Susan Eileen Jizba is a LA Based, Award-winning Screenwriter, Flash Fiction Writer, and Photographer. She wrote the horror-comedic short film A SIMPLE REQUEST directed by Neema Barnette and starring Erica Gimpel and Meg Lin. Susan adapted this short script from her award-winning flash fiction story "A Simple Request"
Susan has over 80 FilmFreeway awards and counting, including awards for her short script JUST FOR FUN: A HORROR LOVER’S FANZINE (in Coverfly’s Top 10%), for her feature THE PORTRAIT (in Coverfly’s Top 20%), and for her newest feature, THE POPPET, a witchy Young Adult, Supernatural script.
Susan worked for Disney, Beacon Pictures, Sony, and Samuel Goldwyn Films. She started and current leads a Writers Group in the Industry Organization, Greenlight Women.
NYC Midnight Microfiction Challenge Honorable Mention
Herstory
Susan Eileen Jizba
New York City
2025
Here's a bit of weird trivia about me.
I have a love-hate relationship with creepy “grounded” supernatural stories. As a child I was fascinated with ghost stories (especially those in the haunted places that you can actually visit), but after reading them I was so freaked out, I had to sleep with the lights on for about a week. I always knew it was a “bad” idea to read those, but I couldn’t stop myself!
I'm a fraternal twin and since my twin sister sat on my head in the womb, one side of my face was a bit undeveloped when I was born so the doctor recommended that I sleep with my developed side of my head pinned to my mattress so my undeveloped side of my face would develop (I slept in a tight hoodie that was pinned to the mattress.) I still have a habit of sleeping on one side, but I no longer sleep in a hoodie. LOL. p.s. I'm okay now, and have no hard feelings toward my twin.
My favorite color is an earthy brown. I think it's because even though my sun sign is in Aries, I have a lot of "earthy" elements in my natal birth chart. My Aries sun sign is on the cusp of Taurus, my moon is in Capricorn, and my rising sign is Virgo, so I'm Very Grounded. Yep, lots of earth there!
One of my favorite quotes is: "No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” –Aesop.
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