Willis Kuelthau

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Nina, a wrangler on a dude ranch, is shocked to find a powerful CEO dead on one of her rides. She wants to clear her name and get out of town, but she finds that the ranch and the guests are full of secrets – and that sometimes, frontier justice is the only way out.

An ill-fated expedition up Switzerland’s Eiger leaves only two survivors: research scientist Victoria and mountain guide Cheval. As police interrogate the two, they piece together the story of the disastrous climb — and learn that the climbers weren’t the only ones on the mountain. Based on the novel Frankenstein.

On the high seas of the 1700s, young pirate Amias Buxton is determined to live up to the legends of his lost father. He races a rival crew for his father’s cursed treasure, but the curse turns out to be of intergalactic proportions — and Amias learns that his father didn’t just disappear; he was abducted. Now a race of aquatic aliens is back for more, and Amias will have to help the pirates rise above their selfish ways to stop the invaders from stealing earth’s oceans.

In 1880s Colorado, Father Lewis travels a preaching circuit between mining towns in an attempt to forget his bloody past. Fiery outlaw Rose has turned to robbery to save her ranch, and in the preacher she finds a perfect courier for stolen gold. When she blackmails Lewis into helping her gang, the two begin a deadly race to preserve their worlds. Father Lewis quickly finds that no one can outrun the past — and the soul most in need of salvation may be his own.

About

Born in the Rocky Mountains, Willis fell off more horses than bikes growing up. He graduated from climbing his bookshelf to climbing mountains, where he has faced down bears, slept on ledges, and performed a concert on Yosemite’s El Capitan. He has worked as a chauffeur, a journalist, and a palm reader, collecting stories along the way. With a penchant for big ideas and unexpected heroes, Willis is a lifelong believer in the love of adventure and the adventure of love.Willis's feature, The Marmot & The Devil, was a 2023 Austin Film Festival Semifinalist.

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