Author · Screenwriter · Sacramento

Curtis L.
Alcutt

Twenty years of telling dangerous stories. Novelist and screenwriter working across supernatural thriller, sci-fi, suspense, and urban fiction — with fourteen published books and a growing slate of screen projects in active development and submission.

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20+
Years Writing
14
Published Books
16+
Screenplays
13
Projects in Development
"A slate built from the ground up — novels, scripts, and series ready for the screen."

A novelist who writes
for the screen

Curtis Alcutt has been a professional author for over twenty years, holding publishing credits with Simon & Schuster and independent publishers. His body of work spans fourteen published books across urban fiction, paranormal thriller, romance, and non-fiction.

His screen catalog has grown into an active submission pipeline — features and series across sci-fi, supernatural thriller, action, and vertical drama, with projects currently in query, submission, and active development.

Beyond the page, Curtis gives back through youth education — a tailored writing curriculum built around authorship, entrepreneurship, communication, and the therapeutic power of expression.

Publishing credits
Simon & Schuster / Strebor Books
Hourglass Unlimited
Alcutt Enterprises, LLC
Archway Publishing
Black Pearl Books

In Development

Sci-Fi Feature In Submission
Crustwalkers
Sci-Fi Disclosure Thriller
A Bay Area rideshare driver picks up a fare who turns out to be the dying, half-human son of Earth's hidden reptilian rulers. One explosive night racing to Mt. Shasta. Draft one complete, mythology bible locked.
One-Hour Series Seeking Rep
Black Widow and the Sandman
Action Thriller Drama
A blackmailed assassin and a weaponized scientist are forced onto the same mission — and discover they're afraid of something neither gun can fix. Three scripts complete. Full pitch package available.
Co-written with Deatri King-Bey · Based on the novel series
Limited Series · 7 Eps In Submission
Spring Heeled Jack
Supernatural Thriller
A Victorian legend stalks modern Sacramento. A disgraced journalist uncovers a conspiracy that leads her to Jack — a centuries-old entity no one has ever seen. Pilot, series bible, pitch deck, and query letters complete.
Vertical Anthology Seeking Platform
Going Down
Micro-Drama Anthology · 9:16
A Twilight Zone-style anthology built for phone-native streaming. Every episode unfolds inside a single elevator car. Seven-episode slate and format bible complete. One set. Rotating casts. One twist.
Vertical Series In Submission
Eyes of a Player
Drama · 9:16
Set in the world of professional basketball — not on the court, but in the lives of the women who love, manage, and outlast the men who play. Phone-native format. Active 20-company submission campaign.
Series Pilot In Development
Sins of a Siren — Hell to Pay
Drama Series · Book Three
The final installment of the Sins of a Siren trilogy. Pilot script and full series bible complete. Feature adaptation of Book One also complete.
Sci-Fi Feature In Development
God by Proxy
Sci-Fi Comedy
Big cosmic ideas at an intimate, human scale. Treatment, outline, and 8-slide pitch deck complete.
Horror Anthology Seeking Platform
Chronicles of Emmorta
Horror Anthology Series
A siren, half angel and half demon, anchors a rotating anthology of horror tales while secretly being groomed to become the next Creator. Pilot ("Purpose"), series bible, and full pitch package complete.
Co-written with Deatri King-Bey
One-Hour Series In Development
Fatal Intentions
Crime Drama · Book Two
Book Two of the Sins of a Siren trilogy, reimagined as a Baltimore-set drama pilot. Trenda Fuqua's past and future collide before she's ready for either. Pilot script complete.
Based on the novel series
Supernatural Feature Ready to Submit
Of the Dark
Supernatural Horror
Three unlikely protagonists, Virgil, Midas, and Xylia, are pulled into a mythology far older than the town they call home. Adapted from the novel. Script complete and ready to shop.
Vertical Anthology · 9:16 Seeking Platform
LOOSH
Horror Anthology
An alien curator broadcasts humanity's fear as premium entertainment for an audience light-years away. Format bible and pilot complete.
Vertical Series · 9:16 Seeking Platform
Weed The People
Drama
A master cultivator and a newly licensed former science teacher build something unexpected at a Berkeley cannabis collective. Format bible complete.
Feature In Development
Bullets & Ballads
Drama
A hard-edged drama drawn from the 2008 novel of the same name. Full pitch package complete.

Script Catalog

Crustwalkers Feature
Sci-Fi Thriller 2025
Black Widow and the Sandman Series · 3 scripts complete
Action Thriller 2025
Going Down Vertical anthology · 7 episodes
Anthology 2025
Eyes of a Player Vertical series
Drama 2025
Sins of a Siren — Hell to Pay Series pilot
Drama 2025
Spring Heeled Jack Limited series · 7 episodes
Supernatural 2024
God by Proxy Feature
Sci-Fi Comedy 2015→
Chronicles of Emmorta Horror pilot · Co-written with Deatri King-Bey
Horror 2026
Paiges Sitcom
Comedy 2017
Roman & Jeanette Feature
Suspense 2015
Of the Dark Feature
Paranormal 2015→
Hell Hath No Fury Black Widow & the Sandman series
Thriller 2015
Fatal Intentions Series pilot · Book Two
Crime Drama 2026
LOOSH Vertical anthology · Format bible + pilot
Horror 2026
Weed The People Vertical series · Format bible
Drama 2026
Bullets & Ballads Feature
Drama 2026

Books

The Nestling
Fiction · Sci-Fi
Seeking Representation · 2026
Life Stuff: A Penny For My Thoughts
Non-fiction · Inspirational
Hourglass Unlimited · 2019
Dark Geisha
Fiction
Hourglass Unlimited · 2017
Of the Dark
Fiction · Paranormal Thriller
Archway Publishing · 2017
Hell Hath No Fury
Fiction
Hourglass Unlimited · 2013
Fatal Intentions: Sins of a Siren 2
Fiction
Simon & Schuster · 2012
The Sandman Cometh
Short Story
Hourglass Unlimited · 2012
Sins of a Siren
Fiction
Simon & Schuster · 2011
Black Widow and the Sandman
Fiction
Hourglass Unlimited · 2011
Eyes of a Player
Fiction
Alcutt Enterprises · 2011
For the Love of Honey
Non-fiction · Short Story
Alcutt Enterprises · 2010
Drastic Measures
Fiction · Anthology
After Dark Delights · 2009
Bullets & Ballads
Fiction
Alcutt Enterprises · 2008
Your Roadmap to a Book
Non-Fiction · Self-Help
Alcutt Enterprises · 2007
Not Tonight
Fiction · Anthology
Simon & Schuster · 2006
Dyme Hit List
Urban Romance
Black Pearl Books · 2005

Awards & Honors

Writing Awards
J.M. Jefferies Best Duo Award — co-authoring Dark Geisha, 2017
Roman & Jeanette — Quarter-Finalist, ScreenCraft Action/Thriller, 2017
Black Widow and the Sandman — Quarter-Finalist, ScreenCraft Action/Thriller, 2015
Contributing author — bestselling anthology Caramel Flavor, 2006
Honors & Community
Sacramento Film Festival — Finalist
African American Museum & Library — Event Host, Oakland, 2012
Writeway2Freedom — Co-Founder, literary foundation, 2007–2011
Capital Film Arts Alliance & California Film Foundation — Member
Volunteers of America — At-Risk Youth Writers Workshop, 2012–2013

Have a project or a pitch?

Reach out directly. Scripts, pitch packages, and series bibles available on request.

curtisalcutt@gmail.com