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Performed by Val Cole ——— So that you are aware, Abiogenesis is the development of living organisms from non living precursors, some of the early stages may have taken place in space, according to David Darling’s Extraterrestrial Encyclopedia. They came right up to the car, two entities resembling domestic cats, one tanned with a black… Continue reading FANTASY Festival POEM: There Are No Half Ways With Abiogenesis, by Thera Oliver

A showcase of the best fantasy/sci-fi shorts from around the world today. AUDIENCE AWARDS (from FEEDBACK Film Festival): Best Feature Film: Driver Ed Best Short Film: Savannah’s Curse Best Micro-Short Film: Marfa Best Story: The Kingdom of Rexmonte Best Direction: Agenda 2010 The Kingdom of Rexmonte, 150min., USA Directed by Rebeccah Crabtree The Gem has… Continue reading WINNERS: September 2026 FANTASY/SCI-FI Film Festival

The FANTASY/SCI-FI Festival had a surplus of submissions fo the first half of the season. Enclosed is the list of WINNERS, who had a best scene of their screenplay performed by professional actors and made into a video. Plus, the honorable mentions, who although they didn’t formally win at the festival, are a group of… Continue reading SUMMER 2026 FANTASY/SCI-FI Festival Screenplay Winners & Honorable Mentions

Dystopian flash fiction; less than 1,000 words Synopsis: In a dystopian near-future suburban middle America, a woman named Eve is forced into marriage, pregnancy, and domestic servitude. As her resentment grows and the danger to her intensifies, she plans one final bloody act of revenge. Performed by Val Cole

A showcase of the best fantasy/sci-fi shorts from around the world today. AUDIENCE AWARDS (from FEEDBACK Film Festival): Best Short Film: APTITUDE Best Micro-Short Film: ROAD CALLED HOME Best Visual Design: THEY CAME IN PEACE Best Story: MODEL PROFESSORS Best Cinematography: LAND WITHOUT SHORES Best Direction: NIXIE Best Sound & Music: PARADISE OF TOMORROW They… Continue reading WINNERS: August 2026 FANTASY/SCI-FI Film Festival

Professor Daniel Wexler, a brilliant but self-absorbed quantum physicist, is recruited into Nexos, a hidden crossroads between parallel branches of reality, after his research into many-worlds theory draws him into the discovery of Astral Flux, a rare force that can shape matter, energy, and even passage between worlds. Under the guidance of the powerful Quartermaster… Continue reading FANTASY/SCI-FI Feature Script: The Branches of Nexos, by John Reynders

In a near-future where a contagion turns dogs into flesh-hungry predators and a booming “death economy” monetizes their extermination, a single mother crosses every line to keep her son’s dog alive. As her financier ex-husband profits from the coming slaughter, the father of her child euthanizes dogs by the vanload, and a wellness influencer cashes… Continue reading FANTASY/SCI-FI Festival Feature: Our Good, Good Boys, by Rafaelle de La Tullaye

A naive teenager discovers that the future Queen of the Universe has been hidden within him, and he must travel the universe and outwit formidable villains whilst dealing with his own family trauma before he can restore her to the throne. CAST LIST: Narrator: Val Cole Sam: Geoff Mays CC: Shawn Devlin

Galactic Federation Police and father of kidnapped family pursue Federation criminals and reptilian alien Grotona. Their next target is Earth. CAST LIST: Narrator: Hannah Ehman Commander Ollu: Sean Ballantyne Leshnod: Shawn Devlin

When a shipwreck leaves two teenage boys stranded on a remote island, survival binds them together—but as their connection deepens into first love, they must face the impossible question of what happens to that bond if they ever return to the world they came from. CAST LIST: Narrator: Val Cole Michael: Geoff Mays Ethan: Sean… Continue reading FANTASY/SCI-FI Feature Script: Distant Lightning, by David Mills