Submission Samples from the Suspense Genre

Title: Absent Presence

Logline: An average group of guys are brought together to patrol Alaska's vast expanse. Unknowingly they stumble onto a plot to destroy all the fuel reserves in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

Synopsis: A group of five average guys are brought together to patrol the roads of Alaska's vast expanse. They are officially known as Rural Game Wardens and typical days are spent trouncing around the woods handing out hunting violations and looking for poachers. Inadvertently, they stumble onto a plan devised by joint mafias and organizations from around the world to destroy all of the oil and fuel reserves in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.(ANWR) If the plan comes to fruition the United States would most certainly be handcuffed by the third world oil producing countries and the prices they'd surely demand. It's a cat and mouse game across Alaska's unforgiving terrain and the story culminates in a place known as area 1002. The leader of the Wardens stops the plan but at a heavy cost. His girlfriend takes up with the only surviving bad guy and also finds herself pregnant. After recovering from the ordeal the Wardens decide to track them down before they strike again.

Title: Guardian

Logline: While working on his first book in years, a reclusive, mentally unstable graphic novelist ditches his medication and becomes caught in the crossfire between his two feuding main characters.

Synopsis: "Guardian" is a micro-budget script that punches well above its weight class. Written with economy in mind, "Guardian" takes place in one location: an old country home. Furthermore, the script requires only six speaking parts (two of which are very minor) and has only one scene requiring any extras. What "Guardian" lacks in big-budget conventions, it more than makes up for with rich subtext, a deft character-driven narrative, and a unique style that bridges grit and fantasy. After ditching his meds, Wyatt becomes caught in a vicious tug of war between his novel's swarthy, devil-may-care hero and its no-nonsense, all-business villain... and they aren't afraid of mixing things up. As he gets to know his characters and tries to resolve an appropriate ending to his incomplete series of novels, Wyatt realizes that both characters haven't turned out exactly as he had intended and becomes mired in the most difficult choice of his creative life: Which one will die in the final chapter?

Title: Illegal Capacity

Logline: An attorney revives his floundering criminal practice by turning in his former clients so they will rehire him.

Synopsis: Seth Thompson's law practice has taken a downturn. He commiserates with an old classmate, Jake, who mentions that his practice was also failing until he began turning in his clients so they would rehire him. Seth is shocked at this breach of ethics, but tries it himself in desperation. He tips police about drug sales at the home of a client convicted of possession a year earlier. The client is arrested and hires Seth to represent him again...for a stiff fee. Seth is hooked. He rifles through old files, inventing new crimes to report, and the money pours in. He and Jake become partners and move into a large suite. Things are going well until guilt overcomes Seth. He wants out of the scam, but Jake won't let it end quietly. Winner: Hollywood Scriptwriting Institute's Monthly Screenwriting Contest. (I have 12 scripts total, various genres.)

Title: Encroachment

Logline: Mick Jackson, star high school athlete, discovers his perfect life is based on a series of lies that could prove deadly to everyone close to him.

Synopsis: Mick Jackson, star high school athlete, discovers he is a pawn in a deadly government experiment. In order to survive he must be willing to kill everyone he has ever loved. I have studied creative writing for two years at Louisiana State University and screenwriting for two years at Louisiana Film Industry. I have written four screenplays and one novel. I would like to submit this screenplay for your consideration and can be contacted as listed below. WGA1367799 Thank you.

Title: Corruption (Tv Series)

Logline: A Belief is Indestructible.

Synopsis: In the present day, there are groups that hold deep secrets. They control the fate of the world. Morality is subjective. Right and wrong have no meaning to those who are corrupt. People struggle everyday with the options that shape their future. This isn't a story about a cult leader who can't be stopped. It's about combating an ideology.

Title: There Comes A Loud Knock

Logline: A happily married woman, curious about "no strings attached affairs" on the internet, is ensnared by a criminal pornography ring, with no good way out of the horror.

Synopsis: Liliane, a 43 year old teacher, is happily married with a loving husband. But she becomes curious about a website for married people seeking affairs on the side. Eventually she meets the perfect guy, Flynn. Increasingly uncomfortable she goes to a private party where Flynn drugs her. Unbeknownst to Liliane he films her having sex with two men. When she tries to end the affair he shows her the photos. Anything to end the horror she's ensnared again in another filming. Time passes, the nightmare is fading when Henry suffers a stroke. She lovingly cares for him. One evening she's watching TV and Henry's asleep in the bedroom, when there comes a loud knock. Flynn. Impervious to her pleas he flicks pictures of Liliane on her sleeping husband. She agrees to a last rendezvous. The next day in school, Liliane is pale and nervous. She's to meet him Flynn that night. Unhinged she would rather see Henry dead than expose him to her secret life.

Title: STANDPOINT

Logline: Two dedicated Israeli and Palestinian leaders have their worlds shaken when they learn they were switched at birth and must now struggle with their true identities.

Synopsis: Forty years ago, two expecting couples, one Israeli and the other Palestinian, are visiting New York City. Unknown to each other, the women go into labor giving birth to beautiful, healthy baby boys, on the same day and in the same hospital. With their newborns, both couples return to their homes in Jerusalem to raise their respective sons. ISAAC grows to become a devout Orthodox Jew, and ISHMAEL develops an unshakable belief in Islam. While children, they develop an uncommon friendship. As the years pass, the boys grow to become proud leaders of their nations. Today, with terrorism around every corner and war looming ever closer, vital decisions much be made to save the region from total destruction. Suddenly, the two men have their lifelong religious faiths shattered when they discover they were switched at birth. Now, they must confront the truth about their identities, their families and their religions. With so much at stake and the whole world watching, what will they do?

Title: The 30

Logline: Logline - After multiple policeman are gunned down, and a high profile criminal trial is dismissed, do to a dead witnesses, ten Philadelphia officers decide to take matters into their own hands.

Synopsis: Synopsis - The entire city of Philadelphia is in a state of panic stemming from drug violence. The murder rate is soaring toward a record high. Policemen are responding to calls only to be murdered in cold blood upon arrival on scene. And state witnesses, along with their families are being executed, in order to insure the absence of their testimony. Just when it seems as if the department and community are at its knees, ten policemen, are brought together by what at first, seems like coincidence and circumstance. Led by a rogue detective, these ten policemen construct a risky, but creative scheme to assassinate thirty high profile criminals, who are responsible for the majority of drug trafficking and murder, which has crippled the city. On Christmas Eve, they strike. Causing a media frenzy around the world, especially within the local government and law enforcement branches. As indictments are passed down, and a major Federal trial begins, an even larger and puzzling plot unfolds.

Title: The Unexpected

Logline: Two teenage sisters Chiffon and Sandra considers their best friend Denise their third sister until she gets out of an abusive relationship and begins secretly dating their father Roger.

Synopsis: Denise always liked older guys, but could never find the right one. Roger has been in an on and off relationship with Kia, a college student. After Roger and Denise fall for one another, all hell breaks loose. More hell breaks loose when Denise's single father Tony finds out. Roger and Denise finds themselves in a stalemate between their relationship and those closest to them. In 2010 this script was entered in the Script Pimp Contest, Big Break Final Draft Contest, Silver Screen Writing Competition, and Mid-Atlantic Black Film Festival where it placed in the top 15 (Semi-Finals). I hope to hear from you soon. Have a blessed day.

Title: Devil's Ransom

Logline: Christian, is a man that can see peoples future and death. When he is faced with the decision to save thousands of innocent lives or his wife and child, he must make the toughest decision of his life.

Synopsis: As a child, Christian witnesses the murder of his parents at the hand of the evil Damien. Christian is now happily married, with a son. One day while taking a vacation on a cruise ship, tragedy strikes. While the ship is sinking, Damien has a man try to kill Christian, his wife, and son. However, Christian is accidentally left alive. As Christian tries to cope with the loss, he finds out that the killer of his parents is also the man behind the death of his wife and child. As Christian hunts down his family's killers, he touches the hand of a person walking by him on the street, only to discover that the visions he used to have as a child, are back. Then one day Christian touches the hand of a cab driver and has a vision of Damien telling him to bomb a hospital. Christian must stop the bomber and catch his family's killer. When Damien finds out that Christian stopped the bombing, he offers Christian a deal. Let all the innocent people die and he will get his family back.