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Mike Murphy
Boston, United States

Mike, a four-time Parsec Awards finalist, has had over 150 audio plays produced in the U.S. and overseas. He’s won a dozen Moondance International Film Festival Awards (winner, finalist, and semi-finalist) in their TV pilot, audio play, short screenplay, and short story categories.

A more complete list of awards is presented below by year.

In 2020, his screenplay Die Laughing was a semi-finalist in the Unique Voices Screenplay Competition from Creative Screenwriting magazine. The following year, his TV pilot script “The Bullying Squad” was a quarter-finalist in the Emerging Screenwriters Genre Screenplay Competition.

His prose has appeared in many magazines and two dozen anthologies.

In 2015, Mike's short script “The Candy Man” was produced as Dark Chocolate. In 2020, his second short film, Hotline, was produced.

He is currently working on a number of projects and is seeking representation for his script and prose writing.

Mike keeps a blog at audioauthor.blogspot.com.

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AWARDS

2021:

  • TV pilot script “The Bullying Squad, quarter-finalist, Emerging Screenwriters Genre Screenplay Competition (out of a total of 4500 entries).

2020:

  • Feature screenplay Die Laughing, semi-finalist, Creative Screenwriting Unique Voices Screenplay Competition.
  • “Danny MacIntyre Meets the Molecule,” second prize, Marion Thauer Brown Audio Drama Scriptwriting Competition.

2019:

  • Among awards at the Moondance International Film Festival: Finalist - TV pilot category [“Solutions, Inc.”] and Winner - TV Pilot category [“Milly Foster, Macabre Investigator”].

2018:

  • Among awards at the Moondance International Film Festival: Finalist - Short Screenplay category [“The Curious Affair at the Arkwright Club”] and Finalist - TV Pilot category [“Noah’s Bark”].

2017:

  • Among awards at the Moondance International Film Festival: Finalist - Short Screenplay category [“Olivia's Swing”].

2016: 

  • Audio script “The Forever Pill,” Moondance International Film Festival semi-finalist, Audioplay category.
  • Episode 1 of audio series Milly Foster, Macabre Investigator, Parsec Awards finalist, Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Short Form).

2015:

  • Dark Chocolate, winner, Audience Choice Award, best film in the horror/sci-fi/fantasy genre, San Diego Film Consortium Awards (beating out 11 other films).
  • Audio script “Balancing Act,” Parsec Awards finalist, Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Long Form).

2014:

  • TV pilot script “The Bullying Squad,” winner, Moondance International Film Festival, TV pilot category.
  • “The Bullying Squad,” winner, The Columbine Award.
  • Audio script “The Pen is Mightier,” Parsec Awards finalist, Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Short Form).

2013:

  • “The Return of Cosmo Draper,” winner, Marion Thauer Brown Audio Drama Scriptwriting Competition (inaugural year).

2012:

  • “The Pen is Mightier,” winner, New York Old Time Radio script-writing contest.

2011:

  • Short film script “Professor Hoyt's Remarkable Elixir,” semi-finalist, Shriekfest Horror Film competition.
  • Short film script “The Candy Man” named among the top 125 short film scripts in the Golden Brad awards.

2010:

  • “Sides,” Parsec Awards finalist, Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Long Form).
  • “King of the Beasts,” first prize, Friends of Old-Time Radio script-writing competition.

2008:

  • “A Heavenly Price,” second-place winner, Friends of Old-Time Radio writing contest.
     

 

 

Scripts By Mike

Wish You Were Here
Always call back your grandmother.
Short Fantasy For sale 7pp
1 reader loves this script
Read Review by Caroline Rovello
Time to Change
Not knowing she planned on killing him, a disabled businessman finances a time machine so his wife can be saved from an accidental death.
Short Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi For sale 23pp
1 reader loves this script
The Writing on the Wall
After a young couple finds a hidden written murder confession, the expectant mother is haunted by two young girls asking her to put an end to their misery.
Short Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery For sale 35pp
1 reader loves this script
The Jam
Stuck in a traffic jam with her husband, a pregnant woman is certain she witnessed a murder in a car behind them and is sure the murderer knows she saw what he did.
Short Crime, Thriller For sale 20pp
1 reader loves this script
Power
An electric power outage leads to a life-changing encounter for a solitary older man.
Short Sci-Fi For sale 9pp
1 reader loves this script
Pest Control
Elderly Mrs. Washburn should have thought twice about how convenient it was that the exterminator showed up just when she needed him.
Short Crime For sale 4pp
1 reader loves this script
Read Review by J.E. Clarke
But Not Forgotten
A young lady starts questioning her sanity when everyday objects - like apples - begin disappearing, and only she remembers that they ever were.
Short Family, Fantasy, Mystery For sale 13pp
1 reader loves this script
Barbershop Quintet
A young barber unwisely starts to wonder why so many regular customers have metal plates in their heads.
Short Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller For sale 7pp
1 reader loves this script
A Funny Thing Happened
A ventriloquist starts questioning his sanity when his dummy begins speaking in Spanish during their club act, a language the ventriloquist doesn't know.
Short Horror, Mystery For sale 28pp
1 reader loves this script
12
A husband is torn between logic and superstition when a stranger dies in his arms after telling him that he is going to die at noon.
Short Drama, Horror, Mystery For sale 12pp
1 reader loves this script
Takeover at the Toymart
Stuffed animals take several people hostage at a local toy store at Christmastime.
Short Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy For sale 28pp
1 reader loves this script
I'm Dreaming of a Tropical Christmas
When a heat wave strikes the North Pole, a greedy travel agent pits himself against Santa.
Short Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy For sale 47pp
1 reader loves this script
How Melvin Saved Christmas
When his reindeer are struck down by the flu, Santa must find another way to deliver his presents.
Short Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy For sale 40pp
1 reader loves this script
Blocks
After a babysitter falls out the window of their son's bedroom, a couple wonders if their boy's wooden blocks could be responsible.
Short Horror For sale 12pp
1 reader loves this script
Olivia's Swing
Grieving the loss of his daughter, a widower is offered the chance to bring her back. . . from her ghost.
Short Horror, Mystery, Thriller For sale 25pp
1 reader loves this script
Heat
Sometimes, answering a distress call can put you in distress.
Short Drama, Sci-Fi For sale 29pp
Hunger
It's not always about food.
Short Fantasy, Horror For sale 25pp
The Fixer
A look into a murderous future.
Short Drama, Sci-Fi For sale 27pp
The Sacred Coffee Stain of Parmak
A coffee stain leads to an unwanted religious experience.
Short Comedy, Fantasy For sale 41pp
Omega and Alpha
Thermonuclear war was the least of their troubles.
Short Horror, Sci-Fi For sale 35pp

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