Don’t tell anyone, but I figured it out.
Don’t tell anyone, but I figured it out.
I’m standing on the edge of the world,
toes creeping forward for a better view,
cool breeze tickling past my thighs,
me and the night – taking flight.
From above, a glimmer washes over me,
might be the moon or the glow from a TV screen
watching me grow up in the dark.
Grey matter swirling.
Fiction kicking.
Stories teetering.
Tottering together.
A kid living a cartoon,
The twist ending,
A funny infomercial.
Snacking on rollercoasters.
Looping, soaring, plunging, roaring.
Jimmy Crack Corn but I do care.
Free to imagine, death in my sleep.
Up to stars, into shadows,
through time.
Back in the nest when commercials are over.
You know that feeling of being alive?
Figuring it out?
I do.
I’m wed to my head.
Born with a pen in my mouth.
Happy it’s not my size eleven.
I get to pretend.
Get to write the world.
And right the kid within.
Craig W Van Sickle
2013
Craig W. Van Sickle
Author, producer and writer. Craig has become a trailblazer in Trans-media. 
Writer
2010-2011
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (TV Series) (written by – 3 episodes)
– Nomad Droids
-Hunt for Ziro
– Evil Plans
2007
Tin Man (TV Mini-Series) (story – 3 episodes, 2007) (teleplay – 3 episodes, 2007)
– Tin Man
– Search for the Emerald
– Into the Storm
2006
24 (TV Series) (written by – 1 episode)
– Day 5: 1:00 a.m.-2:00 a.m.
2004-2005
Medical Investigation (TV Series) (written by – 3 episodes, 2004 – 2005) (story – 1 episode, 2005)
– Mission La Roca: Part 2
– Mission La Roca: Part 1
– Mousetrap – Little Girl
2004
NCIS (TV Series) (story – 1 episode, 2004) (teleplay – 1 episode, 2004)
– Lt. Jane Doe
2002-2004
She Spies (TV Series) (39 episodes, 2002 – 2004) (written by – 1 episode, 2002)
– Remember When
– Wedding of the Century
– Witness Protection
– Stranded
– London Calling
– The Gift
– Family Reunion
– Leotards and Lies
– White Chollima
– Spies Gone Wild
– Message from Kassar
– Off with Her Head
– Love Kills
– Cover Me
– Crossed Out
– Date to Mate
– Gone Bad
– Manhunt
– Last Man Standing
– Rane of Terror
– We’ll Be Right Back
– Learning to Fly
– Damsels in De-Stress
– The Replacement
– Daze of Future Past
– While You Were Out
– First Date
– You Don’t Know Jack
– The Girl with the Broken Heart
– Betrayal
– Perilyzed
– Spies vs. Spy
– Trap
– Three Women and a Baby
– Ice Man
– Fondles
– Daddy’s Girl
– Poster Girl
– The Martini Shot
– First Episode
2001
The Pretender: Island of the Haunted (TV Movie)
The Pretender 2001 (TV Movie)
1996-2000
The Pretender (TV Series) (37 episodes, 1996 – 1999) (writer – 17 episodes, 1996 – 2000) (written by – 4 episodes, 1996 – 2000) (created by – 1 episode, 1997)
1993-1994
Cobra (TV Series) (11 episodes, 1993 – 1994) (created by – 7 episodes, 1993) (written by – 4 episodes, 1993) (writer – 3 episodes, 1993 – 1994)
– Aces and Eights
– Precious
– Lorinda
– Haunted Lives
– A Few Dead Men
– Caged Fury
– Death Dive
– Blast from the Past
– Lost in Cyberspace
– Diamond in the Rough
– Death on the Line
– Playing with Fire
– Something in the Air
– I’d Die for You
– Hostage Hearts
– Mr. Chapman, I Presume
– The Gnome
– Nowhere to Run
– Honeymoon Hideaway
– Push It
– Pilot: Part 2
– Pilot: Part 1
1991
Street Justice (TV Series)
1989-1990
Alien Nation (TV Series) (writer – 5 episodes)
– The Touch
– Crossing the Line
– The Red Room
– The Game
– Fifteen with Wanda
1990
Ski Patrol (screenplay) / (story)
1989
Class Cruise (TV Movie) (written by)
1987
Disneyland (TV Series) (1 episode)
– Double Agent
1987
Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) (written by – 2 episodes)
– The Bottom Line Is Murder
– Crossed Up
1984
Love Boat (TV Series) (writer – 1 episode)
– Aerobic April/The Wager/Story of the Century
Producer
2007
Tin Man (TV Mini-Series) (executive producer – 3 episodes)
– Tin Man
– Search for the Emerald
– Into the Storm
2007
A.M.P.E.D. (TV Movie) (executive producer)
2004-2005
Medical Investigation (TV Series) (executive producer – 13 episodes)
– Mission La Roca: Part 2
– Mission La Roca: Part 1
– Black Book
– Half Life
– Survivor
– Mousetrap
– Ice Station
– Tribe
– Spiked
– The Unclean
– Price of Pleasure
– Little Girl
– Mutation
2001
The Pretender: Island of the Haunted (TV Movie) (executive producer)
The Pretender 2001 (TV Movie) (executive producer)
1996-2000
The Pretender (TV Series) (executive producer – 58 episodes)
1993-1994
Cobra (TV Series) (executive producer – 22 episodes)
1991
Street Justice (TV Series) (supervising producer)
1990
The Flash (TV Series) (producer – 4 episodes)
– Honor Among Thieves
– Watching the Detectives
– Out of Control
– Pilot
Miscellaneous Crew
2000
1989-1990
Alien Nation (TV Series) (executive story editor – 21 episodes)
– Green Eyes
– The Touch
– Gimme, Gimme
– Rebirth
– Crossing the Line
– Real Men
– Partners
– Eyewitness News
– Generation to Generation
– Spirit of ’95
– The Red Room
– Chains of Love
– The Game
– Three to Tango
– Contact
– The Night of the Screams
– The First Cigar
– The Takeover
– Fifteen with Wanda
– Little Lost Lamb
– Fountain of Youth
1987
The Law and Harry McGraw (TV Series) (story editor)
Director
2000
The Pretender (TV Series) (1 episode)
– ‘Til Death Do Us Part
Himself
2008
Filmnut (TV Series)
Thanks
1999
Twin Falls Idaho (special thanks – as Craig Van Sickle)
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