Author • Fighter • Brain Injury Advocate

Dark stories.
Damaged minds.
Stubborn hope.

I write psychological horror, speculative fiction and nonfiction about violence, identity, family, survival and what happens when the mind can no longer be trusted.

Creator of Try Not to Die · Founder of Vincere Press · Former Brown football player and mixed martial arts fighter

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Brightside — book cover
Fiction

Brightside

Joe Nolan never asked to read minds. But in a near-future America where telepathy is a criminal offense, his ability makes him a target — and he's sent to Brightside, a remote mountain prison disguised as a sanctuary for dangerous telepaths. Inside, the inmates hear what the world refuses to admit, the guards are trained to break minds before they break rules, and every private thought becomes a weapon. A dark, psychologically charged thriller about surveillance, identity, and the terror of being truly known.

Enter Brightside
Twisted Reunion — book cover
Short Fiction

Twisted Reunion

Twenty-eight stories of terror, tragedy, and twisted morality that drag you deep into the human psyche — where guilt becomes a weapon, desire turns deadly, and even good intentions rot into horror. A pornographer's daily ritual ends in nightmare. A serial killer forgets his victims. A family's holiday tradition takes a bloody turn. Designed to unsettle, surprise, and stay with you long after the last page — probably the best place to meet me as a fiction writer outside Try Not to Die.

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TBI or CTE: What the Hell Is Wrong with Me? — book cover
Nonfiction

TBI or CTE: What the Hell Is Wrong with Me?

For years I ignored the warning signs — the headaches, the memory lapses, the mood swings were just part of the game. Then a brain scan changed everything. This raw memoir blends personal story, medical research, and hard-won hope: forced to confront the hidden damage from years of contact sports and combat, I turned the pain into a relentless pursuit of recovery. For athletes, veterans, caregivers, and anyone rebuilding a life after trauma. It's personal experience — not medical advice.

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Unlocking the Cage — book cover
Nonfiction

Unlocking the Cage

What really drives a person to fight? I traveled to 100 MMA gyms across the country and interviewed 340 fighters to find out. Through raw stories and unfiltered conversations, Unlocking the Cage reveals what it truly takes to live, train, and survive as a professional fighter — the discipline, the sacrifice, the self-discovery, and the cost of glory. More than a book about MMA; it's about what pushes ordinary people to extraordinary limits.

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Creator of Try Not to Die

Try Not to Die: Interactive — a flaming death's-head moth carrying Mark Tullius's monogram

I created Try Not to Die because I wanted readers to become responsible for the choices inside a story.

It has grown into a collaborative world of interactive novels, novellas, audiobooks and creators — now published through Vincere Press.

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