In 2001, he wrote a screenplay about a terrifying future theocracy in Texas at war with the United States, fighting to create a separate nation. Over the next couple of years, Gary and his co-writers, screenwriter Richard Alvarez and archivist Sandra Yates, polished the story, which became a short film that Gary produced and directed called AFTER TWILIGHT. It is now the basis for a feature film screenplay and the six-part comic book series.