Family Tradition
Written by Kris Shuman
Logline:
A guilty man’s diner confession risks exposing a legacy of violence and resurrecting a killer they thought was buried for good.
Synopsis:
Gray Harris returns to his small Southern hometown to bury his father—but the past won’t stay buried. Over a late-night meal at Ruthie’s Diner, he gathers his fractured family to confess a dark truth he’s carried for years. As rain pours outside and old wounds resurface, Gray reveals his father’s hidden crimes—and his own role in covering them up.
But just when it seems the family has heard the worst, a shadow from the past walks through the diner door, proving that some legacies don’t die quietly.
Family Tradition is a tense, Southern Gothic short about guilt, inheritance, and the monsters we call kin.
The Last Stop
Written by Kris Shuman
Logline:
On the day he plans to meet Death, a grieving widower’s life takes an unexpected turn when an autistic young boy helps him rediscover joy—and a reason to live.
Synopsis:
David, a soft-spoken widower in his seventies, wakes up on what he’s decided will be his final day. With heartfelt goodbyes to his dogs and a cryptic appointment with Death itself, he heads out with quiet resolve. But a simple walk in the park leads to an unlikely encounter with a precocious, autistic boy on a quest to find his missing baseball. What begins as a frustrating interruption becomes something far more meaningful, as the boy’s honesty and curiosity slowly crack open David’s tightly sealed grief.
As David navigates the child’s questions, he’s forced to confront his own sorrow—and a flicker of purpose he thought he’d lost forever. When he finally reaches the bus station to meet Death, he’s offered a choice: let go, or go on living.
The Last Stop is a poignant, whimsical short about loss, connection, and the unexpected ways life can still surprise us—even when we think it’s over.
Sunsets In Memphis
Written by Kris Shuman
Logline:
Haunted by loss, a resourceful space cowgirl and her bumbling alien partner team up with a reclusive deity to solve a cosmic puzzle and stop a ravenous swarm from devouring the galaxy.
Synopsis:
After her partner is killed by a flesh-hungry alien swarm, space cowgirl Vera Thorn is left stranded on a dying planet with nothing but a busted communicator, a loyal space dog, and a razorwhip full of regrets. When she finally makes contact with a distant command center, they send backup—a lanky, awkward alien named Felix, voted most likely to die in a coffee shop.
What starts as a last-ditch mission turns into something much stranger when the two stumble upon a forgotten deity in hiding, a crossword-shaped doomsday puzzle, and a chance to end the Serkhat threat for good. Along the way, Vera must learn to trust again, and Felix must prove he’s more than just comic relief.
Sunsets in Memphis is a genre-bending, irreverent space Western that blends cosmic absurdity, heartfelt redemption, and razor-tongued dialogue into a sci-fi adventure that’s as smart as it is strange.