The Parish
Description
A widowed mother fleeing her grief. A preteen girl lost in the dark. A soldier of God stalked by the demons of his past. A supernatural presence threatens a small town. Liz's faith in her church had always been rock solid. Until the day her husband was ripped from this world by an IED. Grief-stricken and desperate to flee the memories of her once-happy marriage, Liz uproots her daughter and moves to a small, rural town for a fresh start. But the promise of new beginnings is not without a dark side. The quaint town harbors a terrible secret, and the ghosts of the past are about to demand their due. When her daughter, Audrey, becomes drawn into the spectral mystery, Liz turns to one-time soldier and parish priest, Father Felix, for help. Together they must expose a long-hidden trauma, before Audrey and the town are lost to the darkness forever. Adapted from his screenplay for the feature film, Todd Downing's THE PARISH is perfect for fans of The Others, The Exorcist and Midnight Mass. It is is an atmospheric ghost story with gothic undertones that will have you reading late into the night...if you dare.
More details
Person
Todd Downing is the primary author and designer of over fifty roleplaying titles, including Arrowflight, RADZ, Airship Daedalus, and the official Red Dwarf RPG. A fixture in the Seattle indie film community, he is the co-creator of the superhero-comedy webseries The Collectibles, and the screenwriter behind The Parish and Ordinary Angels (which he also directed). His first feature film, a supernatural thriller entitled Project, was included in a PBS young directors series in 1986. He has written for stage, screen, comics, audiodrama, short-form and long-form, interactive and narrative, in a career spanning three decades. The father of two adult children, Downing spent several years in the videogame industry, working on games such as Spider for the Playstation, Allegiance for the PC, and Casino Empire. He also creates book covers and marketing art for fellow authors and corporate clients, and has done voiceover work for Microsoft and the Seattle Seahawks Pro Shop.
Widowed to cancer in 2005, Downing remarried in 2009 and currently enjoys an empty nest in Port Orchard, Washington, with his wife and three rescue cats. Fortunately, he has an office with a door that closes.
