Welcome! I’m Corey Pajka: playwright, screenwriter, and author.
My influences range from science fiction to surrealism, history to headline news, and classic literature to comic books. My favorite authors include Haruki Murakami, William Gibson, Suzan Lori-Parks, Sam Shepard, Toni Morrison, Octavia E. Butler, Rajiv Joseph, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Stephen Adly Guirgis, Grant Morrison, and many more.
In addition to my work for stage and screen, I’ve also written radio plays, short stories, and satirical writing and copy editing as well. I also recently launch my own socio political satire site The Flak! I’ve provided links to some of my work here. Keep checking back for updates and links to new work across all these mediums. I hope you like what you see!
“Corey’s writing takes the reader past the page and into the world of his story. His attention to detail and the delicate nature with which he depicts his characters, breathes visceral life into the story. His characters are uncommon to traditional storytelling; nuanced, fragile, real human beings interacting in those moments between moments - the ones that shape history and change lives. His writing honors this new era of storytelling, ushering forth authenticity on all levels.”