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This was my first film, which features actress Victoria Vaughn of Fairfax, Va. as "Corinn," a low-rent mercenary known as "The .40 Caliber Mouse." Shot on a low budget in Pottsville, Pa. and Washington D.C., it's primarily a music video for a song I wrote along with a blues musician named Soji O. It's titled "Stick Around." Soji appears in the video and performs the track. The song is taken from the point of view of someone who cares about "Corinn" and disapproves of her lifestyle. The ending of the video was shot at The Black Cat night club in Washington D.C. and features "The Carrion Crow," one of the characters I developed for my third novel, "The Wild Damned (2010)." Considering the low budget and time constraints on this project, I really want to commend the people who helped me put it together. I love the shot in which Victoria spins around, brandishing her pistol. The girl's got talent.