Stories by @Jeshisthename
579 stories

Comfy House
Two friends from Western Australia become lost while exploring the North Carolina wetlands and happen across the home of a deranged loner with dark secrets.

The Creek
A young boy criticized for his dark imagination investigates a series of murders that're seemingly tied to a nearby creek.

Table Etiquette
A hulking father in his mid-fifties struggles to control his son and daughter ten years after a tragic accident.

Red Velvet
After her husband is gunned down by gangsters, a young socialite goes on the run with a put-upon department store worker across America's East Coast during the Prohibition Era.

Zugzwang
A volatile wallflower running away from his own life in Oaxaca evades the law and his inner demons while working a series of odd jobs across town.

New Year Man
An assistant writer dissatisfied with his own life is taken on a whirlwind odyssey where he's confronted with his past mistakes and ways to improve his outlook on life.

The City Maker
A recently divorced stock broker plots to build a city over a commercial desert in Nevada and becomes a fugitive in the process.

Smokefall
Chronicling a family's magical discovery of the fragility of life and the power of love, this is a story where fetuses swap philosophy while awaiting their birth, a daughter eats dirt and doesn't speak, a father is about to drive away and never return, and there's an apple tree growing through the walls of the house. From the poignantly bittersweet to the hilariously perceptive, Smokefall by Noah Haidle is a family drama unlike any you've ever seen.

King City
Joe is a catmaster, trained to use his cat as any tool or weapon. His best friend, Pete, falls in love with an alien he's forced to sell into green slavery, while his ex, Anna, watches her Xombie War veteran boyfriend turn into the drug he's addicted to. King City, an underbelly of a town run by spy gangs and dark dark magic with mystery down every alleyway.

Billy the Bat
After acquiring a bag full of money, a neurotic pet store clerk hires a brutal enforcer to be his bodyguard after a relentless attempt to get it back commences.

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs: 1960s Edition
Six tales of life and violence in the Old West, following a singing gunslinger, a bank robber, a traveling impresario, an elderly prospector, a wagon train, and a perverse pair of bounty hunters.

Auntie Mame
A free spirited woman in late 1920s New York sets out to maintain custody of her orphaned nephew after his conservative trustee threatens to take him away.

Bridesmaids: 1970s Edition
Competition between the maid of honor and a bridesmaid, over who is the bride's best friend, threatens to upend the life of an out-of-work pastry chef.

The Tall Tales of Father Bog
A black family in Roseland, Chicago becomes caught in the midst of a rising sociopolitical conflict in their neighborhood. Prompting them to revisit the outrageous stories of local folk hero, Father Bog.

Gospels
The life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ is depicted in a modern day setting from the perspective of the four gospels.

I'm Thinking of Ending Things: (90s Edition)
Despite second thoughts about their relationship, a young woman (Jessie Buckley) takes a road trip with her new boyfriend (Jesse Plemons) to his family farm. Trapped at the farm during a snowstorm with Jake's mother (Toni Collette) and father (David Thewlis), the young woman begins to question the nature of everything she knew or understood about her boyfriend, herself, and the world. An exploration of regret, longing and the fragility of the human spirit, I'M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS is directed and written by Academy Award® winner Charlie Kaufman (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind). Inspired by Iain Reid's bestselling namesake novel.

Elsagate
An incisive look at the Elsagate controversy from the perspective of author James Bridle and human rights activist Matan Uziel.

Artie Hoban's Billion Dollar Invention
A downtrodden eleven year old becomes a worldwide celebrity sought after by vindictive corporations, greedy adults, and a sinister witch after inventing a revolutionary drink.

When Carrie Met George
Successful producer George Lucas and film actress Carrie Fisher, (both recently divorced) become romantically interested in one another during the late 1980s.

The Disruptive Minds
Former film marketing executive Stacy Spikes launches the infamous subscription service known as MoviePass.