I am Ray E. Spencer; I have been a Creative on Stage32.com for quite some time. I have written two Novels, one, "Tender Nightmare" which has been published (Amazon.com, others), and the other, "The Stolen Manuscript: The Dictionary Murders" (SM: DM), which is soon to be published through an affiliate of Simon & Schuster. I will take offers for the screenplay below based on my book (mr.budderman@gmail.com) or 727-642-7078 (please leave a message if no answer). I also have a movie script ready adapted from "Tender Nightmare."
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THE STOLEN MANUSCRIPT: THE DICTIONARY MURDERS
BY Ray E. Spencer
GENRE: Mystery, P.I. Crime Yarn, Comic Relief
LOGLINE: A migrated Florida Private Eye is hired to find a famous Horror author, one of Maryland's own, and his missing manuscript.
SYNOPSIS:
In October of 1970, the citizens of Baltimore are in a baseball frenzy after Weaver's Birds conquered Bench and Rose's Big Red Machine of Cincinnati, 4 games to 1 in the World Series. Most Convincing. The community was in a sort of perpetual happy trance. But, when Jake Venom, Charm City's favorite son, turns up missing before he can mail his new story to his Publisher, Premature Burial, the euphoria begins to fade. And, when the body of the Terror Master is discovered dead downtown behind a Dempsey Dumpster, reality begins to overcome the hot-corner high that the community has been on for weeks. A silver lining for P.I. Tender comes as a substantial increase in Tim's overall financial fee. His meal ticket comes in the form of Vicki Venom, the "loving" wife of Jake, who, even at her somewhat advanced age, has the best body that money could purchase. But, in the beginning, did she hire Tender's outfit, one P.I., one officer manager, Bea E. Hopkins, Tim's fiancè, to locate her missing husband--or, his lost manuscript? Could it be that the 3 Sicilians, who claim that it should have been Don Varelli's story not Don Corleone's, looking for justice, somehow be involved? Possibly, Morris Mechanix, the one-man Limousine Service Owner, frustrated Writer, who offers discreet services with his converted, Red 1951 GMC Panel Truck--minus any back windows, is seeking Notoriety to be able to publish something, anything. After all, Venom's previous bestseller, "Tender Nightmare," squeezed out a crisp $5 Million. Your Challenge begins. Jump onto the Tarentino-style train traveling through the Big Screen resulting in substantial time away from the less (much) ideal world outside the Movie Theatre doors.
Thanks, Ray
Hey, Ray E. Spencer! So good to meet you! Congrats on your screenplay from your novel - that's awesome! Have you tried pitching it to any of the executives here at Stage 32? Definitely reach out to our Director of Script Services, Jason Mirch, who is excellent at matching projects with potential executives (or managers, in your case): J.Mirch@stage32.com