8-31-2020 - Step-Mother Sister Wives

 Step-Mother Sister Wives

IDEA - 8-31-2020

by

Patrick Ryan

1,510 Words

26-year-old Mary's 58-year-old father just became engaged to 29-year-old Eloise. Mary and Eloise didn't get along from the start, as Eloise would flaunt her father's fascination with her in her new step-daughter's face. Enraged by envy, Mary searched for Eloise's father and started an affair. Eloise's father divorced Eloise's mother and became engaged to Mary. Mary and Eloise were now each other's step-mothers. By a series of fortunate events, Mary discovers that Eloise is only using her father for his money, and she's still with her boyfriend, Esteban. She tries to convince her dad, but he doesn't believe her. Mary has no alternative but to seduce Esteban away from Eloise. Mary is so successful that she convinces Esteban to ask her to marry him. If all goes on as planned, Mary and Eloise will become step-mother sister wives. All these men have become obsessed with these two young women, and all is about to come to a head as they are all going to attend the first wedding, Eloise and Mary's father. Estaban will attend in secret as he wants to confront Eloise's father, Mary's fiance, and declare his love for Mary and risk exposing Eloise and his con on Mary's father. When you think it can't get any more complicated, as Esteban arrives, Eloise's father recognizes him as his stepbrother's son. Making him a step-nephew for Mary and a step-cousin of Eloise, I'm not going to change the name of the short story.

8-30-2020 - Not Gonna End Well

 Not Gonna End Well

IDEA - 8-30-2020

by

Patrick Ryan

1,550 Words

Let me make this distinction, first of all. I'm not suicidal because I want the world to end, that doesn't mean I want to kill myself. Yeah, maybe my death would be a by-product, but it would be worth it to end this nightmare. I'm so tired; I started to worry when I hadn't slept in 24 hours, then 48 hours, but now it's 72 hours, and I'm wondering when the adverse effects will kick in. I walk the streets at night, trying to solve my sleep problems. The air in this room is stale, and everything you say to me makes me want to snap. The phone rings, "This is Director Turnbull." I said, putting on my so-called, confident voice. "Director, this is General Fitzsimons of the USS Gerald Ford, Aircraft Carrier, there's just been a gigantic earthquake off the coast of Senegal, causing a tsunami that will hit the east coast in five hours, warn the ..." "Hello, hello, is anybody there?" As I hang up the call, I realize this is the sign I've been waiting for to end my nightmare finally. I'm just going to wait on this, just a little bit; I can't panic, I can't scare off the hallucinations. They're the only ones who know what to do.

8-29-2020 - The Satan Clause

 The Satan Clause

IDEA - 8-29-2020

by

Patrick Ryan

1,527 Words

Have you ever found that the word Santa is very quickly rearranged to be Satan? People don't know many things; one thing; Earth is hell; you don't remember your former life, but it's like getting a second chance. Second, Satan secretly rules the world, everything from a pandemic virus to uncontrollable wildfires, we are subject to his every whim. Three, if you can kill Satan, you get to take his place. However, Satan is not easy to find; he or she blends in with the population. There have been compassionate Satans, vindictive Satans, but nothing compares to the next Satan. Allen has been made fun of all his life because of social awkwardness and no filter when telling people what he thinks. He spends nights wandering the internet, waiting to troll his next unsuspecting victim. One night, for the tenth time, he was trolling a celebrity who just happened to be the real Satan. Satan had enough and wanted to cast a spell that would "accidentally" collapse Allen's roof. However, Satan wanted to see the death of their troll, so first, the celebrity traveled to Allen's house. Mistaking Allen's roommate for Allen, Satan cast a spell, and the house collapsed on itself. Allen, who had forgotten to take out the trash for the next morning's pick up, saw the whole thing from the street and took down Satan with one blow to the head with a shovel. With the celebrity bleeding out on the front lawn, Satan's powers were transferred to the nastiest, vindictive, and most humanity hating person yet. Welcome to the era of Allen.

8-28-2020 - Watermelon Lipstick

 Watermelon Lipstick

IDEA - 8-28-2020

by

Patrick Ryan

1,561 Words

It wasn't a terrible marriage; Tara told herself as she settled in for another night of Netflix and pizza on her own while her husband worked his second job. Work during the day and lounge at night, no children, no purpose, and no marriage, as they worked all the time. She started to feel depressed the day after her 30th birthday that she was wasting her life. Knowing that she was down, a friend from work called her and asked if she wanted to have a drink. She accepted, and they went to a club called Scorpion. It was there that they were persuaded to try a new drug called Sugar, which was basically overpriced Adderall. After a night of flirting and drinking, the drug dealer reveals that he's going to be killed because he persuaded his boss to buy this Sugar as it was popular on college campuses. Curious, the women follow him to his car, where he unveils a trunk full of Sugar. "Everyone already has a dealer; they don't want this Sugar."  Tara takes a stick of watermelon lipstick out of her purse and places on a thick layer and kisses a sugar packet. "You need a brand, how about Watermelon Lipstick?" The drug dealer shrugs as Tara kisses each packet in the trunk. About a month later, the drug dealer was waiting for Tara outside her job. The branding idea had succeeded, he was able to sell the whole trunk, and the demand shot through the roof. He said he was trying to mimic the watermelon kiss, but it wasn't the same thing. Tara offers to help, but she needs to be paid. Was this the opportunity her life had been calling out for her? The thing about illegal drugs, it's all good until it isn't.

8-27-2020 - Vicarious Victim

 Vicarious Victim

IDEA - 8-27-2020

by

Patrick Ryan

1,624 Words

Jeremy has been inundated with advice, "live your best life," "live your truth," "live every day as if it were your last." He's been to all the gurus, shrinks, medicine men, and spiritual tour guides, nothing has diminished the feeling that he's not living his life, he's living the life of a guy named Jeremy. He doesn't remember his childhood; he can't even imagine his parents who have passed away, and he doesn't have any siblings. He works as a graveyard janitor at the hospital. Still, he doesn't remember applying for a job, and most notably, he couldn't pick his face out of a line-up. In his dingy, cramped apartment, he saw Mitch Kramer, a tech billionaire on television, and he was convinced that is who he is supposed to be.  Determined to get to this guy, he tries to get a meeting, but he can't, he tries to get into his million-dollar compound but is stifled. Finally, he sees that Mitch is speaking at a tech conference. This is his chance to challenge the impostor once and for all. Jeremy makes his way into the VIP space at the conference and joins a party that will get one-on-one with Mitch. As he waits, he starts asking himself, "What am I going to say?" "Am I delirious?" "Is this a psychotic break?" The doors open, and the group heads into the room, sitting across from a conference table larger than his apartment. Their eyes meet, he recognizes Jeremy, Mitch whispers something to security. Two men approach Jeremy, and he runs, more convinced than ever, that's his body, his identity, and his billionaire lifestyle.

8-26-2020 - Black Hand Society

 Black Hand Society

IDEA - 8-26-2020

by

Patrick Ryan

1,548 Words

In 1914, a group of young men was responsible for the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and Duchess Sophia, which led significantly to the First World War. From then on, the Black Hand Secret Society was founded. Primarily underground, the organization has been very active in gathering secrets for more than 100 years, knowledge of presidential affairs, clandestine wars, and even the presence of aliens. The group wrote down these secrets in a book written in a secret language that you needed a cipher to read. The book has a torrid past, stolen and retrieved, parts of it have been transcribed to the dark web, and the CIA acquired pieces of it and subsequently classified it. Today's version of society does not have the influence or resources of its predecessors; no one takes them seriously. Most feel that they will never again achieve anything of substance. All they have is a book of secrets; the current leader, Phillip Dagic, looked around at WikiLeaks, the African and Middle East military groups, and decided it was time for action. With the society running out of money, the plan was to manipulate the US presidential election by revealing a fake secret that they would verify with the book the day before the election to affect the result. Phillip and his group of inept henchmen would approach each campaign and inform them they had a secret about each candidate, whichever pays more, would have their transgression remain a secret. A giant bluff to keep a secret society running, what could go wrong?

8-25-2020 - Hypnagogic Hallucinations

Hypnagogic Hallucinations

IDEA - 8-25-2020

by

Patrick Ryan

1,558 Words

        

Depression, anxiety, or a general sense of malaise; these are some of the symptoms that people come to the Dewitt Clinic to address. The FDA does not approve their therapies, but they work, and they work fast, arrive in the morning, and you'll be giving a self-help seminar by the afternoon. Jane bumped into Bethany, an ex-coworker, who went to the clinic and quit the next day. She told Jane that she was never happier now that she went to Dewitt, and it was as if all had become clear. Jane was feeling down; she broke up with her boyfriend, work was stressful, and she had a hard time finding happiness. She decided to go to the clinic; they gave her a shot in her arm, collected a reasonably small fee, and told her to go and live her life. As soon as she came out of the clinic, a good-looking guy was having trouble fixing a flat tire on a leased Acura, it happened to be the same model she had, and her dad showed her a trick with the lug nuts. Jane made her way over there and knew just what to do; He was so fascinated by her that they made a date later in the day. She keeps her portfolio online for work; a small, independent business saw it, and they offered her twice her salary. Two days had gone by, and great things kept happening. However, right before she was about to sleep, she had a sleep hallucination, where she was a prostitute in a seedy heroin den. The next night she was having lesbian sex while being watched by people behind tinted glass; finally, on the third night, her dream had her smuggling drugs in a condom hidden in her butt. Researching these vivid dreams, Jane found out that hypnagogic hallucinations are a side-effect of Dewitt Clinic treatments. One woman online said the hallucinations were real, and that the positive things happening were the hallucinations.  Fascinated, Jane went to see her, and she couldn't believe her eyes.

8-24-2020 - Paying the Tab

 Paying the Tab

IDEA - 8-24-2020

by

Patrick Ryan

1,538 Words

        

There is a fine line between someone who is passionate and emotionally unstable. Tegan has started a relationship with Roger using an online dating site. Roger has made her feel like the queen of the universe for about a month. An endless ocean of gifts, trips, and love. After a month, though, she saw a slight difference in him; he started to act jealous, needy, and entitled. His tone was, "don't you remember all the stuff I gave and did for you?" Within a few weeks, the relationship soured, and Tegan felt like they were beginning to fall apart. She was going to break things off after a music festival they had already reserved tickets for this weekend. The festival was a nightmare, with Roger yelling at Tegan for talking to an old college friend, tossing her drink out because "you're a whore when you drink," and when Tegan's seat is next to a good looking man, Roger takes a swing at him after a bit of flirting is detected. Roger gets thrown out of the festival by security and threatens Tegan, "the tab has come due on all the things I've done for you, you ungrateful bitch!" Roger leaves Tegan without a car at the festival. They don't see each other for about a week, but one night, Roger appears staring at her through a window in the middle of the night. Freaked out, Tegan gets a restraining order; from there, things escalate; she starts seeing him out of the corner of her eye, her social media is hacked, and her belongings start to become vandalized. She finds out that Roger is a psychotic, recently released from a mental institution and intends to murder her.

8-23-2020 - Think About You

 Think About You

IDEA - 8-23-2020

by

Patrick Ryan

1,626 Words

        

When a compulsive liar starts a new job, he creates a tragic backstory that makes it harder for management to let him go once they realize he lied through his resume and interview.  He's done it before, and it works like a charm because people think of his story as it is told to them, file it in their hippocampus, and then go back to thinking about their own lives, what others think about them, and how they can network to win allies within an office filled with political entanglements. Nonetheless, he did not anticipate, Laura. Being a true altruist, she can't get his story out of her mind, wanting to help in any way. As the hole deepens, the liar needs to make more of the deception a reality, recruit actors, fake doctor appointments, and even counterfeit gravestones. The closer she gets, the higher the risk he'll be caught; but he can't help himself; her altruism is captivating, he's never met a person who cares so deeply, and he's falling in love. As a way out, it comes down to his work or his lover; either way, the truth will be exposed. Is the truth going to set him free or ruin everything he created with Laura? Perhaps the best partnership he's ever known was over before it ever began.

8-22-2020 - El Tejano

 El Tejano

IDEA - 8-22-2020

by

Patrick Ryan

1,515 Words

It's at a point when you've lost all hope that you're vulnerable to false miracles and hail Marys. Izel and her daughter have traveled more than 1,200 miles to the United States border. Izel's husband robbed the cartel and disappeared into the trees of the Guatemalan jungle. Cartel members stormed the house to use Izel and her daughter as bait to get her husband out of hiding. The cartel made a mistake so that Izel could escape; she's been on the run since then. Hiding out in Nuevo Laredo, she's already seen a cartel assassin. Struggling to get to the United States' safety, a homeless man tells her about a Texan who brings people through the border, all you've got to do is work off your debt. Out of choices, she decides to go and is loaded in the back of a chicken truck, smelling of bird excrement, and is taken across the border in the middle of the night. Once she arrives, it's not as she anticipated, slave labor during the day and advances at night, separated from her daughter, they're not going to tell her how much work she has to pay for the border crossing. The Texan isn't the kind family guy he's trying to portray. With a crush on Izel, he makes a special prison for her, something out of a nightmare. She's got to escape; she did not come this far only to go this far. If she can escape the Guatemalan cartel, she can find a way to survive a sadistic Texan, can she?

8-21-2020 - Lost My Time

 Lost My Time

IDEA - 8-21-2020

by

Patrick Ryan

1,445 Words

A man from the future has lost his timeline, he's now living in ours, working as a laborer and other part-time jobs that don't need documentation. He waits for the time crystal to show itself; when one is revealed within 200 miles, it can be identified using his instruments. You have to activate a time crystal by fixing a time paradox inside your current timeline and hoping that the one time jump you get would allow you to get back home. There's an alert in the middle of the night, a crystal has emerged, and it's just 50 miles away. He rushes to get there, it's in a giant warehouse. He maneuvers past the clumsy security and finds the crystal that states, "Jim Murray of 260 Prospect Blvd. Providence, RI 02920, can't go to work on September 26, 2023." As he leaves, he is spotted by a security guard named Aubrey, chasing him down and gains access to the time crystal in a struggle. Leaving him with no choice,  he tells her about time travel, time crystals, and his lost timeline. She says that she'll help him under one condition, that he takes her with him when the crystal is working. He accepts, and the two set out to stop Jim Murray from going to work, which proves to be more complicated than they expected. A story of perseverance, teamwork, and, eventually, love.

8-20-2020 - Rocky Point Park

 Rocky Point Park

IDEA - 8-20-2020

by

Patrick Ryan

1,695 Words

A closed-down amusement park is a metaphor for Adam's life, once a bastion of happiness and fun, now looking like an apocalyptic war zone. Adam hasn't been back since it closed, but a childhood friend invited him to pick over the bones. Barb-wire and high fences keep a distance, which was once a welcoming ticket gate. Out of the black, a cigarette lights, "you guys want to get in?" An invitation to go back to the lighter times, carefree, before everything became so overwhelming. I don't know what he expected, maybe the rides to magically turn on or the vendors to appear selling cotton candy, what was left was dark and unsettling, a warning of what was to come. As he looks into the merry-go-round, where none of the horses ever won, he begins to realize that everything might have been a lot different if he had only done things a little differently. When they head to the haunted house, things begin to unwind; with his mind floating around in the past, the present has just become an immediate danger. If he could persevere through this, he's going to change, he's going to stop being the person he's become, dark and broken is not written in stone; but first, he has to survive.

8-19-2020 - Volverás

 Volverás

IDEA - 8-19-2020

by

Patrick Ryan

1,529 Words

When Ernesto turned 18, he set out on his dream of traveling around the world; he mapped it out, saved enough money, and promised his mother that he would send a text, an email, or a postcard once a week, so she would know he was safe. Teasing his mother, he told her that he could fall in love and stay forever, the last words she said to him, "volverás," "you will come back." A month into his trip, while traveling in Johannesburg, South Africa, the messages stopped coming. His mother waited a week, and when he missed two weeks in a row, she went to the place where the last message had been sent. She had a deep feeling that something was wrong. She went to the hotel where he stayed. They had a record of him being there, but he checked out two days early. Ernesto carefully designed the itinerary, there's no way he'd be sidetracked from it; something was wrong. Eventually, she meets a guy who remembers Ernesto and begins a trip down the rabbit hole to find her son. Deep in the underworld of South Africa, she's going to get her son back or die trying.

8-18-2020 - Early Morning Ride

 Early Morning Ride

IDEA - 8-18-2020

by

Patrick Ryan

1,427 Words

Some call me nuts for riding my bike at 3 a.m. Statistically, though, with the number of cars on the road at the time, I have less risk of being struck than any other time of the day. I get up, ask Google, "Hey Google, is it going to rain?" "There's less than a 10% chance of rain this morning." Put on my helmet, add my bright LED lights, and start zooming through the empty streets at the highest speed I can. Approximately halfway through my bike ride, the skies open up, and it begins to pour, not just any pour, a torrential downpour with thunder and lightning. I take shelter under a gazebo in a small park; another man is also looking for shelter. As we begin to chat, he reveals that he was heading to a house where his girlfriend was sleeping with another man and was going to burn it to the ground with them inside. The man she's sleeping with is married and has children, with his wife on a business trip my girlfriend decides to play step-mom. He opens his backpack to reveal kerosene, lighters, and other flammable material. This guy is dangerous, but why is he telling me, does he want me to stop him? I could call the police; maybe I'll try to reason with him, the rain is letting up, not much time left.

8-17-2020 - One Mistake

 One Mistake

IDEA - 8-17-2020

by

Patrick Ryan

1,652 Words

Jason's tenth anniversary is being celebrated on a luxurious cruise that leaves the dock at 7 p.m. When he leaves work, he finds that two of his tires are flat as a bookmark, the one night he can't afford to be late, he instantly summons an Uber to get home as quickly as possible. On the ride home, the Uber is sideswiped in a hit and run. His cell phone is stolen in the commotion, and Jason knows he's not going to make it. When he enters his house, it's almost 8:30 p.m.; his wife is waiting, angrily glaring at him. He's trying to apologize, but his wife turns her laptop around, and there's a surveillance video of Jason having sex with the intern, Anna, in their office after everyone has gone home. It happened six months ago; it was a one-time occurrence, a one-time mistake. When he returns to work on Monday, he searches for a camera from the perspective of the video, but there's no camera. He's fired by his boss, who also has the video, for having an inappropriate relationship at work with an intern. Jason starts to believe that someone is doing this to him, but who could have done it? Anna's crazy boyfriend, his boss, who was rejected by Anna, did the janitor catch them in the act and set up a temporary camera? Maybe it's the guy from his wife's gym who's obsessed and waiting for you to make a mistake, so now he's got plenty of space to make his move.

8-16-2020 - Alternative Subterfuge

 Alternative Subterfuge

IDEA - 8-16-2020

by

Patrick Ryan

1,527 Words

An attractive woman goes to see a private detective in his office; she tells him that she thinks her husband is cheating and needs proof before the divorce proceedings can begin. Very quickly into the investigation, he confirmed the infidelity, on top of everything, the husband's infidelity partner happened to be the married governor. When he contacts the woman, her phone has been disconnected; with no way to collect his fee, he tries to follow the husband back to their home. He finds him in the same hotel with the governor, an altercation ensures and sees the husband choking the governor to death. In shock, he calls the police, but when they arrive, nothing is as it seems. As he sits on all this evidence, he begins to doubt his reality, gradually concocting a story that includes murder, a doppelganger, infidelity, and bribery over the use of commercial real estate parcels. Who can you believe when everything is a lie?

8-15-2020 - Electra Complex

 Electra Complex

IDEA - 8-15-2020

by

Patrick Ryan

1,671 Words

With her marriage in a rut, 42-year-old Emily became drawn to a 23-year-old conference attendee. They kept seeing each other and ended up at the same party; she cheated on her husband as there was just an attraction she could not resist. Five years later, her now 21-year-old daughter, Constance, meets the same now 28-year-old man while interning at his company. There was also the same indescribable attraction between them, and a relationship began. It's now winter break, and Constance takes home her mother’s ex-lover as her new boyfriend. They can't articulate it, but the same attraction occurs for both women, and rivalry results. Once Emily's father, Constance's grandfather, eventually arrives for Christmas, he instantly recognizes the man and breaks the news that he had a hidden child out of his wedlock and that the man was his son. He is Emily’s step-brother and Constance’s step-uncle. Sick with embarrassment, the women cast out the patriarchal forces and begin to bond and heal their relationship.

8-14-2020 - No Closure

 No Closure

IDEA - 8-14-2020

by

Patrick Ryan

1,479 Words

It's the end; you both know it. You hardly spend much time together, you've become roommates who occasionally have sex, and on rare occasions that you go out together, she's aloof and distant. One night, you wake up to hear her whispering into her phone downstairs, you start to think she's cheating. That's it; you’re going to break it off this Friday, you've had enough of forcing this relationship. You show up at seven o'clock at the restaurant when you agreed to meet. She never came, so you pay the tab and go home; Saturday morning, she never returned to the apartment. Did she know what was coming? You call her later in the day, straight to the voicemail, is she in trouble? You call her friends, and they haven't seen her for months; what's going on here? There is no support from the police; there is not enough evidence to launch an investigation. So, you begin to retrace her last known whereabouts; what started as a dinner to try and end the relationship will require you to dig deeper into the life of a woman you find out you never knew that well at all.

8-13-2020 - Wrong

 Wrong

IDEA - 8-13-2020

by

Patrick Ryan

1,539 Words

If it's your job to be right, you'll use every resource at your fingertips, statistics, simulations, focus groups, and, of course, sabotage. Welcome to the world of politics, where money can be made if you can predict the future, but beyond statistics, polling, and projections, you have to be willing to do whatever it takes to be right. Start-up Data-Sync, a three-year-old company, rose to fame when they correctly predicted a longshot for Senate in their home state. With the presidential election on the horizon, the money poured in; everyone wants to know who will win? Once again, they pick the underdog; if they're wrong, it could spell ruin for their company, but something tells me they might come out on top, they’ll just have to use some of their old tricks to do it.

8-12-2020 - Really Love You

 Really Love You

IDEA - 8-12-2020

by

Patrick Ryan

1,448 Words

What does someone do when they come across what they assume is love at first sight? They try to get close, creating "chance," well-planned encounters, they do extensive analysis on social media, private investigator sites, and various search engines. By the end, they've worked their way into the lives of the people you're closest to in the world. It's all going to plan until it doesn't; rejection leads to self-destructive behavior that involves stalking, breaking and entering, and getting your little sister drunk in an attempt to blackmail her. When someone doesn't take no for an answer, they’ll ruin your life until you say yes; of course, if they can't have you, no one can.

8-11-2020 - Paradise Promised

 Paradise Promised

IDEA - 8-11-2020

by

Patrick Ryan

1,521 Words

At first, the dream was clear: take a safe job that pays well, build a savings account, and spend your money making that great film like your childhood idols. So confident, you convinced your girlfriend about this reality, and before you knew it, you were married with children. But, after all, that safe job wasn't really that safe; expenses began to add up, braces and summer camps aren't that cheap, and suddenly, that fantastic film became a pipe dream. In the end, all that was left were regrets and debt. Not that something was wrong with your life, with a loving family, a place to live, and food on the table, there was nothing to complain about in your life. Yet, something was calling out to you, like the past that wouldn't remain in the past, reminding you of your failure. Call it a mid-life crisis, call it a promise being fulfilled; if you can play it safe and still fail, why not go for it all anyway?

8-10-2020 - Falling In...

 Falling In...

IDEA - 8-10-2020

by

Patrick Ryan

1,502 Words

The entire show was based on a bet, the bet, that monogyny does not exist. The creator bet that he could make any woman fall in love outside of their supposedly committed relationship, no matter how in love they were. From there, it developed into a game show where the perfect guy would be hired to cheat on the premise of psychological profile, paternal traits, preferences, and secret desires that the women didn't even realize they had. Each episode was completed with the ease of turning the light switch on. Until the producers chose Alice, her husband was a bastard; it was expected to be like taking candy from a baby. He tried everything, doubling her husband's shifts, so she felt neglected; to make the actor playing her ideal partner become her co-worker, so they spent a lot of time together, even secretly getting access to their marital therapy sessions, which told him which buttons to push. One day, while researching Alice, the creator and Alice became trapped in a stairwell where all the doors were locked. He saw it as an opportunity to understand Alice better; however, at the end of the day, she was more interested in his mistrust of commitment.

8-9-2020 - HELP!

 HELP!

IDEA - 8-9-2020

by

Patrick Ryan

1,492 Words

A washed-up pop-star released a surprise album after five years of not being heard. Sara and Kim are big fans, and they're one of a few that streamed the album. Something was off; it didn't sound right. Sara is a sound engineer and discovers a secret message hidden within each song; the pop star begs someone to help her, she's been kidnapped and taken to a ranch, forced to sing, record, and put out internet material against her will. The album is like a map that describes how to get to where she's being kept. The police thought it was a publicity stunt, the internet said they were nuts, and the ranch cannot be located on google maps, but they know that their favorite pop star needs to be rescued. Sara and Kim set out on their own to find a ranch that doesn't exist; little did they know they were about to uncover one of the largest sex trafficking hubs on the west coast.

8-8-2020 - Easy Way Out

 Easy Way Out

IDEA - 8-8-2020

by

Patrick Ryan

1,637 Words

Six couples enter a series of escape rooms; they can solve the mystery in time or answer a question, in an envelope on the exit door and take the easy way out. Each envelope contains the deepest, darkest, and most perverted detail of one of the players. As they continue to pursue the murder plot, the backstory becomes a bit too familiar to some. The only way to leave is to move forward, but each room becomes more and more difficult. By the end of the game, will any of them still be together or alive?

8-7-2020 - Luxury Space Sex Cruise

 Luxury Space Sex Cruise

IDEA - 8-7-2020

by

Patrick Ryan

1,558 Words

The Sheehan family,  Roger, and Tiffany, and their children, Sally and Arnold, have won a luxury space cruise for six days and six nights to the moon and back. It's not until they've already launched that they find out that it is a luxury space SEX cruise, and there's absolutely nothing for the kids to do. Board out of their minds, Sally and Arnold, wander the ship and eventually uncover a sinister scheme that, if it succeeds, will make sure that everyone onboard will never see Earth again. Mysteriously, couples begin to disappear from the ship. The children begin to connect the dots; everyone on the cruise is connected to the invention of a teleportation device that will instantly teleport goods around the world. Their parents are also involved but are too focused on their couples' massages, awkward crystal healing rituals, and dolphin petting pools in space; that their children have to save their lives along the way without them knowing. All the adults have such a great time that they don't believe the children when they warn them about the plot, which leaves Sally and Arnold to get the ship back to Earth, on their own, before it's too late.

8-6-2020 - Kennedy Plaza

Kennedy Plaza

IDEA - 8-6-2020

by

Patrick Ryan

1,474 Words

Around half of American families are a few missed paychecks away from being homeless. This is the story of a family who fell into a little bit of bad luck, and it wasn't long before they lost their home and ended up on the street with nowhere to go. His wife and daughter received a place in an all-female shelter. Still, the father ended up in the only location where the homeless go at night, Kennedy Plaza, a bus depot that only runs during the day and at night, transforms into a shelter of its own. While there, he meets a lot of interesting people, but one person has an opportunity for him. Can he trust a fellow homeless father, does it matter? It can't get any worse than it already is, can it?

8-5-2020 - Ephemeral Love

Ephemeral Love

IDEA - 8-5-2020

by

Patrick Ryan

1,551 Words

When people grow older, they wonder why they haven't found love; am I too picky? Am I not lovable? So, they force it, and forced love will last just a short time, but can have serious consequences. Oliver is in that situation, lonely, he falls for the affections of a newly divorced woman with two children. To persuade her that he's genuine, he plays the role of a bedtime story reader, little person chauffeur, a weekend coach, and a weekday tutor. Although all the outward signs of love are present, the feeling of "in love" is not there. There is no real cost; the time he spends is respected and reciprocated.  Until the day he encounters someone who invokes an "in love" response deep inside his consciousness. Can he just leave? He has to, right? He can't abandon his own life and feelings for an artificial world he's built to pass the time? The truth isn't easy, it may set you free, but it doesn't have to make you feel good.

8-4-2020 - The Seed

The Seed

IDEA - 8-4-2020

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Patrick Ryan

1,582 Words

The police come to the house of a high school student who was involved in a vandalizing incident at a rival high school. The police said the student was caught using facial recognition; there was only one problem; the students wore masks when the incident occurred. The boy's father, an online supporter of privacy protection, was particularly concerned. When he looks into the case, he finds out that any baby born after 2005 got an extra booster shot as they left the hospital. The booster shot contained a tracker that will remain active in the body for 80 years, transmitting the name of the person, an identification number, and location using GPS. Authorities were told about the latest technology last month, so they've just begun using it to solve crimes. When the boy's father begins to expose the breach of privacy, military forces begin to reveal themselves, and his life is in danger.

8-3-2020 - Piazza San Marco

Piazza San Marco

IDEA - 8-3-2020

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Patrick Ryan

1,515 Words

Michelangelo and Leonardo were not friends, living in Florence at the same time; there is no evidence that the two had ever worked together. However, a lost work by Michelangelo, named Piazza San Marco, was thrown away before it was finished, eventually wound up in Leonardo's possession. Having a fondness for Piazza San Marco and not realizing that Michelangelo was the artist, he finished the painting and donated it under an alias. It wasn't until 1977 that the artwork was found in a Belgian church. The intention was to move this priceless work of art to a museum, but the night before it could be moved, it was stolen and never seen again. A woman enters a private detective agency and informs the PI that she knows where Piazza San Marco is located. When the PI begins to investigate, murder, secrets, and lies surround the painting. Before he knows it, he’s in over his head, and his life is in danger.

8-2-2020 - Poison Ivy

Poison Ivy

IDEA - 8-2-2020

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Patrick Ryan

1,612 Words

It has been a trying time for Nick, he owes a lot of money he borrowed from a bank loan, his attempt to start a company famously failed, and, because of his very public failure, he can't get a job, he can't even get an interview. Then comes a cute hacker named Ivy and they hit it off right away; she fixes everything, financial issues, residual social media reminders of his public business failure, and a new identity to start fresh. Nick felt he was in love with Ivy, so they began dating. Things were fine until he met Jennifer; when you meet the one, you know. Nick broke up with Ivy, and she didn't take it well. There’s an old saying, "hell hath no fury like a woman scorned," well, hell hath no fury like an ex-girlfriend hacker who can make your life a living nightmare.