a green elfin woman peers out at the reader under text that reads Into the Dark Patrice Sarath

Hell: A Rescue Mission, Into the Dark, and my life as a writer and filmmaker

I don’t even know where to start. Was it in 2018 when I wrote the first draft of “Hell: A Rescue Mission?” Or maybe it was in 2022 when Ian Whates, publisher of NewCon Press and editor of Parsec Magazine reached out to me to buy my story, “Theo Ballinchard and the Oranges of Possibility,” a short story in the world of The Sisters Mederos and Fog Season. Or maybe, it was when I decided Read more…

The Making of Shakespeare in the Diner: Macbeth

In 2021 I made a decision that has had tremendous impact on my life – I started film school. In 2023, that decision played out in ways that I never could have imagined. This is the story of how I made Shakespeare in the Diner: Macbeth, and how this film changed the way I look at what I can achieve. Spring 2023 directing class: What movie should I make? In the spring semester I had Read more…