The Brookville Arms

MILES seeks adventure and is in love with fellow resident, JULIE. HANK, the superintendent is Miles' and the residents' father-figure. As we meet more residents, the delivery truck crashes into the entrance, blocking anyone from escaping. Julie is sent into the wall, knocking her out.The creature is awake. A stream of fire blasts through the roof of the truck and soon, the creature is loose. A dragon!Miles can't believe his eyes. Chaos! The dragon unleashes burst after burst of fireballs. People scream. People burn. People are eaten. Everyone scrambles to safety, as our main characters find shelter in the basement. Miles carries a still unconscious Julie, as he narrowly avoids becoming the dragon's next meal.Trapped in the basement as the dragon tries to melt down the door to get inside for another snack. There's very little they can do and no place to go. Until Julie awakens and discovers the air vent in the corner of the room. Escape!The ventilation shaft leads to the main stairwell where Miles, Hank and now, Julie, escape to a room. The dragon has taken a nap, his belly full of residents from the Arms. One of residents is trapped in the lobby. He cries out for help and Miles and Hank decide to save him.Miles and Hank hatch a plan to rescue GEORGE, the resident trapped in the lobby. Julie leads the others outside with no intention of saving anyone but herself. For someone that Miles wanted to date, he learns there are more important things to worry about. Like finding someone better, if he survives the night. Because the dragon is awake!The rescue attempt is thwarted as the dragon traps Hank and an injured Miles in the service elevator. Just then the front entrance explodes. An assault team breaches the Arms. They quickly attack the dragon and trap it in a huge net. The secretive owner of the dragon has captured his property. The crisis at the Arms is over, not without loss and sacrifice.Just another night in Brookville. I directed a feature I penned in 2005 titled, "Save the Forest", which enjoyed a small run on Netflix as well as being released internationally through Echelon Entertainment. I created the short film, "The Hero", which was a finalist for TriggerStreet.com's annual festival in 2005. and developed two successful web series, The Puzzle Maker's Son and Scenes from the Movies From there, I published my two novels Adam Parker and the Radioactive Scout and Adam Parker and the High School Bully. In 2015, my script Kiddo was a quarterfinalist for the Nicholl Fellowship and in 2017, I was nominated for a Writer's Guild Award for Outstanding Writing in New Media for my short Life Ends @ 30. Recently, I've published a novella, Paradoxed, and a YA-Adventure novella called All Things Weird: The Jar of Pandora.I also have a short film, that I wrote and directed, on the festival circuit, Noppera-bōYou can find me here: michaeldfield.com and Forgotten Cinema Podcast.