Clayton Emery's Screenplays
Television pitches based on my books, short stories, and original ideas.

THE REPUBLIC TV Series - 12 Episodes America falls to the Right Wing
"What happens to the average family in The New Right America?" TV drama, 12 one-hour episodes. Registered with the WGA. 60-Minute pilot completed by Floating Island Productions. Visit The Republic Official Website.

FRANK N. STEIN, PI TV Series The man who's not a man fights for humanity.

Having hidden in plain sight for 200 years, the man-monster is a detective in modern Los Angeles tackling weird cases.  Handsome, tough, smart, wisecracking, and juiced on megawatts, he battles werewolves, dragons, bigfoots, rippers, swamp fiends, and ghosts that prey on human beings - something “Frank” can never be. In the pilot, Frank is mailed an ancient battle pennant that inspired Hitler.  He uncovers a neo-Nazi army bent on sparking riots and looting the city.  Plowing through vampiric soldiers and biker werewolves, Frank tracks down the mastermind, Vlad Tepes, the original Dracula.  But even more dangerous are his women, including a tag-along thief and Dracula’s two beautiful daughters. Inspired by Mary Shelley’s public-domain novel, FRANK N. STEIN, PI, is created and owned by Clayton Emery. MOW / Pilot.  94 pages.  Registered with the WGA.  Request information from

CUTTER TV Series Action and drama on land, sea, and air

Vamping NCIS: LA on the water, "Coasties" on a USCG cutter and working undercover chase druggies, polluters, terrorists, and illegals. In the pilot, Gail Pettibone, brand-new homesick seasick Gunner’s Mate, signs aboard the USS Allagash just as the ship intercepts a sinking Norwegian freighter smuggling illegal Nigerians.  "Helos" relay a boarding team to find missing men, medics deliver babies, and cooks scramble while ashore, undercover ops crash a suspect office.  Overwhelmed, Gail learns fast what it means to be a “Coastie”. TV drama, one-hour episodes, filmed in cooperation with the USCG.  MOW / Pilot, 55 pages.  Registered with the WGA. Request information from

TOTALED MOW / Pilot Based on the Edgar® Nominated Best Mystery Short

Tyger Blake - ex-cop, ex-con, licensed mechanic, and sometimes PI - just wants to hide from the world. But her native curiosity drags her into investigating a missing girl, real estate scams, downtown arson, car bombings, and more. Bashing bullies and kneecapping conspirators means a lost job, jail time, anger management counseling, and the risk of grisly death. But Tyger has nothing to lose - and a powerful mad-on to see justice done. MOW / Pilot, 105 pages. Registered with the WGA. Request information from Read the original story.