Author Archives: douglasesper

About douglasesper

Father of two, husband of one, Douglas Esper is an author, screenwriter, actor, and musician from Cleveland, Oh. He has published two music-related non-fiction books (Reintroducing Chuck Mosley and Break When I’m Dead), a novel (A Life of Inches), and several short stories, including The Day We Hung The Tallest Thomas, which appeared in Frontier Tales. As a musician, Douglas toured with Chuck Mosley (Faith No More, Bad Brains) until the singer’s death in 2017. As an actor, he has 20 credits in films like: Bunker Heights (2027), The Obsidian Mirror (2026), Trivial (2023), and On Gallows Hill (2026?), which is currently making its rounds at festivals worldwide. His coming of age, road trip screenplay, Both Hands In is in pre-production.

short story contest update

Posted on 03/11/2015 by douglasesper

just a quick update: I made it to the next round of the nyc midnight short story challenge! we are down to the last 240 entrants. On Thursday at 1159p I will be given a prompt. I need to write … Continue reading →

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risking paradise #shortstorychallenge

Posted on 01/27/2015 by douglasesper

for the second year in a row i am taking part in the 24 hour short story challenge. i had 7 days to complete a 2500 word short story rolling these prompts: genre: sci-fi character: real estate mogul plot point: … Continue reading →

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that time i recorded with one of my idols

Posted on 12/24/2014 by douglasesper

i’ve known chuck mosley for 15 years and over the last ten we have spent a lot of time on the phone, on the road, and damn have we texted a lot, but besides an old band of mine opening … Continue reading →

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you’re a mean one, mr. grinch

Posted on 12/23/2014 by douglasesper

hey, i’m a little late to the party this year, but back in 2003 my old band the firmary recorded a version of “you’re a mean one, mr. grinch” for a planned christmas album by strangelove recording that never ended … Continue reading →

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Enormous painting of chuck Mosley for sale

Posted on 11/10/2014 by douglasesper

So, In striving to become one of the most random blogs out there, I have offered to help artist pip Logan sell an awesome/enormous painting of one of my favorite musicians, chuck Mosley (and a spot on version of his … Continue reading →

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