Joshua Todd James

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JOSHUA TODD JAMES is an author, screenwriter, martial artist, and father of two very active boys in New York City. He created the sci-fi serial THE COMPANION CHRONICLES, which includes the novels SOME ANIMALS, MINORITY OF ONE, FREEDOM RUN, MAN IN A BOX, and DOMO-ARIGATO, MISTER ROBOTO.

A proud member of WGAE, his screenplay credits include POUND OF FLESH, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, among others. He's also published two free ebooks of monologues for actors, BUILT FOR ABUSE I (for men) and BUILT FOR ABUSE II (for women). He's also made most of his short plays royalty-free for amateur production in THE JOSHUA JAMES PROJECT. Please help spread the news by leaving reviews—every review matters.

Joshua loves ice-cold tea, cool summer breezes, and hot Brazilian Jiujitsu, though not necessarily in that order.

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FREEDOM RUN (THE COMPANION CHRONICLES Book 3) Nov 14, 2021

by Joshua Todd James

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Jacob Kind, a synthetic Companion on the run from the police and the corporation who created him, is determined to find the man who murdered his adopted mother Sylvia. He finds himself in New York City on the search for a woman named Strawberry Fields. He falls in with a group of orphaned synthetics, like himself, who live underground and make their living entertaining tourists in Central Park.

They face uncertainty, however, as the city government preps to sweep up all undocumented synthetics in the city proper and make plans to escape the city and run to Canada, a safe haven for synthetic people such as they.

Jacob uncovers a lead that will bring him to the man Sylvia named as the key to freeing Companions, a certain Larkin Finn, but before he can act on that the detective in pursuit of him, Abigail Moore, shows up.

As does serial killer Munson Tolliver.

Jacob finds himself faced with a choice... abandon his newfound family to pursue Munson, or help them escape as the city of New York prepares to gather up all undocumented synthetics.

The choice he makes will ultimately define who, and what, he is.

For fans of The Minority Report and I, Robot, volume 3 in THE COMPANION CHRONICLES

FREEDOM RUN

A novel by Joshua Todd James

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MAN IN A BOX (THE COMPANION CHRONICLES Book 4) Jan 31, 2022

by Joshua Todd James

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While on the run from the authorities, Jacob Kind finds himself a prisoner on a farm that trains synthetic Companions such as himself to fight in a box for the entertainment of others, a new kind of rural gladiator. Forced to kill his own kind in a hole in the ground, Jacob turns into a rebel leader of his fellow slaves and realizes his kind will never be free unless he can teach them to do what he somehow learned... how to fight back and use the violence against humans.

I, ROBOT meets SPARTACUS in this Sci-Fi Thriller.

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THE COMPANION CHRONICLES VOLUMES 1-3 Jan 24, 2022

by Joshua Todd James

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The first three volumes of THE COMPANION CHRONICLES, SOME ANIMALS, MINORITY OF ONE, and FREEDOM RUN, now available in one boxed set.

“Doing noir as sci-fi is a real challenge and this ambitious book pulls it off!” - David Gerrold, Hugo & Nebula award-winning author of The Martian Child, Hella, & The Man Who Folded Himself

Jacob Kind is a synthetic Companion. Designed in a lab and sold, commercially, to be whomever his Primary (owner) wishes him to be, just like other synthetic Companions created as he was.

Jacob loves his "mother," Sylvia Kind, who believes Jacob is more than synthetic, that he has the potential to be as human as any other being... and she's dedicated to proving that to society as large. Jacob loves humanity, confusing as it can be for him, but more than anything, he's devoted to his mother.

In Volume 1, SOME ANIMALS, when Sylvia is murdered by a masked killer and Jacob is blamed for the crime, he escapes and goes on the run to find her killer, determined to bring that man to justice.

He has but one guiding light... serve and protect humanity at all costs.

In Volume 2, MINORITY OF ONE, Jacob finds himself in South Bend, passing for human as he searches for his mother's murderer, Munson Tolliver, only to get trapped in a raging protest against synthetics. Befriending a young mother working the streets, Jacob is drawn into violence he did not know he was capable of and must fight or lose his newfound friends.

In Volume 3, FREEDOM RUN, Jacob's search for Munson takes him to New York City, where he is adopted by a group of runaway synthetics who work in Central Park and dream of making a run for freedom in Canada. Just as he is about to help them escape, Munson Tolliver shows up to thwart their plans.

Jacob must choose between vengeance or helping his friends...

THE COMPANION CHRONICLES is a Sci-Fi thriller, it's MINORITY REPORT meets THE FUGITIVE, pure visionary excitement in book form.

“Some Animals is an exciting and propulsive sci-fi thriller. Don’t miss it!” - Kai Yu Wu, writer/producer (THE FLASH, CARNIVAL ROW, HANNIBAL)

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SOME ANIMALS (THE COMPANION CHRONICLES Book 1) Sep 14, 2021

by Joshua Todd James

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Jacob Kind is your friend. He is your helper. Jacob is a synthetic Companion, created specifically to be whatever his Primary, his owner, wishes him to be. He isn't allowed to harm humans and, in fact, is devoted to humanity and art.

Right up until Jacob interrupts a masked man murdering his adoring owner Sylvia in their home and is blamed for the vicious crime. The police believe he's the culprit, Companion company executives want him returned for reprogramming to prevent a PR nightmare, but Jacob only wishes to bring Sylvia's killer to justice. Which he is going to have to do on his own.

So now Jacob is on the run.

After her killer, and toward justice, with but one guiding light that his mother left him.

Serve and protect humanity, at all costs.

Without losing his own.

For fans of MINORITY REPORT, THE MURDERBOT DIARIES and I, ROBOT, volume one in a new thrilling series.

SOME ANIMALS
A Sci-Fi Thriller by Joshua Todd James

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MINORITY OF ONE (THE COMPANION CHRONICLES Book 2) Oct 14, 2021

by Joshua Todd James

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Synthetic Companion Jacob Kind is on the run from the police and searching for Munson Tolliver, the man who murdered his adopted mother, Sylvia. Tolliver was an infamous serial killer who fascinated the nation... and who was supposed to be dead at the time of Sylvia's death.

Clearly, he is not dead. Nor does anyone believe Jacob that Tolliver is still alive.

As a result, Jacob heads to the site of Munson's first public killing to search for clues in Tolliver's past that will help Jacob locate him.

Jacob also has to learn how to pass as human, which gives him a unique insight into humanity, especially once Jacob finds himself embroiled in a very public, very violent protest against the use of synthetics, one that has pitted the city against itself.

Against his will, Jacob is drawn to a pair of women, Claire, an advocate for synthetic rights, and Companion-hating Candis, a desperate woman working the streets to provide for her young daughter, Bethany.

It leads to a brutal confrontation that threatens to change Jacob forever.

For fans of MINORITY REPORT & I, ROBOT...

MINORITY OF ONE
By Joshua Todd James

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RENEGADE (THE COMPANION CHRONICLES Book 5) Feb 28, 2022

by Joshua Todd James

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Jacob Kind, a synthetic person on the run for a murder he did not commit, finds himself mistaken for a professional assassin in a mining town. Needing the cash, he takes the money from the mining CEO and goes to warn the intended victim, a Native environmentalist named Raven Running Wolf, only to fall in love with her. Vowing to protect her, Jacob engages in a cat-and-mouse game as he plays both sides off of each other, the mining company and its gang of killers, and Raven's team of violent environmental terrorists.

Volume 5 of The Companion Chronicles.

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Built For Abuse II: Acting Monologues For Women Sep 14, 2016

by Joshua Todd James

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Playwright, author, and screenwriter Joshua Todd James has gathered thirty monologues for women, collected from his plays 2 VERY DANGEROUS PEOPLE SHARING 1 SMALL SPACE, RUNNING IN PLACE, OLD DOG and many more... for actors for auditions, students for class study and for solo performances.

"Joshua James' work is bold, intelligent and subversive. Read it. Then find a way to make it happen on stage. American theater is clogged with the paltry visions of the privileged class, which assure us that the world we live in does not need immediate and radical change. James' work pulls the plug on sentimentality and comfort on stage. His work is at times dark, disturbing, but always arresting and shot through with a fine sense of humour." - Obie-award winning playwright Naomi Wallace

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Built For Abuse: Acting Monologues For Men Sep 14, 2016

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Playwright, author, and screenwriter Joshua Todd James has collected nearly fifty monologues for men from his plays THE MEN'S ROOM, TALLBOY WALKIN', THE PLEASURE PRINCIPLE and many more... for auditions, class study, solo performance and more...

"Joshua James' work is bold, intelligent and subversive. Read it. Then find a way to make it happen on stage. American theater is clogged with the paltry visions of the privileged class, which assure us that the world we live in does not need immediate and radical change. James' work pulls the plug on sentimentality and comfort on stage. His work is at times dark, disturbing, but always arresting and shot through with a fine sense of humour." - Obie-award winning playwright Naomi Wallace

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The Penis Papers: a play Nov 26, 2015

by Joshua Todd James

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An up-close comic examination of what it means to grow up with penis. The first time you touch it... The first time someone else touches it... The first time it touches you...Everything one really needs to know in order to own and operate a penis.

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The Joshua James Project Nov 30, 2013

by Joshua Todd James, Ato Essandoh

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New York playwright and screenwriter Joshua James (POUND OF FLESH starring Jean-Claude Van Damme) has made forty-four of his popular short plays royalty-free for independent and amateur production in THE JOSHUA JAMES PROJECT.

That’s right, you can produce these plays, royalty-free, if the right circumstances are met.

Included in this collection are the favorites ALL THE RAGE, A GAY THING, AMBIVALENT, SOMETHING SITUATION, THE BEAUTIFUL ONE and the Off-Broadway premiering EXTREME EUGENE, among many others.

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Running In Place & Old Dog: 2 Plays May 31, 2015

by Joshua Todd James

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Two dramas by Joshua Todd James:

RUNNING IN PLACE: A budding relationship blossoms between a time-worn waitress, Bonnie, and a much younger man, Trevor, who wriggles his way into her hopes, dreams and emotions despite her best efforts to resist him. They both find themselves carried along by life and love to a destination neither they nor all their friends would have ever predicted.

OLD DOG: A comic tale of a hot-tempered love affair between Hank and Bea, two feisty, set-in-their-ways-by-God Adults with a lot of mileage behind them and lots of rough road up ahead. An examination of small-town love after a certain age, OLD DOG celebrates the pure joy of never being too old to kiss, cuddle or get into a bar brawl.

ROYALTY-FREE for amateur and educational production!

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2 Very Dangerous People Sharing 1 Small Space: a play May 24, 2015

by Joshua Todd James

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She’s a chemical analyst. He’s a poet. She has issues. He has scars. Separate they’re unstable. Together they’re combustible.

2 Damaged people, 1 Loaded Gun.

A savage, witty drama about two people who don’t want to die alone but find staying alive around other people intolerable. A battle of will, wit and emotion, 2 Very Dangerous People Sharing 1 Small Space is what happens when two suicidal people meet and fall in love.

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