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Story and Meaning

Narrative-driven work focused on character, emotion, and ideas wrapped in accessible storytelling. Projects here use story as a way to explore how people think, feel, and connect.

Bumper and McDog

Book Series

A character-driven picture book series created as a tool for teaching social-emotional learning.

How To Survive Your Parents

Film

Michael and his parents navigate love, parental pressure, and choosing a restaurant in this short film.

The Dreamers Safari

Book

A quiet bedtime story about dreaming and learning through the eyes of  animals.

Fountain Grand Freelancers

Screenplay Reading

Early table reading of the script that later became the award-winning short Bitsy Bites Back.

Mikey The Magician

Book (In Development)

A middle-grade novel about a young magician navigating family expectations, friendship, and the responsibility of real magic.

Bitsy Bites Back

Film

Three retirement-community misfits gamble on a plan to take down a senior scammer in this sharp comedy short.

Your Year of Positive Change

Book

A guided framework designed to support intentional growth and personal development over time.

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir Reimagined

Screenplay Reading

A speculative reboot script reimagining a classic series with a contemporary family.

The Sky Skipper

Web Animation

An early experimental web animation that pushed full-screen design before high-speed internet.

The Dick TaPhone Tapes

Archival Short

A 1983 improv comedy sketch featuring the satirical character Betty Barthlomew in a talk-show format.

The Little Thought That Manifested a Universe

Book

A philosophical children’s book exploring how ideas, awareness, and creativity shape experience.

The Three Meditations

Book

A guided journal exploring inner awareness through three structured meditative exercises.

Precarious

Book (In Development)

A supernatural mystery about a woman who follows impossible clues and uncovers answers to her own lost sense of purpose.

The Esari Hypothesis

Book (In Development)

A working framework for conceptualizing lost civilizations, built on speculative research and structured worldbuilding.

Richard Mueller has always been full of joy.

A native Californian, Rich now lives with his husband and computer under the majestic redwoods of Sonoma County, fueled by strong coffee and a deep love of doughnuts; he transmutes ideas from the ether into our realm daily.

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