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ROBERT PARKS
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JOEY
SELECTED ARTICLES
ABOUT
"Welcome to my Archive (Ignore me, I’m just keeping Wix from losing its mind)"
PORTFOLIO
🪶 FICTION
Eye of the Beholder (short film) 1992 Screenwriter View
(Commissioned Work) Director
Poetic Justice (short story) 1994 Author Unpublished
Undercurrent (screenplay) 1995 Screenwriter Unproduced
Mission: 2 Murder (stage play) 1998 Playwright Unproduced (Commissioned: Murder Mystery Dinner Theater)
die reading (novel) 2002 Self-Publshed Amazon.com
(by Joey Robert Parks)
About: 12 Short Stories for Youth (fiction) 2007 Ghostwriter Under NDA
(pub: Simon & Shuster)
About: An Original Christmas Story (novella) 2009 Ghostwriter Under NDA
(pub: Simon & Shuster)
About: An Original Easter Story (novella) 2009 Ghostwriter Under NDA
(pub: Simon & Shuster)
BMAM (pre-production title) 2016 Screenwriter Unproduced
(Commissioned: Based on a one-page concept. A dark, satirical comedy of violence, toxic masculinity, and the thirst for celebrity, following a delusional real estate mogul whose rise to infamy is paved in blood, ego, media manipulation, and absurd spectacle.)
About: Social Thriller (novel) 2018 Author Unpublished
(Commissioned: Based on a one-sentence concept. The story explores race, crime, gentrification, and survival in a forgotten American city. Think Richard Price’s Clockers colliding into The Wire with notes taken from City of God.)
The Shallow Poet (short story) 2024 Author Seeking Publication
(Literary, Philosophical, Magical Realism, Historical)
Tree Son (short story) May 2025 Author Seeking Publication
(Literary, Speculative, Eco-fiction)
📘 NONFICTION
Re: Cancer Diagnosis (memoir) 2003 Ghostwriter Under NDA
(Woman diagnosed with terminal spinal cancer)
Re: Consumer Advocacy (biz memoir) 2004 Ghostwriter Under NDA
(Founder, National Consumer Advocacy Organization)
Re: Gay Hollywood Actor, Producer (memoir) 2005 Ghostwriter Under NDA
(How his life of privage and opulence spiraled after HIV diagnosis)
Re: Escort to Artist (memoir) 2006 Editor, Bool Proposal Under NDA
($10K/night escort for Saudi Arabian royalty becomes artrist) Agent Acquisition
Legends of Style (coffee table book) 2008 Ghostwriter Out of Print
(by Remy Toh, A Man's Guide to Fashion)
Re: 8 Books About the Saints (nonfiction) 2008 Ghostwriter Under NDA
(pub: Simon & Shuster)
Re: Innovation (business memoir) 2009 Ghostwriter Under NDA (Owner, pro basketball and baseball national sports franchise)
Re: Mortgage Into Wealth (how to) 2009 Ghostwriter Under NDA
(Owner, Mortage Brokerage)
Re: GhostwritePro.com (blogger) 2010 Blogger Blog Archive
(1 of 3 Pro Ghostwriter Bloggers)
Ken Clark (3x a week blogging) 2012 – 2013 Ghost Blogger Sample
(Get Your PHX: Phoenix Historic Homes Realtor)
Disorderly Conduct (humorous memoir) 2021 Ghostwriter Amazon.com
(by John Iannarelli, Retired FBI Agent: Former head of AZ Cyber Security, FBI Spokesperson, Advisor to Pope Francis)
Re: Notable National Lawmaker (memoir) 2018 Ghostwriter Under NDA
(Their public service shaped a nationally recognized healthcare initiative)
Re: A Midwestern Policeman (memoir) 2018 Ghostwriter Under NDA
Lost in Time: (nonfiction) Feb 2025 Ghostwriter Amazon.com
Our Forgotten Vanishing Knowledge
(by Jack R. Bialik)
🧠 EDITORIAL & CONSULTING
A Moveable Feast (A&K article) 2004 Writer Cover, Article
(Towne Club Newsletter: Chef Michael DeMaria Caters To Abercrombie & Kent Members in Strange and Unusual Ways)
Sandy Robson (artist website bio) 2005 Writer Archive.org
(Abstract Painter)
Liz Kenyon (artist website bio) 2005 Writer Archive.org
(Fine Art Pastels Painter)
Jouvelt (artist website bio) 2005 Writer
(Illustrator & Graphic Designer)
Jeff Morrison (musician website bio) 2005 Writer
(Jazz Saxophonist)
Nyangenya Maniga Ph.D. (bio) 2005 Writer
(Organic & Analytical Chemist)
Jeff Morrison Breathes (album review) 2006 Writer Archive.org
31 years into 47 minutes
(Monthly Business Review: Jazz Saxophonist)
Developing Hollywood Leaders (press release) Writer Archive.org
(David Brownstein: Executive Coach) 2006
Hold on to your CTS! (feature) 2006 Writer Archive.org
(A2Z Magazine: Scott Jochim and Company
are Building Your Ultimate Home-cinema Experience)
Yigal Azrouël (magazine article) 2006 Writer Archive.org
(So Scottsdale Magazine: Master Draper and Designer)
100° of Design (special insert) 2006 Co-writer Archive.org
(Desert Living Magazine: 100 Place We Love) Co-editor
Matthew T. McKean (feature) 2007 Writer
(Mortgage Planner Magazine: CEO, cofounder Carnegie First Lending Services)
Jonathan Arvizu (website bio) 2007 Writer Read
(Graphic Artist)
Game Designer: MYST Series (feature) 2007 Writer Read (Provoke Magazine: Bill Slease)
Lofty Goals (cover feature) 2007 Writer Article
(Desert Living Magazine: Habitable Furniture)
Lisa Wonsey (website bio) 2008 Writer Read
(Interior Designer / Prop Stylist
Todd McQueen (feature article) 2009 Writer Article
Digital Photo Illustrator
John Covington (website bio) 2012 Writer Read
Photographer
Dearest Void (poetry collection) 2016 Co-Editor Amazon.com
(by Igor Brezhnev) Publisher
Break Time at Ernie’s (photo memoir) 2017 Editor Amazon.com Inside the book (by Kevin Adams. Learn about Ernie Adams, originator of the dwarf car race car and dwarf car cruiser and building of classic car replicas as dwarf cars for the past 40 years.)
I Am Going Camping With MOM 2021 Editor Amazon.com
(by Sherry Shearheart)
I Am Going Camping With DAD 2022 Editor Amazon.com
(by Sherry Shearheart)
The Art of Teaching Music Literacy 2023 Ghostwriter Sample
to Develop Independent Musicians
(by Janel Huyett)
🖋 POETRY
MIRR OR (poetry collection) Mar 2025 Writer Seeking Publication
(A poetry collection in six forms—Free verse, sonnet, villanelle, ballad, limerick, haiku—exploring fractured identity, memory, and machine consciousness through layered forms and introspective echoes.)
🎨 CREATIVE PROJECTS
26 Blocks (53 Artist Art Exhibit) 2010 Creator, Director, Curator, Producer Website
(Installed at Renaissance Phoenix Downtown Hotel since 2015)
Biggest Small Town (creative nonfiction) (In production)
The spiritual successor to 26 Blocks, this global storytelling project spotlights 74 entrepreneurs—one from each of 50 USA states and one each from 24 countries around the world. With 50 interviews completed, the project is currently in production and represents Joey’s continued exploration of human ambition, resilience, and community across borders.
eYɘ (short film) (in script development)
A wordless, visually-driven short film, eYe explores the struggle to discover one’s unique talent—and the moral weight of sharing it. Written, directed, and co-produced by Joey Robert Parks, the 14-minute film will be shot in 70mm IMAX and submitted to the Cannes Film Festival, with a long-term goal of being screened in schools worldwide for audiences of all ages.
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