Redeye (1988) is a thriller about two identical twins raised in different environments; one is responsible for the killing of CIA operatives, while the other helps the agency tracking him down.
[1] The book was well received by reviewers; Robert Masello, in The Washington Post, praised its "strong and compelling narrative drive" and said that Aellen could give Harold Robbins "a run for his money.
"[3] Aellen's Square One (1985), a one-act comedy, was performed at a festival of one-act comedies in the Intar Theater in New York City as part of the Manhattan Punch Line Festival but did not generate much excitement.
Revised after comments by audience and critics, a reading of the play with the addition of music was restaged in 2009.
The play examines racism in the United States of the early twentieth century, portraying Bert Williams and George Walker, two African-American vaudeville performers.