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W R I T I N G
Spooky LA, based in Los Angeles, originated in New Orleans as a collaboration between Marta (writing & photography)
and Tom Murphy (music, writing, & performance arts). Their video shorts received national attention for their strong political stance and controversial subjects.
Their world was one of art centers, galleries, raves, and cable. They won several cash awards at film and media festivals and
earned kudos at an international filmmakers symposium sponsored by the U.S. State Dept.
After exploring the realm of home-grown productions, the couple moved to Los Angeles, where they now work in entertainment.
Their creative services grew to include online media, music journalism, and art services for televison and film.
When Marta first arrived in Los Angeles, she was chosen for the WGA Writing Program, a paid internship with the writers at Star Trek Voyager. Most fun she's ever had in a day job.
Marta's latest novel, The Vatican Solution, a political thriller set in post-World War II Italy, was a semifinalist in the Nicholl Fellowship and the Chesterfield Writers Project.
Marta's second novel Acapulco Buds, is an adult political comedy set in the late 1960s— love, war, dope, the CIA... and Go-Go dancing commies.
Marta's first novel Spirit Land is a story of love and horror set in New Orleans.
Marta's short story, Angelita, is available to read
free online. On the eve of Dia de Los Muertos, a young boy buys a devil mask from a stranger with shiny silver teeth. The bewitched mask promises to give him the power to avenge his baby sister, killed in a drive-by shooting. But can he control the mask, or does the mask control him?
She's published two photography books: Carnival Dreams and
The House on Rue Burgundy.
Her newest novel— due May 2021— is Bloodline, a dark fantasy novel. A modern-day family of shapeshifters— an ex-junkie musician dad, his feisty teen daughter, and his super-power baby son— unleash elemental forces to battle a secret Christian military order vowed to destroy the mutant species... And in the shadows, an ancient beast weaves his own agenda in the mix.
Marta's novel in the works is The Dream Machine, a time-travel fantasy set in 1930s Hollywood.
Marta wrote Borderline, a crime drama screenplay set on the Tex-Mex Border.
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 Dark Comedy Novel
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 Dark Fantasy Novel |
 Political Thriller Novel
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 Dark Fantasy Novel
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 Short Story |
 Excerpt from Spirit Land
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 Mardi Gras Photography
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 Nude Infrared Photography |
 Crime Drama Screenplay
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