In Development

Three stories by Barbara J. Ross, 
waiting in the dark.

What the Body Holds poster
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2026 Catalina Film Festival, Screenplay Official Selection

What the Body Holds

Feature Screenplay

A Jewish Veteran scarred by PTSD is forced back to active duty in order to save his future fiancée, as Yom Kippur approaches.

Story by Eric Newman
Written by Barbara J. Ross
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2025 Catalina Film Festival, Screenplay Finalist

The Cleopatra Project

Feature Screenplay

A secret society manipulates an Egyptian dictator by beating him at his own game.

Written and created by Barbara J. Ross
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Pythos

The Abdication · A Novel

Three Brooklyn tarot readers unexpectedly inherit the power to execute untouchable men.

By Barbara J. Ross