Cody Banning

Writer

United States

I am an actor, writer, and improv comedian. Above all else I am a storyteller.

I live in Western Arkansas with my wife, two sons, two dogs and a very put-out cat.

Portfolio
Unpublished
03/14/2022
A Swift Sword

A cocky swordsman gets more than he bargained for when he organizes a heist to steal a magical hammer to reforge his sword.

A Blanket of Words
11/13/2015
The Little Comic Shop That Could

Mike Boze has never speculated. He has always checked and rechecked himself in his business. As he sits on a stool behind the glass counter full of Magic: The Gathering cards at HawgHead Comics, wearing a well-worn Harley Davidson sweatshirt and an easy smile, the owner of the longest lived comic shop in Fort Smith, Arkansas...

A Blanket of Words
11/16/2015
Petition to Bring Back "Constantine" Reaches 50K Signatures.

The popular cult sensation Constantine was cancelled back in early summer, much to the chagrin of the show's fans. NBC saw fit, after a bout of poor ratings, to can the show after only one thirteen episode season. Due in part to a poorly executed pilot, an untimely exit from the actor meant to play a pivotal...

A Blanket of Words
06/04/2016
The G.I. Joe vs Barbie Rule

There is this age old stigma that I have always hated. I came to hate it as a child, because I liked Barbies, dolls, and cuddly, stuffed toys. My uncle came over one day, saw my collection of stuffed animals and characters, and told my mother she was going to "turn me funny" if she let...

Andmore Productions
05/19/2016
Arkham Noire - Episode One

Cliff Tage is a hard-boiled private detective in 1930s Massachusetts who is about to go on a case that will challenge everything he believes, and challenge his very sanity.

A Blanket of Words
01/21/2015
The Curmudgeon

By Cody Banning 1/21/15 "There once was an old curmudgeon, A miserly old fellow was he, He hoarded his money his whole life, Then abruptly fell into the sea." Wily Taft was known to his town only as "The Old Curmudgeon of Winderly Way". He lived in a ramshackle old hut at the end of...

A Blanket of Words
04/24/2015
Malaise and Ennui (Short Story by Cody Banning)

I finished this just now, at around ten till one AM. Hope you guys enjoy! Malaise and Ennui Despair sat in her rocking chair on the front porch of the cosmos. She knitted storm clouds together into beautiful blankets of deepest, darkest, gloom. She smiled as she watched her...

Play - Ampersand Productions
10/13/2012
Chains

An insanely sane man tries to convince a suicidal stranger that everyone has worth.

Play - Ampersand Productions
09/14/2014
D20: The Musical

A group of gamers is pulled into a tabletop RPG by an evil Battlemage. Can they roll the dice together and escape?

Film - Ampersand Productions
05/01/2015
Park Girl

Park Girl is the story of Spence (Brett Alexander), a young man who hangs out in a park with his ne'er-do well buddies, Drag (Cody Banning) and Joe (Christopher Erin Wilcox) as they deal with life as adults, relationships, and ownership of their high-school hangout and workplace, The Park Ages, a local Medieval theme park. They hang around playing games and quoting Shakespeare, much to the confusion of those who may not understand the writings of The Bard in their small town park. Everything...

Chasingwonderwithwords
Charon's Day Off

“Charon!” the tall thin figure of the cloaked man shouted. A hunched dark figure in the ferry moored to the bank stirred, then spoke, “Bugger off, if you please, he’s having a break!”

Chasingwonderwithwords
First of Many

The black plastic bag limped and shuffled along the pavement like an old Moorish hobo. Wrinkled and caked in dust. I watched it limp past me as I rolled along the sidewalk, dropped off by some girl a half a block on and I was already running out of steam.

Chasingwonderwithwords
The Way of the World

Their eyes locked, the feelings flowed between them like a river after a rainstorm. She was so beautiful, he thought. Golden hair and sky blue eyes. An angel. He was so beautiful, she thought. Raven hair and blood red eyes. Once an angel.

Chasingwonderwithwords
No Such Things

"But mummy, I'm afraid. Please leave the shade on!" said Tenotly. "Now Tenotly, you know you are getting to be a big bruteling. You are getting too old to sleep with a day-shade! There's nothing in the light that's not in the dark!" said Tenotly's mom. "Except for angels and fairies and people."