What Malcolm Doesn’t Know

Malcolm Usher has no idea what his father really does when he's at work. He doesn't know why sometimes he just knows when someone's going to die. He doesn't know why he sees ghosts. He doesn't know why his Tarot reading always begins with the Death card. And he has no idea that Penumbra isn't just a board game he got for Christmas one year; it's what lies beyond mortality.

It all might make more sense if he knew his father is an Usher of Death.

David Howard

David Howard is an award-winning screenwriter, playwright, lyricist and, most recently, novelist. His most visible credit being DreamWork’s major feature film GALAXY QUEST (Story and Screenplay credit), for which he won a Nebula Award, a Hugo Award and a Silver Raven Award and which was recently acknowledged as #61 on the Writers Guild list of The All-Time 101 Funniest Screenplays. David has also worked in television. Credits include THE CARVER BROTHERS (series pilot), with Robert Deniro’s Tribeca Films for CBS (co-written with M.F. McDowell) and DEAD AND BREAKFAST (series pilot) for the WB. He has also collaborated on pieces for the live stage: FALLING FOR EVE (lyricist, based on his play Adam Alone) with book by Tony-winner Joe DiPietro and music by Bret Simmons, appeared Off-Broadway at the York Theatre. Other musicals (book and lyrics, with composer Bret Simmons) include THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST – A WILDE NEW MUSICAL and HAYFEVER THE MUSICAL. His new play, THE HIDDEN ONE, recently premiered at the Torrance Theatre Company. He finished this first novel PENUMBRA this year.

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