Mike's recent screenplays and books

Did you know that until about 8,000 years ago, England was connected by land to Northern Europe? We now call that connecting land "Doggerland." “The Final Days of Doggerland” is a Stone Age story, written by Mike Meier. It is beautifully illustrated by the Uruguayan artist Guarazú, Many aspects of the story are based on archeological facts, such as the migration of the Yamnaya people, the disappearance of Doggerland, the use of garlic mustard to spice food, and the arrival of blue-eyed people in Northern Europe from the area of the Black Sea.  

As the New York City summer of 1929 gives way to autumn, socialite and poet Rose is unhappily married to a mobster lawyer and suffering from early-onset arthritis. Her friend Alice, a recently-widowed mother of three, languishes in her posh home with chronic fatigue. Rose’s doctor recommends a daring cure: a hot-springs treatment in Mexico. Together the women travel to the small town of Tehuacán...and hook up with two young beaus. The days are jolly—that is, right up until Día de los Muertos, when Rose’s jealous husband arrives out of the blue...

In the year 2032, Sam Vanderpool lives a lonely existence with a menial job in an urban dystopia that is impersonal and dominated by technology. Sam is jolted from his routine when an ad appears on his computer screen that takes him to a website called JoinWith.Me. The site offers counseling for the lonely, and Sam decides to log on. He talks to a girl who offers to help him be happier and find a girlfriend. Or so he thinks...

JoinWith.Me is a dystopian thriller that explores timely questions: whether we control technology or it controls us...

Joshua and his young wife Gina immigrate from Germany to Las Vegas to start a Tour Company. Their plans change when Joshua meets Werner and Wolf, a duo of wealthy, retired drag queens whose show ended after a tragic accident. Soon Joshua discovers rampant abuse behind the walls of their lavish compound.

A reporter tries to expose a tech company for developing an algorithm that can manipulate the behavior of online users.

In a dystopian future run by the Collective Souls - the preserved brains of the best minds - Freya Hume uncovers a secret.

 Disillusioned by modern society and technology’s oppressive presence, a varied bunch of people buy and then move to an island to begin a new nation—but it doesn’t turn out to be what they’d hoped.

In 1979, sixteen-year-old Rudi searches for meaning and direction as he befriends a prostitute, debates following his dreams of being a musician, and gets into increasingly dangerous mischief with the wild and reckless Mario.

In this science fiction comedy, an elderly professor, along with his neighbors, a lesbian couple and their son, set out to save the world from an impending alien invasion.

This is a story about what humans do when space aliens are about to take our planet...