my good pal Damion Poitier (The Flash, Avengers, Payday, Crime Boss Rockay City) as Jaith Kuduri, one of the Nation's greatest heroes ... in the making.
What's interesting about this is that live play Dungeons & Dragons sessions were played with Poitier, which were then transliterated into prose and scripts for the actors to read. In this initial story, Jaith has been plagued by a magical threat tied to one of the Nation's oldest enemies. He travels to Elderrest, the oldest city in the world, looking for answers and makes a few friends along the way.
Other members of this stellar cast include Malcolm Barrett (The Boys, Preacher, The Changeling, Timeless, Better Off Ted) as the Proctor of the Tiger, The Dark Rose; Safiya Fredericks (I Am Charlie Walker, The Book of Boba Fett) as Ethrina Castlemaine, "Fearless" Fred Kennedy (Mud79 podcast, DJ on Q107FM Toronto) as Timon and Ella Tabu (Lost In Space, All American) as Charity Nyongo, with more to be announced. Music is by Hines Buchanan.
THAT'S JUST THE BEGINNING
Once we get through the first two "seasons" of this, I'll be announcing new projects in this format ... and maybe I'll do more of the voices myself. I recorded a whole set of stuff with just me before I realized, "wait, I know cool people who could do this!" Luckily, with the help of Zoomcatchers, I already recorded almost all the voices for "Azores," which is confirmed as season two for False Flag, so that's a lock for 2025.
All that to say inside my four walls, inside my self-created nerd-topia, all is safe and sound like Capital Cities was on deck. Outside my door, comparison shows me fairweather smiles, broken systems, creepig death on every gust of wind. None of it matters once I lock the doors. Here, for now, it seems I have it all under control.
Entering my second half-century, that's the lesson. My ability for control has borders that might not extend very far, despite the far reach of my desires and ambitions. There's still plenty of road ahead, more stories to tell, more peaks of accomplishment beckoning for me to summit them.
In general, apologies to Miss Simone, but I'm feeling good.
I SAID, "GOOD DAY"
Like B Mo the Prince, I'm out here trying to get this 2024 thing right. It does feel like this a lot, sometimes.
"Whatever that means to you, I'll see you on the dance floor."