Stories by @dej2k

I'll Cover You

Bored with the dreary mundanity of their lives, four middle-aged bachelors, along with one of the men's visiting niece, form a cover band ("Take Five") and inadvertently become the talk of their small town.

Freaks Come Out at Night

Desiring an end to the monstrous curse that devastates their hometown every Halloween night, two unlikely friends venture forth into the forbidden woods and embark on a wild and terrifying journey to uncover the origin of their discontent and undo it once and for all.

A Darker Shade of Red

Amidst the biggest fashion show in America, a mysterious black-clad killer is targeting its attendees and designing clothes and jewels out of their flesh and bones.

Rage Against the Messiah

A down-on-his-luck agnostic is appointed as God's defense attorney after a fundamentalist pastor decides to sue Him upon losing everything.

Empire State of Mind

A queer woman and her straight best friend and roommate both unexpectedly find love, just as they've started to make peace with living single, deep in the heart of New York.

The Carnival

On the lucrative Fourth of July weekend, a motley crew of carnival employees and attendees must do battle against supernatural forces that transform innocents into bloodthirsty mutant-like creatures upon possession.

The Wagon

Cassie Reyes, a recovering substance addict who has just been discharged from rehabilitation after three months, attempts to successfully go one day without falling back into old habits.

Life and Death at Rue High

Four high school girls, who have formed a rock-‘n’-roll cover band, get caught up in an increasingly bizarre series of gruesome murders in the days leading up to the battle of the bands at the senior prom.

The Love You Save

An anthology drama based around the eight different types of love: agape (unconditional love), philautia (self love), eros (sexual love), ludus (playful love), mania (obsessive love), philia (platonic love), pragma (enduring love), and storge (familial love).

Turn Back

A woman born with the ability to time-travel seeks revenge against those responsible for the death of her scientist sister. When told that her sister's death was a necessity to prevent the end of the world, she must go back to the past to find out the truth or die trying.

Power Play

A Shakespearean erotic drama set within the cutthroat world of business finance, the story concerns Eric Gravier and Carly Silva, two stockbrokers from rival investment firms who embark on a tumultuous sexual affair. The tale explores the strange symbiotic relationship between lust and greed, as Eric and Carly constantly try to one-up one another, frequently switching between who's dominant and who's submissive, similarly to how one firm attempts to take control of the other.

The Chain

A gritty, hard-R biographical drama detailing the prolific rock band Fleetwood Mac and their members' self-indulgent behavior and contentious interpersonal conflicts during the making of their iconic eleventh album, Rumours.

Powder Keg

Seeking revenge for her daughter's death, once-feared mob boss Terry Valenti and her associates embark on a vicious murder spree around Boston, on the trail of scarred detective Rowan Escarrà. Making an unexpected ally in reserved rookie Blair Jellinek, the two now have to work together to bring Valenti and her empire to justice or die trying.

Walkers

Edward, a runaway slave cursed with lycanthropy, finds an unexpected ally in the Deer Woman, a powerful shape-shifter. After she helps avenge his family by luring his captors to their deaths, he returns the favor by joining her and her shaman companion, August, on a mission to hunt down the malevolent Wendigo.

Mr. & Mrs. Frankenstein

Ten years after the raging fire that killed their "father" Victor Frankenstein, the monster and his bride — having taken the names of Adam and Eve — are living in London, hopelessly in love, working as private eyes and trying to keep a low profile. However, fate brings them back together with the sinister Septimus Pretorius, the man responsible for the fire that claimed Frankenstein's life and for kidnapping Frankenstein's wife Elizabeth. Yearning to be seen as a god and to overthrow the human race, Pretorius promises to succeed where Frankenstein failed, using Elizabeth as a means of kickstarting a new series of twisted experiments. Seeking revenge for their creator's death and redemption for failing to protect Elizabeth, Adam and Eve set out to follow his trail and put a stop to him once and for all, all the while being chased down by crazed police officer Ludwig Niemann, whose sister Elsa was accidentally killed by Adam years prior.

12 Angry

The story of a jury of twelve as they deliberate the conviction or acquittal of a teenager charged with murder on the basis of reasonable doubt; disagreement and conflict among them force the jurors to question their morals and values.

Disaster Love Cycle

A romantic comedy set during an increasingly unpredictable series of natural disasters. Charismatic but underappreciated field reporter Sasha Moreno and unflinchingly candid shock jock Andrew Park are both in for the ride of a lifetime when an unexpected hurricane storms through Los Angeles. While trying desperately to survive and make their way back home, the two slowly but surely fall in love, and along the way, they must endure hazard upon hazard, from earthquakes to tsunamis to tornadoes.

After the Fall

A John Hughes-style coming-of-age story set years into the future following an earth-shattering apocalyptic event. Six high school students — the rebellious Andy, the nebbish Tim, the sardonic Marie, the nonchalant Jesse, the perceptive Casey, and the gingerly Elliot — are particularly affected in the aftermath, and at the time they least expect it, they come together and end up discovering that they have more in common than they initially thought.

I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

Having lost his wife to cancer a year ago, Rian Kiedis retires from his unfulfilling job as an office clerk just before the holiday season commences so he can spend more time with his teenage daughter Lula. While picking up a last-minute Christmas gift, he bumps into an old college classmate, Tara Bohem, a divorced fantasy novelist suffering from writer's block. Inviting her to stay over at his home while her car undergoes repairs, he bonds with her over similar struggles with finding their true purpose in life, and as time goes by, an unexpected spark seems to ignite between the pair.

Original Sin

Following their honeymoon, Lucas and his new wife Abigail are invited by his mother Deborah to stay at her summer home, a cabin in the woods, for the weekend. While there, they suddenly find themselves under attack by a cult of religious zealots, led by Abigail's estranged father Jacob and uncle Noah, who secretly witnessed her and Lucas eloping and are driven to madness by what they perceive to be sinful. Together, the three must fight like hell to survive the night.