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A bewildered director preparing for his latest beach party movie discovers that female characters from the script are haunting him.
3rd Place - 9th American Gem Literary Festival - 2012
Johnny Greenberg-a cool, and efficient detective for the San Francisco police department in 1947, has a new case, and in the midst of it, is his romance with Catherine Shae, aka "The Voice", a lounge singer. He’s now caught between his duties for the department, to uphold justice, and his love for Catherine. Will "The Voice" influence him to turn his back on a murder, or will he stand firm?
Montreal, 1970. Alex is home from school. He's about to go out and meet his fate. A dark and realistic family drama, and the unspeakable crime that will shatter a boy's life to his core.
When a couple small time criminals are late for a money drop their sociopathic boss teaches them a brutal and bloody lesson on the importance of promptness. That is until the tables are turned and the boss learns a lesson he too won't soon forget.
Two, party-hearty college students wake up one morning while on spring vacation and find a dead body in their hotel room closet. Fear and accusations ignite an argument that tears apart their friendship and reveals what really happened the night before.
Detective Roy Chatham wakes up in a public bathroom with a dead body and no recollection of the past 24 hours. In his pocket, he finds a set of apartment keys and a bottle of medication prescribed to a woman he doesn't know.
When Samantha ends up dead in the family pool, strange things happen to her husband, his mistress, and the life insurance agent trying to settle on her death benefits.
A cheating husband finds a small notebook on the ground containing the detailed plot to murder someone – the exact time, date and the place but no name. After zero help from anyone in authority he goes to the isolated place where the murder will happen in order to prevent it; unfortunately for him there he discovers he was the intended victim all along of a professional hit-man hired by his wife.
Obsession on Muscle Beach (based on actual event)
Muder/Mystery
During the 50's a well-known Mayor uses his psychic insight and his Knife and Dagger Gang to torment and over power a city including a happily married wife and Rachels actor husband
Who triggers a year long panic to get the Mayor convicted of his crimes and the corrupt authority figures he has backing him
Pitch Makes "Dont Talk to Strangers" into a twisted triangle of regret
A family finds a dead woman in their bed. With the police on their way and a son going to jail for murder a mother cooks dinner and the problem disappears. No body. No murder. Murder Never Tasted So Good!
Two cold-blooded killers, one male, one female, meet on the open road, each targeting the other as their next victim, both unaware of the other's intentions.
After several dead women turn up all over New York City, an aging detective enlists the help of a young locksmith to hunt down a sex-trafficking ring, where women are being held captive by deadly chastity belts.
Mark begins an affair with Kate, wife of a wealthy businessman. Kate soon makes it clear to Mark that she wants to leave her husband but also wants his money, explaining that a divorce would leave her with very little of his fortune. Mark suggests that the only option is to kill her husband. But things won’t be as easy as expected. 5 actors, 2 locations
Mark begins an affair with Kate, wife of wealthy businessman. Kate soon makes it clear to Mark that she wants to leave her husband but also wants his money, explaining that a divorce would leave her with very little of his fortune. Mark suggests that the only option is to kill her husband. But things won't be easy as expected.