Sample Summaries

An Aweighted Vacation

A stoic grandpa says "maybe" to every family disaster on a beach trip and drives his family nuts in the process. 

Corner Bos

Two work buddies nearly come to blows over the "correct" way to nod at strangers on the street. 

Custom Weave

At an absurdist graveside funeral, a neurotic in-law quietly feuds with relatives over his inferior, neon-orange "potholder" blanket he was gifted, as a mask for his grief 

Directions

An old man goes through the nine rings of customer service hell just trying to open a clock, and accidentally discovers AI, spite, and grief make surprisingly good writing partners.

Live Free or Die

A New Hampshire citizen fights a "lake view tax" by blocking his own view with a 60-foot Jumbotron that plays ads. 

Median Monitors

Two bored bureaucrats monitor a population perfectly numbed into compliance, until one guy reads a book, and love threatens to end civilization as they know it.

Prodigal Son

A runaway son comes home to beg forgiveness, but first he has to get past a smart lock, a tattletale tracking app, and his brother's demand for a performance review.  

Sister Cities (PILOT for a Series)

A pencil pusher and her weed-smoking friend move to Taiwan and meet God's gift to trash reduction. 

The Felt Preacher

Desperate to prove he hasn't lost his Oakland edge, a newly suburbanized dad teaches Sunday school, in: The Felt Preacher. 

The Zaccheas Fund

A terrified SEC auditor hides in a hedge fund's lobby ficus tree, and the boss's sarcastic joke about "giving it all back" is taken completely, catastrophically literally by the bros in the office.