Stephen Hess

Stephen has completed several scripts for video productions including the award winning three-part web series AREA:98 that appeared on Amazon Prime.

AREA:98 is a scifi web series based in the Pacific Northwest site of one of the first records UFO sightings in the United States. As an agent for the government agency AREA:98, Elias becomes involved in a discovery of a dead alien found by his partner and cop, Ken. The realities of these discoveries begin to affect their relationship as they discover more about each other. Submitted to film festivals, AREA:98 received two awards and the three episodes appeared on Amazon Prime for a couple of years. Stephen was writer, director and producer for this production filmed in three days with a cast and crew of one dozen talented individuals. A novelization of AREA:98 will be released in September 2022.

In January 2021, Stephen published his first novel, 29 Palms. This gay action romance novel that explores the challenges that government assassin Shane Hamill encounters after meeting a Marine, Kyle Mathews, in a small bar in Twentynine Palms. After a motorcycle ride in Joshua Tree National Park, they quickly discover a bond that brings them into a relationship. As their relationship grows, Shane never shares his profession with his lover, questioning what he does as he falls deeper in love. One year into the relationship between Shane and Kyle, Shane's newest mission goes wrong as he takes out the wrong target. In an act of revenge, Kyle is dragged into Shane's secret world.
Shane realizes that he no longer wants to do the dirty work he has been doing as he has fallen in love with Kyle, discovering a new truth in his life. Shane must face the intense pressure to change his life, escape the agency he works with, rescue the man he loves, while saving himself. The book premiered in the Top Ten of LGBT Action Adventure titles on Amazon. Also, the screenplay from the novel was part of the top 100 screenplays for Table Read Austin 2021

The second book, 29 PALM - SECOND CHANCES was released in May 2021. This title reached the top 20 of LGBT Action/Adventure titles on Amazon, with a 5-star rating. Currently, Stephen is working on a screenplay to combine the books into a limited television series.

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