Greg Roensch
Greg Roensch is currently writing poetry, making short poetry-films, writing and recording original songs, and promoting his second flash fiction collection ("Lunch with the Alien and Other Short, Short Stories"). His writing has appeared in Dream Noir, 365 Tomorrows, Defiant Scribe, Potato Soup Journal, Aethlon: The Journal of Sports Literature, and elsewhere.
Projects
Rock-n-Roll Oasis: Live at Tiny Telephone
A live album from a show that audience members called magical, unique, and fun – which is exactly what you'd expect when entering the rock-n-roll oasis. Welc…
Music
Howling at the Moons of Saturn
A spoken-word collection. Writing and narration by Greg Roensch. Featuring original music by an all-world contingent of composers and performers. Coming Soon.
Literary Arts, Music
How Much Filipino
I come from a mixed family background. Irish, Scottish, Czech, Spanish, Portuguese, German, and Filipino, with my dad's family coming to the U.S. from Manila…
Literary Arts, Cinematic Arts
I'll Cover You in My Dreams
A musician sleeps and while sleeping dreams of performing dream-vision renditions of songs he loves by artists he’s long admired. That’s the concept of “I’ll…
Music
Dream of Sailing
“Dream of Sailing” is set in a faraway hospital where the narrator, recently returned from war, imagines a life at sea. But will he ever leave the confines o…
Literary Arts, Cinematic Arts, Music
Fear the G-Drive
Fear the G-Drive. It's the name of the band and the name of the debut album coming soon.
Music
THE MISSING BOOK
"A book is missing from my shelf..." So begins this short poetry-video in which the narrator ruminates on the imagined contents of his missing book.
Literary Arts, Cinematic Arts
This Is Where We'll Build the Labyrinth
An old oak falls in a vineyard, leaving a large dirt patch in the middle of the vines. It's the perfect spot for a labyrinth, the narrator thinks as he ponde…
Literary Arts, Cinematic Arts
Giant Rock
A desert dream vision. A deathbed hallucination. An extraterrestrial encounter. In this short poetry-film, the narrator visits the Southern California desert…
Literary Arts, Cinematic Arts
Then Came the Firestorm
This is a poetry-film about a firestorm, a pandemic, and murder hornets. Yes, it pretty much sums up the last year and a half ... and counting. Featuring ori…
Cinematic Arts, Literary Arts, Music
He Runs
It's an afternoon like any other when a man leaves home for a short jog through his neighborhood. Little does he know that his jog will become a race for his…
Cinematic Arts, Literary Arts
Dear Leviathan
A pandemic-lockdown-influenced poetry-film – and an audio-visual rumination – about big-mouthed politicians and the lies they spew.
Literary Arts, Cinematic Arts
Late Afternoon Ocean Beach
A plump gray cartoon mouse. A black cat. A conversation at San Francisco's Ocean Beach. This short poetry film captures the sights and sounds of the beach, w…
Cinematic Arts, Literary Arts
Breakfast with the Alien
In his first collection of short, short stories – some just a few paragraphs long – Greg Roensch breathes life into characters from all walks of life and cre…
Literary Arts
Lunch with the Alien
In his second short, short story collection, Greg Roensch takes us to the raw and nervy edges of life. We might find ourselves running from a heist gone wron…
Literary Arts
In the Still of the Apocalpyse
In March 2020, I had to cancel a house concert due to the COVID-19 shutdown. Not knowing when I'd play another show, I decided to record a live album. So, he…
Music
Year of the Tiger Mask
On the day before Tiny Telephone recording studio in San Francisco closed its doors forever, I scrambled into the studio to record six songs with guitarist e…
Music
What's in the Meaning of That Cloud in the Sky
“Everything on this disc is as original and unique as they come, which just can’t be said for a lot of the records topping the charts right now.” – The Indie…
Music
Spiral Notebook Project
When I learned about the Kickstarter campaign to finish building Tiny Telephone studio in Oakland, it didn’t take long for me to imagine the possibilities. I…
Music
Chernobyl
Step right this way. The show's about to begin. Hurry, hurry. It's gonna be a blast. I wrote this post-apocalyptic-pop song after reading an article about ho…
Literary Arts, Music, Cinematic Arts
Don't Forget to Pack Your Hand Grenade
While waiting in an airport security line, I saw the usual signs. No sharp objects. No flammable substances. No firearms. Then my attention was drawn to an i…
Music, Cinematic Arts, Literary Arts
Put on the Pink Flamingos
We met in high school and bonded over comics, Star Trek, and rock music. I created this poem / audio collage as a tribute to a best friend gone too soon. A m…
Literary Arts, Music
EA Story
I worked at Electronic Arts for 15 years (1997 - 2012). In 2019, I was invited back to lead the EA Story project and capture 40 years of gaming and company h…
Gaming
Skills
Literary Arts
FocusWritingGenresFlash Fiction, Humor Fiction, Science Fiction, Thriller & Suspense, Experimental Poetry, Free Verse Poetry, Jazz Poetry, Spoken WordCinematic Arts
FocusDirecting, WritingGenresExperimental, Art & Design, Music, Indie & ArthouseMusic
TypesAlternative Rock, Indie Pop, Indie Rock, Indie FolkGaming
FocusArchival & Preservation, CurationGenresFighting, First-Person Shooter, Platform, Third-Person Shooter, Interactive Movies, Exploration Adventures, Narrative Adventures, Role Playing, Construction & Management Simulation, Life & Social Simulation, Military & Combat Simulation, Sports Simulation, Racing Simulation, Real-Time Strategy, Turn-Based Strategy, War Strategy