James Franco turns writer

Actor James Franco has turned to the pen and signed a deal to publish a collection of short stories.

The Spider-Man star authored several tales after studying English at UCLA in California and enrolling in a master’’s writing program at New York’’s Columbia University in 2008.

U.S. magazine Esquire was said to have published one of his tales, titled Just Before The Black, The Daily Express reported.

The 31-year-old also entered a contract with New York book company Scribner to publish a full collection of his work in a book called Palo Alto.