Stand Alone Works

Electric is the uniquely charged story of Chris, a young man with epilepsy, who strives to cope with and quell his seizures even as he completes his academic studies and tackles a professional freelance design career serving others. It is the story of watching friends leave and reappear because of the condition. And the story of unlikely people participating in his long-term treatment plan. It is the story of a crush gone wrong, and the special relationship with a genuine woman afterwards. It is a story of drawing near to God, adaptation, and survival in a body that knows all too well that lightning can strike at any time.

Today, artist Joshua Holmes is secure in Christ, at peace with His timing, eager to create, and ready to overcome any life obstacle. In thirty-eight years, he faced a myriad of struggles, however, before arriving at a place of acceptance. Born a fighter, from day one he defied misdiagnoses, cerebral palsy, and epilepsy. After brain surgery, against all odds he adjusted to new acquired disabilities, including visual and sensory deficits. He acknowledged stigma, embraced failure, set creative goals, and discovered his place in the world. An academic and professional, he later persisted after repeated seizures in the classroom and workplace, and navigated the disarray they left behind. With faith and endurance, he trusted God to lead him through three different colleges and into a rewarding freelance career. In this remarkable autobiography, Joshua Holmes paints a stellar picture. He recounts a life of trial, accomplishment, survival, and blessing. Introspective, informative, fast-paced, and filled with irony, Painting the Whole Picture is a harrowing tale you won’t want to put down.

On what seems an ordinary day in Philadelphia PA, local financier Porter Maddox witnesses a brutal murder only to take a near lethal fall down a city subway stairwell shortly after. He subsequently loses his memory and is pursued by Collins and Gunn, the Philadelphia Police . . .

Graphic Designer Remi Painter just finished taking a deep breath of satisfaction after acquiring a new design job when his long-time friend and aspiring perfumer, Jamie Sillinger, contacts him in desperate need of help.

Jamie just completed perfumery school and is working on a start up when he is accused of murdering an old acquaintance, an act he emphatically denies. But the more Remi and his friends explore Jamie's past and home laboratory they notice a possible connection to the crime.

Meanwhile an angry serial killer with a painful past is on a mission to pin his attacks on Jamie. Can Remi identify motive and save his friend before it's too late?