He’s joined by Emmy-nominatedGleealumDot-Marie Jonesas the mysterious doctor andJury Duty’sRon Songas her apple-eating assistant.

I only have a handful of pictures and zero videos of her.

A couple years ago, on my birthday, I got a text from a number I didnt recognize.

Luke Barnett staring at a blanket ghost in The Crossing Over Express

Image via Luke Barnett & Tanner Thomason

It simply said ‘happy birthday’ and had a YouTube link.

I clicked it and my heart stopped.

It was my mom.

Luke Barnett cowers from a blanket ghost on the poster for The Crossing Over Express

Image via Luke Barnett & Tanner Thomason

I had to pull over immediately.

She was telling me how proud she was of me and how she wondered what Id become.

Maybe a policeman, a preacher, or even a clown.

I couldnt believe it.

This experience got me thinking…what if we could have one last conversation with someone we lost?

I called my writing partner Tanner the next day.

This short film, in a way, is that conversation."

The Crossing Over Expressis available to watch now on YouTube through theShort of the Week channel.

Check out the trailer in the player above and the poster below.