For over forty years I’ve been making films without permission — starting with Super 8 reels on a Manitoba farm, cutting dystopias on 16mm in prairie warehouses, and still shooting shorts and features today on whatever camera is closest.
Now I’ve distilled that journey into a clear, concise guide:
Make, Finish, Release
Read Tonight. Shoot Tomorrow. Zero Limits.
The Clearest Filmmaking Guide You’ll Ever Own.
This is not a textbook. It’s a launchpad. In about 50 pages, I cut through the noise and give you the essentials: how to start, how to finish, and how to release your film into the world. No jargon, no gatekeepers, just the clarity you need to move from idea to action.
Inside you’ll find:
- Practical workflows for shooting with whatever gear you have
- Mindset shifts to overcome perfectionism and creative paralysis
- Editing and release strategies that keep you moving forward
- A reminder that your story matters, and the world is waiting
If you’ve ever said, “I’ll make a film someday,” this book turns someday into today.
Available now on Amazon, Kobo, and wherever eBooks are sold.
Clear Screens. Claim Time. Live Your Values.
In a world of constant pings, endless tabs, and digital overwhelm, Digital Liberation for the Intentional Minimalist offers a quiet manifesto for reclaiming your time, attention, and peace of mind.
This short, focused guide is designed for creators, thinkers, and everyday digital citizens who crave clarity in a noisy world. Through gentle reflection and practical steps, Perry Mark Stratychuk invites you to simplify your digital life and reconnect with what truly matters.
Whether you're drowning in notifications or simply seeking a more intentional relationship with your devices, this book will help you:
- Identify digital clutter and distractions
- Reclaim your time and creative energy
- Align your digital habits with your personal values
- Create space for deeper focus and meaningful connection
Download Digital Liberation for the Intentional Minimalist here
This 10-page Digital Minimalism Planner is your printable guide to intentional living in a noisy digital world. Inspired by the book Digital Liberation for the Intentional Minimalist, this planner helps you declutter your devices, set mindful tech boundaries, and reconnect with what truly matters. Perfect for creatives, deep thinkers, and everyday digital citizens seeking clarity, calm, and control.
What’s Included: ✔️ Thoughtfully designed pages ✔️ Digital audit checklist ✔️ Weekly detox planner ✔️ Mindful consumption log ✔️ Minimalist goals & habit tracker ✔️ Printable PDF (US Letter size)
From 2015 to 2019, a Canadian filmmaker from Winnipeg captured the soul of China through a monochrome lens while teaching English in Tianjin and Chengdu. Alongside his Chengdu-born wife, he wandered ancient alleys and modern streets, distilling a land of contrasts into 150 evocative black-and-white photographs. These images weave a visual storytelling tapestry of expat life, cultural beauty, and timeless moments. Perfect for fans of travel photography, Asia, photographic art, and cultural exploration, this digital photo book invites you to see China’s heart in light and shadow.
NEW WORLDS RADIATION GAME is a mind-bending bizarro fiction ebook from Canadian writer and filmmaker Perry Mark Stratychuk. Originally created in 1998, this surreal sci-fi fantasy adventure follows a daring couple as they journey through a psychedelic inner cosmos triggered by a mysterious substance—blurring the lines between reality, imagination, and transformation.
Inspired by graphic novel aesthetics and infused with absurdist prose and the raw energy of outsider art, this non-explicit yet adult-oriented tale delivers a whirlwind of unconventional storytelling. Stratychuk’s signature style—bold, experimental, and emotionally layered—makes this a must-read for fans of eccentric speculative fiction, literary surrealism, and genre-defying narratives.
Perfect for readers seeking a radical escape into the bizarre, NEW WORLDS RADIATION GAME invites you to explore the strange, the symbolic, and the sublime. Add this rare digital gem to your collection and experience storytelling beyond the edge.
Cyberscope: Experiments in Transrealism is a groundbreaking collection of cyberpunk science fiction poetry by Canadian author Perry Mark Stratychuk. Originally published in paperback between 1992–1993, this digital edition brings Stratychuk’s visionary blend of transrealist literature and experimental poetic form to a new generation of readers.
Exploring the psychological terrain between reality and the fantastic, transrealism challenges the limits of traditional realism by fusing speculative metaphors with deeply personal insight. In Cyberscope, Stratychuk uses poetic language to navigate themes of identity, transformation, and higher consciousness—offering a unique lens on the digital age before it fully arrived.
Perfect for fans of cyberpunk fiction, avant-garde poetry, and literary innovation, this collection invites readers to experience science fiction as a mirror of inner evolution. Click here to download
Following the success of his debut poetry volume, Perry Mark Stratychuk returns with Cyberscope 2—a bold and immersive collection of cyberpunk transrealism science fiction poetry. Originally released as a chapbook in 1994, this expanded edition reintroduces readers to Stratychuk’s signature fusion of speculative imagery, emotional depth, and philosophical edge.
Set against the backdrop of digital decay, fractured memory, and post-human longing, Cyberscope 2 explores themes of identity, technology, and transformation through a poetic lens that is both experimental and deeply personal. Each piece pulses with the rhythm of a future unraveling—where language becomes circuitry and emotion flickers like static.
This edition also includes a bonus short story, Long Night on Hard Rock—a gritty, atmospheric tale that complements the poetic universe with narrative tension and sci-fi grit.
Perfect for fans of cyberpunk literature, transrealist poetry, and genre-defying speculative fiction, Cyberscope 2 is a visionary work that bridges the analog past with the digital now.
Bone 2 Bone is a bold collection of experimental cyberpunk poetry by Canadian filmmaker and writer Perry Mark Stratychuk. Blending urban grit, digital rhythm, and emotional depth, it builds on the transrealism of Cyberscope to explore technology, memory, and poetic form. For readers of avant-garde verse, tech-infused narratives, and fearless literary innovation.
The Shadow of the Shaking Tree is the first group of horror short stories written by Canadian writer and filmmaker Perry Mark Stratychuk. Originally released in paperback during the mid 1990's it's now available digitally for the first time, in the format of your choice.
Tour of Time’s Edge is a genre-defying anthology of short science fiction stories by visionary Canadian writer and poet Perry Mark Stratychuk. Originally released as a limited-edition chapbook in 1992–93, this collection now returns in digital format for a new generation of readers.
Spanning multiple styles—from speculative surrealism to poetic futurism—these stories explore time, consciousness, and the emotional machinery of imagined worlds. This edition includes Each Sleepless Hour of a Gentle Machine, Stratychuk’s first published work and a haunting meditation on memory and sentience.
A must-read for fans of experimental sci-fi, literary innovation, and emotionally resonant storytelling. Download here.
Return to the Shaking Tree: Scriptworks is a compelling collection of screenplay literature by Canadian writer/director Perry Mark Stratychuk, featuring two short film scripts and one feature-length screenplay. Originally published in the mid-1990s as the Kalotropic Trilogy, this volume showcases Stratychuk’s early cinematic voice—blending poetic dialogue, surreal imagery, and philosophical undertones.
Included in the collection is the first draft of Johnny Damascus, a visionary feature script originally titled Castle of Dice, which explores themes of identity, fate, and fractured reality. The short scripts offer experimental narratives that reflect Stratychuk’s signature style—part cinematic essay, part speculative drama.
Perfect for fans of indie screenwriting, Canadian film history, and experimental storytelling, Return to the Shaking Tree offers a rare glimpse into the formative works of an award-winning filmmaker whose creative journey spans decades
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