PESTILENCE
Zoe Ohrbach and Brian Snyder are Silicon Valley techies struggling through a pandemic of a new variant of Mad Cow affecting deer, moose, elk, etc. Despite warnings, people continue hunting and eating toxic venison. It was only a matter of time before the disease jumped to humans—a zoonotic “spillover.” Like all prion diseases, it is incurable, untreatable and unpreventable. The new disease, called “Acquired Prion Sociopathy Syndrome (APSS) causes first psychopathy and, inevitably, death. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/20/chronic-wasting-disease-spread-zombie-deer-global-us-aoe Adapted from my novel, Twisted Fate, showcased online pre-publication: https://thewritelaunch.com/2019/09/twisted-fate/
Linda Boroff Film and Fiction Bio With References 650-996-2750 I graduated from UC Berkeley with a degree in English. My coming-of-age short story published in Cornell University's literary magazine, Epoch, was optioned to Sony and director Brad Furman. I'm represented for literary, film and TV by agents Sandstone Artists—Tammy Hunt and Jamie Bradley Below is a link to my short stories published in Cornell University, Dartmouth, McSweeney’s, The Guardian, Gawker, and many other publications.
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Post Your Script Here!Eternal Blessings
A dying woman enters a time portal to confront her criminal past, only to realize that what she seeks is in the present--but getting back is proving harder than she thought.
THE BEAUTY OF THE RODEO
A former rodeo queen returns home after thirty years, but her attempt to fit back in is further complicated by the arrival of the daughter she secretly placed for adoption.
THE GEPETTO PROTOCOL
To stay "real" in the real world after their last creator dies, an action figure, fashion doll, superhero, anime girl, and crash dummy—now real flesh and blood—must find new believers in ten days or be forgotten forever, and get help from two kids and their dad at a cosplay convention.
Slicks
A reckless young helicopter pilot in Vietnam discovers the missions he flies are feeding a covert CIA assassination program and must choose between the silence that keeps him alive and the truth that will cost him everything, including the woman waiting back home.
Whirlabout
A New York actor returns to his decaying hometown to care for his father, who is riding a downwards Alzheimer's spiral.
THE HEALING
Twin siblings diverge violently when one becomes a celebrated, Christ-like preacher and the other courts death through reckless desire—until their bond is tested by miracles, scandal, and the ultimate act of faith.
WEIGHT of the WORLD
As seniors vanish and messages appear in mirrors, a skeptical detective is drawn into a parallel world where the forgotten are reborn—and learns she might just be the last warning before humanity is rewritten.
THE ORGANIC SVENGALI
She wants to connect with her dead parents by attending their alma mater; he’s a young genius coasting as a music history professor who cured himself of cancer, and is looking for a fresh mind now that the cancer has returned; their paths and wills are about to cross.
LABYRINTH OF DESTINY
During the Mexican-American War, Lieutenant Ulysses Grant falls in love with a young Mexican woman who helps American slaves escape bondage.
Lab Rats
An anonymous organization uses an ***AI Bot*** to moderate a Focus Group on the topic of ***Fake***.
