Many years ago, before I began writing my Dark Comedy novel DEAD SIZE, I had first fleshed out the story in screenplay format. I set aside this detailed outline after the book was finished, and pretty much forgot it existed.

Recently I re-discovered the doc in the deepest bowels of my computer (in a folder named Gulliver extras). Id also forgotten that it featured a different ending from the one I ultimately penned.

While the original ending is not necessarily better, it is less surreal,...