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Why I'm Going To YouTube

Greetings, fellow Lavish Mates. This is just me announcing my new YouTube Channel @TimKailCreates. Dissatisfied with the film festival submission...

Tim

February 21, 2026 · 1 min read

in Writing Neighborhood

Hamlet Prepares

Greetings, one and all. Here is my latest short film. It tells the story of a community theatre actor who lands the role of a lifetime. Enjoy and l...

Tim

February 15, 2026 · 1 min read

in Arts Neighborhood

I'm Writing A Book!

I'm writing a book! The Work Of Wrestling: A Book About Art is a combination of my best work over the past decade with entirely new writing on the ...

Tim

February 09, 2026 · 1 min read

in Arts Neighborhood

Vertical Cut

The building had no name, just floors stacked like bad decisions. Rain turned the concrete into glass. Kade was already moving when the first knif...

WINDIGOkid

February 03, 2026 · 2 min read

in Writing Neighborhood

INDIANA JONES AND THE BLOOD SUN CROWN

The rain came down hard and hot, turning the Guatemalan jungle into a steaming graveyard of mud and insects.  Indiana Jones hated jungles. He hated...

WINDIGOkid

January 28, 2026 · 5 min read

in Writing Neighborhood

Wolverine : No Survivors

The rain comes down like nails. Neon bleeds across the wet asphalt. Logan smells them before he sees them, gun oil, cheap cologne, fear trying to...

WINDIGOkid

January 28, 2026 · 2 min read

in Writing Neighborhood

Author J.J. McGee On Next Week's Work Of Wrestling Podcast

If you've been a member of the pro-wrestling community over the past decade you've likely come across the work of J.J. McGee aka MithGifs. J.J. app...

Tim

January 27, 2026 · 1 min read

in Arts Neighborhood

2060 Poster

Just something fun I cooked up for my next short film, 2060: [Your paragraph text-4.png]

Tim

January 24, 2026 · 1 min read

in Writing Neighborhood

2060

I've begun work on my next film, 2060, a sci-fi short that shows the day in the life of a man living 34 years in the future. Here's one of my favo...

Tim

January 21, 2026 · 1 min read

in Writing Neighborhood

Breath Before Impact

Lantern light. Wet stone. He stands still long enough to be mistaken for afraid. Footsteps rush in. A punch,  he doesn’t block. He empties the sp...

WINDIGOkid

January 19, 2026 · 1 min read

in Writing Neighborhood

Soft Hands, Hard End

Night. Rain. Stone. Liang waits. Three men step in. Steel whispers. No threats, only breath and intent. The first lunges. Liang shifts an inch. ...

WINDIGOkid

January 19, 2026 · 1 min read

in Writing Neighborhood

IRON TIGER, NEON BLOOD

The city breathed steam and neon, exhaling heat through manhole covers like a wounded animal. Rain slicked the streets until every light doubled i...

WINDIGOkid

January 16, 2026 · 9 min read

in Writing Neighborhood

Hamlet Prepares Short Film Trailer

Hello, all. Here is a trailer for my next short film, Hamlet Prepares. It's currently doing the rounds in a few film festivals so I can't share th...

Tim

January 13, 2026 · 1 min read

in Writing Neighborhood

To Be An Indie Filmmaker Or Not...

This past year I fully embraced the concept of being an independent artist. What does that mean? In a nutshell, it means I make art simply to make ...

Tim

January 13, 2026 · 5 min read

in Arts Neighborhood

That time I was on Stone Cold's podcast...

When I started my podcast, The Work Of Wrestling, in 2015 one of my goals was to be on Stone Cold Steve Austin's podcast. A couple years later it a...

Tim

January 02, 2026 · 1 min read

in Arts Neighborhood

THE SALT-WOLF

The wind came off the black sea like a blade being sharpened. It worried the long grass into whispers and pressed salt into the mouth of the nigh...

WINDIGOkid

December 31, 2025 · 7 min read

in Writing Neighborhood

NEON TIGER, BLACK LOTUS

The rain came down hard enough to bruise the city. Neon bled across wet pavement, signs buzzing in Cantonese and English, advertising sins you cou...

WINDIGOkid

December 27, 2025 · 5 min read

in Writing Neighborhood

OFFSET ERROR

The call came at 02:11. Christian Wolff was awake already. He lay flat on the narrow bed of the Airstream, hands folded on his chest, eyes open, c...

WINDIGOkid

December 27, 2025 · 4 min read

in Writing Neighborhood

RECONCILIATION IN BLOOD

The file arrived on a flash drive the size of a thumbnail.  No return address.  No note.  Just a single spreadsheet, a set of shell companies stack...

WINDIGOkid

December 27, 2025 · 5 min read

in Writing Neighborhood

MAX PAYNE: AMMUNITION FOR THE SOUL

The city was locked and loaded. You could feel it in the air, like static before a lightning strike. New York didn’t sleep, it chambered a round a...

WINDIGOkid

December 27, 2025 · 5 min read

in Writing Neighborhood

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