Travis Heermann

Screenwriter

Denver, Colorado

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About Travis

Freelance writer, novelist, award-winning screenwriter, editor, poker player, poet, biker, roustabout, Travis Heermann is a graduate of the Odyssey Writing Workshop and the author of The Ronin Trilogy, The Wild Boys, Rogues of the Black Fury, and co-author of Death Wind, plus short fiction pieces in anthologies and magazines such as Apex Magazine, Alembical, the Fiction River anthology series, Historical Lovecraft, and Cemetery Dance’s Shivers VII. As a freelance writer, he has produced a metric ton of role-playing game work both in print and online, including the Firefly Roleplaying Game, Battletech, Legend of Five Rings, d20 System, and the MMORPG, EVE Online.

He enjoys cycling, martial arts, torturing young minds with otherworldly ideas, and monsters of every flavor, especially those with a soft, creamy center. He has three long-cherished dreams: a produced screenplay, a NYT best-seller, and a seat in the World Series of Poker.

In 2016, he returned to the U.S. after living in New Zealand for a year with his family, toting more Middle Earth souvenirs and photos than is reasonable.

Gender:
Male

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The Hammer Falls Sci-fi In a dystopian world of blood-drenched circuses and environmental degradation, a washed up, gene-modified pit fighter takes one last shot at the Big Time, only to run afoul of a global criminal syndicate. To save himself and his girlfriend from reprisal, he must enlist the aid of a traveling pit fighter road show, complete with a snarky ninja and an ex-con cyberpath.
Where the Devil Resides Horror In the aftermath of the Civil War, a cowardly Yankee minister must track down his kidnapped daughter in the Everglades with the help of a powerful Santeria priestess, to save her from a gang of Confederate swamp rats led by a cult leader with supernatural powers.
That Long Black Train Horror When two Western backpackers board an overnight train in Vietnam, they soon find the train is a living beast bound for Hell, and they must confront the ramifications of things they have done on their hell-raising vacation.
Death Wind Horror When a pioneer doctor uncovers a series of bizarre murders in Indian country, he must join forces with the beaten-down Lakota to confront a mysterious tribe of sub-human cannibals and save his prairie town from the cannibals’ dark god, a bloodthirsty sentient tornado.

Awards

Mile High International Film Festival - Finalist
(2020)
Inroads Screenwriting Fellowship - Finalist
(2020)
Crimson Screen Horror Film Festival - Best Unproduced Short Screenplay
(2019)
Genre Blast Film Festival - Best Short Script
(2019)
Killer Shorts Horror Screenplay Competition - Official Selection
(2019)
Fade In Horror Awards - Best Screenplay
(2019)
Inroads Screenwriting Fellowship - Finalist
(2019)
Shriekfest Horror Film Festival - Finalist, Best Feature Screenplay
(2019)
Filmmatic Pitch Now Screenwriting Competition - Finalist, Best Horror/Thriller Screenplay
(2019)
Anaheim Film Festival -Winner, Best Scifi Screenplay
(2019)
Silver Scream Festival - Best Horror/Fantasy Screenplay
(2018)
CINEQUEST Film Festival, 1st Place Screenplay Contest
(2012)
Writers on the Storm Screenplay Competition Top 10
(2011)
H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival L.A. - Screenplay 2nd place
(2011)