It was the summer the worm grew out of Alice's stomach. It was my job to worry it out, bit by bit. Every day I twirled a little bit more around a slender, bleached stick that the doctor had given to our mother. Alice cried every night as I coaxed out the oily crawler, more than two feet in all, from her overburdened intestine. Alice was nine that summer. I was twelve...
So begins the story of Joel and Alice Holding, a brother and sister with a big problem on their hands.

Independent filmmaker Kia Simon optioned my short story, Alice, and is turning it into a feature film based on my screen adaptation.

Visit www.alicefilm.com for the latest news, crew bios, and stills from our recent trailer shoot starring Rosanna Arquette, Alex Borstein, Jackson Douglas and Najarra Townsend.

The eleven-minute trailer will be posted as soon as it's ready. AliceFilm.com>>