Fri, Dec 31, 2021
The CEO of a successful investment firm is confronted by a mysterious woman, challenging the nature the AI algorithm that manages his client's money: The Austin Intelligence. It is allegedly based on the thought patterns of the firms deceased co-founder, Leonard Austin. Enticed by the prospect of a large investment, he reveals the secret behind the company's success after the death of Austin who was the real investing genius of the two, only to discover that the secret is much deeper than he ever thought it could be.
Sat, Jan 1, 2022
Jericho Maxwell Orelio, Ph.D., is on the cusp of his greatest scientific achievement. With the assistance of his virtual assistant, Vivian, he has found a way to retrieve information from the future, so he can perform simulations that would take thousands of years and get the results instantly. But as with all new technologies, sometimes there are unanticipated consequences.
Sat, Jan 8, 2022
Making a New Years Resolution is easy. It's keeping it that is hard. Unless, of course, you have some help from someone with the power--or magic--to enforce it. Stopping the endless cycle of living the same year over and over is simple, just get it right. But what does "getting it right" mean?
Tue, Jan 11, 2022
Alex Black is a magician. More specifically, he performs as a mentalist, convincing people he can read their minds, and know the unknowable. Then, one day, he discovers that he might not be the phony he's always thought he was, he may actually have psychic powers, and enlists a friend to prove that he doesn't.
Sat, Jan 15, 2022
A young man will do anything for the woman he loves--or so he thinks. He freely engages in beauty treatments, and watches chick flicks just to be close to her. But when she asks him to get his tea leaves read, what he discovers is both exciting and frightening. Will it be enough for him to run away screaming? Or will love win out after all?
Sat, Jan 22, 2022
Spending winter alone in an isolated cabin in the woods is not a job everyone would be able to do. Normally, the only visitors are the occasional hiker or mountain climber in need of aid. But tonight, in the middle of the worst storm of the winter, the caretaker gets not only one, but two visitors, the first of which telling a tale of a creature, known to hunt humans on nights such as this. Although it's a great, white beast, it has the ability to disguise itself as other animals. But what if that animal is a beautiful woman?
Sat, Jan 29, 2022
Detective Isaac Black and his assistant, Jeremy White, are called to New York City's most famous residence to help find a killer. When the mayor's wife is murdered, there is a lot of pressure to get results, fast. And when the police need results, they call Isaac Black who has an advantage that every other police officer in the city lacks. He's blind.
Sat, Feb 5, 2022
Freddy has a lot of explaining to do. Specifically, why did he kill all those people? His answer is simple, "Because they were vampires." A reasonable explanation if you believe in such things. But here's the deal with Interrogation Room #3. Sometimes the ancient video recording system doesn't work. Which for the cop interrogating Freddy is an opportunity to give Freddy the justice he deserves.
Sat, Feb 12, 2022
Isaac Black and Jeremy White are solving another mystery. This one isn't a murder, or a kidnapping, or any other matter for the police. The host of the dinner party they've been invited to is missing something, a priceless family memento. Its disappearance is causing strife in the household, but blind detective, Isaac Black, saves the day by once more seeing what others cannot.
Sat, Feb 19, 2022
Mr. Grimm is an inspector for the Health Department. He doesn't often go on inspections himself these days, but one particular business that is delinquent in complying with the applicable ordinances demands his attention. What he doesn't realize, is that the owner has been waiting for him. For quite a while. Revenge is a dish best served cold.
Sat, Feb 26, 2022
There are strange things going on in the Morgan Household. Doors opening and closing on their own, radios turning on by themselves, cold drafts on warm, sunny days... Delores believes they have ghosts. Oscar insists there is no such thing as ghosts. So, Delores enlists the aid of a medium to convince him that there is something paranormal going on... just not what they think.
Sat, Mar 5, 2022
Phileas and his friends are hanging out one day when Phileas poses a thought-provoking question. "What would you do if you could control gravity?" His friends tease him about this frequent belief that he has psychic powers. But this time, it's different. This time, they believe him as he lifts up out of his chair and floats weightless across the room.
Sat, Mar 12, 2022
The gang at NIFNI (National Institute for New Ideas) spend their time thinking all day. After all, they are a think tank. But Jack's favorite part of the job is watching his coworkers interact. Their EQs are inversely proportional to their IQs, throw in a bit of paranoia, conspiracy theories and a penchant to play practical jokes on one another and it makes for one heck of a workplace.
Sat, Mar 19, 2022
Buck Harris has a problem with pests. But nothing he's tried has rid him of whatever creature is sneaking into his kitchen at night and stealing his food--especially his favorite cookies. So, tonight, he's going to stay up and catch the vermin in the act. But what he finds is not some clever rat or chipmunk. It's a tiny little man.
Sat, Mar 26, 2022
Alan Chaney wakes up to find himself in the hospital. But he's not in a regular hospital room, or even the ICU. He's strapped to a bed in the psych ward as a disturbingly friendly nurse tells him that he was attacked by an animal the previous night that she believes was a werewolf. There's a full moon tonight. If nothing happens, he's free to go, but if he changes... that's another story.
Sat, Apr 2, 2022
Nancy is struggling to get past the death of her father. What makes her anxiety even worse, are the terms of his will, which mandate that she hold a garage sale the weekend after his funeral. What she doesn't expect is that the man her father had always blamed for the death of her mother would show up, looking for a deal... but getting more than he bargained for.
Sat, Apr 9, 2022
George is an artist. He practices his vocation in the digital realm, but when a neighbor comes to him desperate for someone to paint a portrait of his long dead lover by midnight, offering a generous sum, he agrees to give it a try. The painting comes out much better than expects... in more ways than one.
Sat, Apr 16, 2022
Most people see a psychologist to get help with their problems, perhaps do a little introspection to help deal with the source of them. They don't expect their therapist to tell them their whole life just doesn't matter, that they are merely non-player characters in a vast simulation.
Sat, Apr 23, 2022
Harold Potter needs his taxes done. Quick. It's literally a matter of life and death. Fortunately, there is a business that caters to his specific situation: Death and Taxes. Nothing is for certain except death and taxes, and when the tax man and the grim reaper team up, there's no stopping them.
Sat, May 7, 2022
Ralph loves winter, but sometimes snow, when its in the form of a ball headed for his face, is not his friend. Neither are any of the other kids in school. So, he makes one of his own. And with the help of a magic hat, strange things begin to happen. Think you know this story? Think again.
Sat, May 14, 2022
The New Guy on Franklin Forrest's security team has an edge. He can see the future. Not very far, just a few seconds, but it's enough to allow him to make decisions to change that future in small but important ways. When he finds out that his powers are the result of an inoculation he received as part of his condition of employment, his boss is an evil megalomaniac and his employment contract won't let him do anything about it... well, let's just say if you want to know what the future holds, ask the new guy. He seems to know what's coming next.
Tue, Jul 26, 2022
Everyone is excited about the Metaverse. But should we be? Is it just a harmless virtual reality, or is it something more? Olivia Underbranch has a problem. The VR headset she bought seems to have extra... things in it. Creatures that aren't supposed to be in the various apps and games the device offers. When she takes it to Dean at the customer service desk, he escalates it to his boss who makes the mistake of connecting the headset to a 3D monitor, which gives these creatures access to our world.
Sat, Jul 30, 2022
Barbara hates her sister, Amanda. She especially hates that grandfather gave her a cute nickname because of her bright yellow hair: Firefly. But when Firefly meets an untimely demise on the sisters' birthday, no one is willing to believe that Barbara had anything to do with it. So, when Barbara eventually grows up and moves out on her own, her parents send her Firefly's belongings. Barbara burns most of them, but pauses when she comes across a collection of journals in which Firefly has written remarkably brilliant stories. On a whim, she sends one off to a magazine under her own name and becomes an immediate literary sensation. When she runs out of stories, she feeds the material into an AI that writes more of them for her... but at what price?
Tue, Sep 13, 2022
Before Daphne's grandfather dies, he tells her the secret of the ancient oak tree on their property, the place where she has lived all her life in seclusion and peace. He tells her of the ceremony that will call forth the Dryad of the tree, the guardian of the forest. She doesn't understand why he tells her until a man comes onto the property some time later claiming that he's the new owner, he bought it because they were behind on their taxes. Daphne remembers the secret her grandfather told her about the Dryad and attempts to call forth the Dryad, but the result is not at all what she expects.
Thu, Sep 15, 2022
Isaac Black and Jeremy White are back helping the police once again. The blind detective lends his talents to a most unusual situation this time. Detective Brown has the perpetrator, he knows who was killed and by whom and even why, but he has no idea how the case was solved by a little old lady playing Mahjong with her friends. Of course, Isaac, though sightless, is able to see what others cannot and manages to deduce how and why the woman knew her friend was dead and who did it.
Sat, Oct 22, 2022
Hank Newsom is an escaped convict on the run. An unfortunate accident causes him to seek shelter in a very unusual place. A stone tower in the middle of nowhere. He is helped by a monk who, because of a vow of silence, is unable to fully explain why Hank was able to enter the tower, but cannot leave. The mystery deepens when Hank discovers the only food in the place in a loaf of bread that is filled with blood. A mural fills in some of the details, but the real secret has something to do with the statue of a gargoyle on the roof.
Thu, Oct 27, 2022
Harrison Hardigan hates Halloween. Everything about it just rubs him the wrong way. But this Halloween eve, he is visited by the ghost of an ex-girlfriend, who tells him he is going to be given the chance to change his ways via a Halloween themed A Christmas Carol rip-off. Despite the best efforts of the spirits who visit him, Harrison is unmoved--much to his own detriment as it turns out.