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DEATH HAS A NAME ALL IT'S OWN...

DEATH HAS A NAME ALL IT'S OWN...
By Rod Seitz

GENRE: Romance, Thriller
LOGLINE:

After a chance meeting with death a woman falls in love with the grim reaper himself causing her to become a serial killer to carry on their relationship.

SYNOPSIS:

ACT ONE

We meet Rose Monoleese a woman who is being held at a maximum-security woman's prison and about to be executed by electrocution for a series of murders she has committed. As well as Ben Loper, our stories narrator and the detective who oversaw the investigation and apprehension of Rose for her crimes. Ben tells Roses story to an unseen person. Rose calls out for “Nester Ephesus” (which is the Grim Reaper’s real name) while being strapped into the electric chair pleading for him to help her.

We then see threw a series of flashbacks how Rose meets The Grim Reaper at various points in her life when he appears to harvest the souls of her relatives and loved ones that have died over time.

ACT TWO

As the story continues. Late one night on her way home from a dance club, Rose is followed by a low life scumbag who traps her in a dark alleyway and attempts to rape her. Luckily, Rose is able to fight him off by finding a scrap piece of lead pipe. Unfortunately, she loses control when over taken with emotions from the attempted rape against her and kills the man by bashing his head in with the lead pipe. When the Grim Reaper shows up to harvest the man’s soul he recognizes Rose and sees that she is in distress. He then chooses to console her causing her to fall for him. After consoling her Grim must leave. He can only stay for a short time, enough to harvest the man’s soul and then must go on to harvest another soul.

Longing to be with Grim, Rose Knows that he only appears when harvesting souls. Already having a taste for blood, she decides to hunt down and kill lowlife such as the one who tried to rape her to summon the reaper time and time again in an attempt to carry on a relationship with him.

ACT THREE

Each time Rose takes another victim the reaper shows up to harvest their soul. Rose is then able to spend more and more time getting to know him causing murder to become an addiction for her. After several murders Detective Ben Loper is assigned to investigate and hunt down Rose for her crimes. Rose somehow is always able to stay one step ahead of him forcing Detective Loper to set up an elaborate trap to catch her.

Once apprehended Rose surprises the authorities with her story about why she chose to commit her murders making them think she is mentally unbalanced. Unfortunately, the court denies her lawyers plead of insanity sentencing her to death. We then come back to Rose’s execution where detective Loper our stories narrator looks on as she is put to death. Unknowingly detective Loper has been telling her story to the Grim Reaper. Who to our surprise is the person standing next to him that he has been talking to the whole time. Grim awaits to harvest her soul. When she finally dies the reaper takes her soul and she joins him in the afterlife forever.

Michael Dzurak

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