William J. Meyer

Sometime after the war, the new recruit of a secretive Clinic is dismayed when she is prematurely thrust into the line of duty and forced to communicate with an ancient, extra-dimensional intelligence. The terrifying experience triggers confrontational memories of her recently deceased brother, invites the erosion of her ethics, and underscores the Clinic’s promise of power.

An Atomic Gothic sci-fi story set in a fictitious nation during the 1950s.

Alex believes a micro-circuitry device has been attached to his body to reshape his brain and prevent him from hearing the sound of oceans. His friend and Confidant Jules agrees to search his body. Later, Advocate Jules interrogates Kelly, determined to uncover the secret location of an invisible, formless being of cryptic and dangerous power.

A sci-fi conspiracy set beneath the stars and within the mind.

They followed the blood. And the blood followed the gold.

At the end of the American Revolutionary War, John and Castella flee a mysterious pestilence in the Caribbean.

But as they sail home during a supernatural storm, the condemned Atabei kills the ship’s captain— and tragedy stalks all three.

A Gothic Romance at the end of the American Revolutionary War.

Six months after the disgraced Chairman returns, seizes power, and occupies the City-- divergent plots of resistance converge in perilous ways as subversives seek to nullify the new government’s authoritarian Algorithm, the ubiquitous computer program said to obey the sacred Ikon.

An audio drama currently in production.
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The old viking warrior Einarr and his young friend Mikel battle to protect their distant city of Reidun. When Einarr is mortally wounded, Mikel sets out to locate Einarr’s estranged daughter Kára for a final father-daughter reunion. But before they can return, a mysterious figure finds Einarr alone-- and about to breathe his last.

A short play about a father and a daughter in the Viking Age.

Joseph and Evelake arrive on the shores of England, planning to secret the Holy Grail inland to the town of Glastonbury. The brigand tracking them might be the least of their perils. . .

A short play about friendship, faith, and the Holy Grail.

Christopher Latham Sholes, newspaper publisher and politician, successfully campaigned to end capital punishment in the state of Wisconsin, resulting in the State Assembly passing his Death Penalty Repeal Act on March 9, 1853.

A monologue intended for actors to use in their auditions, reels, and performance.

A lonely being reflects on waiting four and a half billion years to be reunited with its absent lover.

A monologue intended for actors to use in their auditions, reels, and performance.

Excerpts from longer works, intended for actors seeking monologues for auditions, reels, and performance. Includes history, sci-fi, fantasy, macabre.

From The Sound of Many Oceans, Sting of the Scorpion, Waiting to Die in a Tent..., The Birthing Pit, Secrets of the Eyebringer, The House That Jack Built, And Worms Do Not Destroy.