was bought by The Sundance Channel. His feature detailing the life of actor Montgomery Clift is being produced by Relativity Media, while another screenplay about Ella Fitzgerald is in development with Norman Lear. In 2015, he also wrote and directed short films Dreamliner and the award-winning Ultraviolent – both starring his friend and former OLTL castmate Trevor St. John. In 2020 he teamed up again with St. John, and former co-stars Sherri Saum and Rebecca Budig on the short film About a Girl, written by Budig and directed by Easton. The film won the Outstanding Achievement Award in the 2020 Best Shorts Film Festival, praising the “Deft direction, beautiful craft, and achingly authentic performance by Budig.” Easton's collection of poetry, Eighteen Straight Whiskeys, was initially written while on a four-month break in Paris, France in the aftermath of his mother's death. The first and second editions of the book both sold out. The 20th Anniversary Collector's Edition was released in 2018, updated with thirty new poems and a new cover design by Chip Kidd. The Hollywood Reporter praised the work as “A 96-page collection of hard-edged musings on drinking and drugs...not flowery paeans to romance, lost love, or lyrical pastoral introspections” Books/Screenplays Eighteen Straight Whiskeys Eighteen Straight Whiskeys is a collection of poetry. The first printing was in 1994 and the second in 1998; both sold out. A third, signed Collector's Edition with thirty new poems was released by Bowery Press in 2018. Soul Stealer Soul Stealer is a graphic novel series about a Frankenstein-like protagonist, Kalan, who searches for his lost love Oxania over the span of several centuries. The horror-fantasy trilogy was illustrated by artist Christopher Shy and released by Blackwatch Comics, with a foreword by Peter Straub. Credence In 2013, Easton released Credence with Blackwatch Comics. Easton released a video and special preview edition of the sequel novel, with art by Steven Perkins, at San Diego Comic Con in 2015. The Green Woman Easton co-wrote The Green Woman for Vertigo Comics (a division of DC Comics) with award-winning horror writer Peter Straub. The artwork was by John Bolton. Straub's novels have received several notable honors, including the Bram Stoker Award, World Fantasy Award, and International Horror Guild Award. The Green Woman was his first graphic novel collaboration. Screenplays Easton's screenplay Beautiful Loser, a biopic of Montgomery Clift, is currently in development. Producer Norman Lear subsequently tapped him