ACT 2, SCENE 1, EXT: NETTA HOME – DAY TIME – PRESENT DAY The TWO-FAMILY HOME is not bright-blue. The paint is dull and the siding of the home appears warped. Even the OWL ROOF ORNAMENT is tilted off kilter. Coming from off the street and up the steps of NETTAS’ HOME is SHAUNICE WOOD,…
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Astro City Pilot/ ‘Welcome to the AC’ Written by M. J. Cross TEASER Act 1, SCENE 1 INT: HOME Blood shot brown EYES dart wildly from left and right. The EYES keep moving behind a long wooden MASK with an elongated chin and puckered mouth. It appears tribal, but has an alien quality to…
Read morePrologue Sometimes, Jake Patterson dreamed of normal things. He dreamed himself a cowboy riding through Western plains, a spaceman on galactic missions, or a soldier dodging bullets in battle. He dreamed of things lost and longed for; of faraway destinations; of experiences he could never have. But this dream was unlike any other. It…
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Sometimes things don’t work out the way we want them to. I initially had another post ready to drop on Halloween (last month), but there was a snag in the process. I do hope that eventually that treat will be released soon. Day 31 of my #31daysofhorror reviews passed a while ago. During #31daysofhorror, I…
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This is my second big leap of faith into taking my dream of being a working horror fiction writer seriously. I see a budding interest for writers like me and for stories that capture the experiences of people who’ve seen the things I’ve seen. I was born on Halloween in Boston, Mass, but M.J. Cross…
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