Past work


I received an MFA in fiction from George Mason University a loooooong time ago. I’ve done a few things since then, including making micro-budget horror movies. My publications include short stories, poems, and non-fiction essays.

CONTACT PJ here: pj@pjsproductions.com

Four film crew members facing the outdoor set.
On the set of a Big Biting Pig movie, The Caretakers.

FICTION PUBLICATIONS:

“Family Five and Dime,” storySouth, 2006

“Family Portrait with Elephant,” Gator Springs Gazette, 7/04                                 

“Second Coming,” NFG: Fiction with Attitude, 1/04

“Carusse and Emmel,” Peridot Books Online, 9/99

“The Mother’s Story,” Phoebe, May 1988

“Spring Planting,” The Best of Lafayette, March 1988

 MOVIE PRODUCTIONS:

For 9 years I worked with Big Biting Pig Productions making 10 micro-budget horror movies. I wrote and directed four of them:

Frances Stein (2015)

Lucid (2013)

The Creepy Doll (2011)

Widow (2009).

You can find info about all of them, including sites where you can watch them, at this link.

Our co-authored book combines our writing and movie-making experiences. Now available: Cheapskate Movie Makers: How We Made 10 Horror Movies in 9 Years With Nearly Zero Budget

OTHER VIDEO PROJECTS:

The DNA Projects short by PJ Woodside and Felicia Stewart

Problems music and performance by Eveler Knieveler

Devil Put the Coal in the Ground Neal Rosner performance

Bridge to Death Mystery Series trailer

Western KY Come on Down written and performed by Neal Rosner

INTERVIEWS:

SciFi Pulse interview from 2017

Crypticrock interview from 2016

Film Inquiry interview from 2016

Horror Society Interview from 2014

Abnormal Entertainment interview from 2011

AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS:

The Cajun PI in No Quarters, Screenplay Selected for International Mystery Writers’ Festival, 2011                                     

“Second Coming,” Nomination, Theodore Sturgeon Short Fiction Award, March 2005

“An Uncommon Courtesy,” Finalist, Richard Yates Short Story Competition, Jan. 2005

ORIGINAL PLAY PRODUCTION:

Killer Cast Party, full-length play, the Glema Mahr Community Theatre, March 2009