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🪶 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Justice  (short story)                                    1994                Author                              Unpublished 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About: Social Thriller   (novel)                           2018                  Author                              Unpublished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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