
Jack Fringe doesn’t just tell stories; he orchestrates the beautiful chaos that happens when the world gets weird. A media veteran, playwright, and global adventurer, Jack specializes in the space between chaos and clarity—a perspective forged in military trenches and refined through a 40-year career of creative disruption. Jack is creating a Tuff Ship universe based on the book.
The Mulga is Australia’s least distinguished warship — a training vessel on its last legs, sent to circumnavigate the country under a captain whose only real mission is his own promotion. What follows is a collision of naval rigidity, human absurdity, organised crime, and the one officer onboard who operates on facts rather than ego. The ship doesn’t just fall apart. It does so with extraordinary commitment.
The Tuff Ship Treasure
The pilot screenplay is an excerpt. The complete series document is available on request.
The Novel
Tuff Ship Series.
The source material.
Pilot Screenplay
Opening episode. The complete series is written.
17 Episodes
Complete arc. Synopsis of each episode.
The Crew
Nine characters. Fully formed. Each with a story.
Soundtrack
Six Songs. Six Characters. Music Videos.
The Universe
Warship Mulga — specs, lore, and context.
Other works
Nine books across fiction, dark comedy, and non-fiction. Including the Tuff Ship novel, Get Rid of Glenda, Deviates from the Norm and others.
