Non-fiction · Fiction · Screenplays
Portland, Oregon
Stories about ordinary people standing at the edge of despair, and the strange, difficult, and sometimes beautiful ways they find their way back to wonder and recovery.
Selected Works
Non-Fiction
Community Spotlight, North Plains Living (April 2026)
This is the story of Sara Kelly, the founder and director of Peer Promise, and her incredible journey to overcome anxiety disorder and addiction.
Non-Fiction
Community Spotlight, North Plains Living (March 2026)
Brenda Lyon has dedicated her life to helping those in need - in her own community, and to vulnerable children living in the most dangerous parts of Central America.
Fiction
A lonely woman finds a miracle among the dead — and learns that love, once welcomed, may refuse to let go.
Genre: Horror
Format: Flash Fiction
Fiction
The Devil is always eager to amend a contract, if you are willing to pay the price.
Genre: Drama, Horror
Format: Flash Fiction
Screenplay
With his wife dying of cancer, a man tries to recreate the best moments of their lives in the little time they have left together.
Genre: Drama
Screenplay
Haunted by visions of an impending catastrophe, a man risks his life to find and protect his estranged daughter. But the deeper he follows the visions, the closer he comes to a terrifying truth: his daughter, the apocalypse, and his entire life may all be a carefully orchestrated ruse.
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Status: In Development
Screenplay
A troubled teen has been stalked by a sinister entity since childhood. When he gains the ability to see evil in others - and watches it spread through his community like a disease - he discovers the monster that has haunted him may be the last protector standing between humanity and damnation.
Genre: Supernatural Horror, Thriller
Status: In Development
Screenplay
A dream vacation becomes a nightmare when a family charters a boat to a remote Pacific island and finds paradise overrun by killers, not all of them human.
Genre: Supernatural Thriller
Status: In Development
About
Steven Dexheimer writes non-fiction, short stories, and screenplays about ordinary people in extraordinary situations.
His work often begins in fracture and moves toward something quieter and harder won — grace, wonder, and the possibility of repair.
He is currently a contributing writer for North Plains Living Magazine.
He was recently chosen to join the Willamette Writers 2026 FilmLab Writer's Room.
Eight writers were selected by a panel of judges to participate in a two-day in-person writer’s room in Portland, Oregon. They will work with Grant Rosenberg, an experienced showrunner, producer, and screenwriter, to collaborate on a script which will be performed by SAG-AFTRA actors at the Willamette Writers Conference in August 2026.
The script will then move into production in 2027.
Contact
For writing inquiries, collaborations, or to just say hello.