Crisis

SYNOPSIS

What does a script writer do when he doesn't sell?. . . He works at a crisis centre for ideas. His wife leaves him, moves to another state with her lover because her husband, Angus is too boring? He takes up drinking again.

Angus, in the meantime, witnesses a shooting, frequents the seedy life, watches videos, gets drunk every night...slowly goes crazy.

Jessica, a battered housewife, calls the crisis centre for help only to speak with a crazy Angus. His eyes trance as he gives his advice. The other crisis workers drop their phones in horror, incredulous.

Angus buys a gun, packs his bag, gulps down his whiskey, positions the gun in his belt, goes after his wife and her lover with "Honey, here comes boring Angus!"

Jessica is now on a bus with her children to, God knows where. Her sunglasses hide her black eyes and her identity. But how far can she run? A fugitive now with her photo in the news.

So begins the fatal meeting of two strangers now on their own separate deadly coarse. One driven by insanity the other driven to insanity, each having their own gripping encounters along the way.

What becomes of these two intersecting lives is revealed as the story speeds like a freight to it's climax only to...all is unfolded in the very last minute.

© Mark Fitzpatrick 1999
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