Author: Patrick Dorn
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Happy Saint Francis Day!
Love this guy so much, I wrote a slap-happy, pun-filled play about him. Check out “The Beggar and the Wolf” at… https://www.pioneerdrama.com/SearchDetail.asp?pc=BEGGARANDT&id=0
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Just published for the new school year…
The Princess and The Goblins Goblins from Down Below plot to seize the kingdom Up Above, so it’s up to an intrepid princess and a resourceful miner to save the day. Princess Irene is looking forward to celebrating her birthday, but the party is about to be crashed by the Goblin King and Queen, and…
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What? Another newsletter? Yes, it’s been three months.
The quarterly Patrick Dorn Author Newsletter just dropped today. It’s available only to subscribers. If you’d like to receive occasional updates on my writing and receive a FREE play or story, sign up. You can always unsubscribe. How else will you find out the latest info on my weird westerns, Catholic supernatural fantasy, and one-act…
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A “mistaken identity” one-act comedy of biblical proportions.
I just published one of my newest religious one-act comedies on ALL e-book platforms (paperback version is in the works). “The Seven Year Switch” is about the “morning after,” when the biblical Jacob awakens in his marriage bed expecting to find Rachel but discovers his beloved’s father has pulled a fast one. No wilting damsel…
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Puppy love with a twist
I’ve just published a short sketch I wrote a few years ago. It was performed by One Night Stand Theatre in Denver and is one of the funniest (in my opinion) pieces I’ve ever written. The 10-minute play is only $1.99 and purchase includes performance royalties/production rights for one year. But if you want to…
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A brawling Jesuit, a crusty seaman, and a skinless selkie walk onto a pier…
Here’s a new short story. It’s part of the slowly expanding “Holy Heretics” series I’m developing. A Jesuit priest fights a crusty seaman on a Monterey, California pier in 1876, going overboard to return a priceless sea lion pelt to its rightful owner. But when Father Julian plunges into the briny deep, who will save…
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A werewolf, and a priest, and a curse unleashed
My latest short story is now available on Amazon-Kindle, all other e-book platforms, and also paperback! A desperate and volatile werewolf enlists Father Declan’s aid in breaking the curse that’s killing his wife. Set in Kinnitty, Clareen, and the Slieve Bloom Mountains in County Offaly, this thrilling and romantic supernatural tale is steeped in legend…
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Malodorous peat faeries and cattle mutilation
My latest Father Declan Supernatural Mystery short story just launched! It’s available as an e-book on all digital platforms, and there’s also a paperback version. I love writing these stories! Invasion of the Ballybogs Father Declan O’Shea, a Franciscan friar with the spiritual gift of Insight, investigates a bizarre cattle mutilation in County Carlow, Ireland.…
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Author makes Pinterest debut
Yes, that’s right. I’m starting up a Pinterest business account. I hope to promote my children’s plays and children’s books on that platform. I’m also going to test the waters to see how my fiction stories do. Maybe I can find my target audience for my supernatural fantasy, weird western, and western horror stories. Besides,…
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Re-branding a play
Last year I wrote a full-length contemporary high school comedy paralleling the comical/woeful adventures of Cervantes’ well-meaning but bumbling knight-errant Don Quixote. My working title was “Donna Quixote,” and the play was set at La Mancha Mall during a cosplay convention. The cast featured a quirky female protagonist and lots of fun supporting characters, from…