Rad Lit | Cinematic Short Stories
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Request a first look at a curated selection of unpublished short stories with cinematic sensibilities primed for theatrical, television & streaming adaptation.
Ward of State
Bill PooreHANNA meets THE FAMILY PLAN | (Family/Action-comedy)
A macabre short story written in the style of a 4th grade WHAT I DID THIS WEEKEND classroom assignment that details the assassination of a prominent politician at a child’s birthday party as executed by our highly-trained 9 year-old narrator and ward of the deep-state, Caleb, while he tries to keep his identity secret from his YouTube vlogging foster family.
Junie
Morgan SmithIt’s THE BABADOOK meets ELF ON THE SHELF.
A family on the verge of separation arrives in Reindeer, Colorado for one last Christmas together. Instead, they attract the attention of Junie, an ancient Yule-boy who believes families should stay together. They soon discover that Junie's idea of togetherness comes at a terrifying cost.
Like, Subscribe, Kill
A QUITE PLACE but the monster is technology | (Techno-horror-action-thriller)
A viral ad turns its viewers into maniacal killers hellbent on spreading the video—and its virus—to as many people as possible.
Ash Lazer
Hellfire Potential
Robert BrockwayEND OF WATCH meets ROBOCOP and MINORITY REPORT | (Sci-fi/action/thriller)
In the near future, police work is a gig job for remote drone operators far removed from the inner-city neighborhoods they patrol. Operator James Humboldt hates the zone, a lawless hellhole full of addicts and freeloaders. But when a bad call costs him his drone insurance, he’ll have to head there in person to complete his shifts, where he’ll learn the people on his screen were real all along.