Toby's stories have been praised by Midwest Book Review, Library Journal and Cemetery Dance as well as by New York Times bestselling authors Steve Berry, Douglas Preston, Jonathan Maberry and Steve Alten. He has been featured in The Big Thrill magazine and on Internet radio, blogs and newspapers.
Owing to the inspiration of Edgar Rice Burroughs, Ray Bradbury and Stephen King, Toby became an author of what he likes to call "high-octane sci-fi, fantasy and horror" and has published several books.
He is currently co-producing several movies for which he wrote the screenplays, including THEY WHO WALK AMONG US, THE BACK WOODS, ANGEL OF DEATH AND MERCY, and DEVIL TOWN.
Toby is also a songwriter and musician and lives with his family near the Great Dismal Swamp in northeastern North Carolina.
Unique traits: Multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and recording engineer.
Goodnight to the Sun
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Film
by Elliott Montello (Action and Thriller)
Writer
Jason "Flag" Barnes, newly released from an Iraqi prison, swears revenge on his former SAS Commander Henry Taylor and takes Henry and his family hostage. Henry's teen son Kai escapes and must use lethal means to save his parents.
They Who Walk Among Us
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Film
by Brand Spanking New Films (Horror and Thriller)
Writer/co-producer A young musician must utilize long-buried clairvoyant powers to find her missing teenage sister and save her from an ancient supernatural force that is terrorizing their North Carolina home town.
Elizabeth City State University
(2002-2006)