The Plan
Synopsis/Details:
Two aliens, speaking one word at a time, discuss what to do with the surviving population of the soon-to-be-conquered Earth. One of them suggests making them slaves, and the other - sensing his friend's strong desire - grants that request. The second alien is put in charge of the weapons-heavy ship and departs for Earth, while the first smiles at the world's image on a view screen.
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The Writer: Mike Murphy
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 2025, his TV pilot script Milly Foster, Macabre Investigator was a quarter-finalist in the Filmmatic Horror Screenplay Awards (Season 9), Solutions, Inc. (another TV pilot script) was a quarter-finalist in the Creative Screenwriting Pilot Screenplay Competition, short screenplay The Price of Friendship was a semi-finalist in the Filmmatic Short... Go to bio
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