Fiction by Samuel Bollen
Samuel Bollen is a writer living in Los Angeles, California.
“Back to Work” and “Eliminated”
Published in "Grey Matter,” an anthology from The Words Faire.
Back to Work: A workaholic father with a mysterious illness gets up from his deathbed to return to work. As his condition deteriorates, his family will beg him to reconsider. (1,866 words)
Eliminated: In the near future, the jobless are forced onto the street, and the homeless are rounded up for "disposal." One career climber plays a dangerous game. (1597 Words)
The Ghostwriter
Published in the Running Wild Novella Anthology, Volume 6, Part 1.
Max is a recent graduate from an elite liberal arts college whose unemployed bliss is shattered when his mother gives him an ultimatum: either find a job or move out. He finds dubious employment as a ghostwriter for a shifty client—but most confront his own demons in work and love. (Novella, about 15,000 words)
“Biopic Pre-Production Item”
Published online in The Words Faire.
A Hollywood fixer is sent to the home of a pop star, the subject of an upcoming biopic. The problem? She isn’t dead yet. (1000 words)
“Movie Night”
Published in “Intermissions” from Grattan Street Press.
A film aficionado hosts a movie night in Hell—and tries to trick the devil into screening his
own movie.