Stephanie Silber Wordsworks

“Sleep is the doorway to death,” the night orderly tells me, in her lilting West Indian patois.  Her name is Sabon, and she is from Kingston, Jamaica. I am in the hospital my father died in.  I had been visiting … Continue reading →

EVERYTHING IS FOREVER is complete.  It took us fifteen years.  Giving up was not an option.  It’s never been for us.  The other day Vic and I were talking about the notion of giving up on your dreams.  Who goes … Continue reading →

It’s time for another slice from my haunted house mash-up of horror, suspense, and the supernatural.  It’s Thanksgiving Day, and young couple Sunny and Andrew, along with their toddler daughter, have been living in their fixer-upper cottage since late summer.  … Continue reading →

Acceptance and rejection are the two sides of the story for any filmmaker, and in fact for anyone who takes chances and puts themselves out there, whether artistically or otherwise. It’s been a little over a week that our EVERTHING … Continue reading →

The last shot of THE COLOR OF MONEY finds Fast Eddie Felson leaning over a pool table as the camera dollies in to a beautiful closeup and he proclaims with authority, “I’m back!”  That about sums up my own journey … Continue reading →

Sunny’s  friend, the Nigerian priest Father Adebayo, has died suddenly in mysterious circumstances.  Today she means to shake off her lassitude and depression and investigate the house she and her husband and toddler daughter have recently moved into.  The things … Continue reading →