Peter Schuyler – Writer – Los Angeles, CA

Beaten Path poses the question, “What do we do with loved ones that we really despise?”

A father, Hank, now a homeless derelict on his way to the grave, decides he’d like to spend his last days with a daughter, Jennifer, he routinely abused in her youth.

The distance of space and time hasn’t softened the feelings she has for him. But can she throw him out? Can she forgive him?  Can she find the retribution she dreamed of for so many years? Can she and her sister return the meaningless violence he used against them for so many years?

Jennifer, her sister Cheryl and Hank walk a precarious path between revenge and family, between comedy and the dark world of family abuse.

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A man runs for office against the Ku Klux Klan.  He must run for his life.

“Land of Opportunity” is the story of Carl, a hugely successful attorney, accustomed to luxury and servants, who is forced to flee everything he knows for the wilds of Colorado because he stands on the wrong side of the issue of immigration.  Because his candidacy threatens the Klan supported status quo. Carl is a deeply flawed man who must overcome his own weaknesses to save his life and reputation.

This is the story of Henry, an African-American whose life is torn apart. His brother has been lynched by the Klan and the Klan’s attention is now focused on him. Together, Carl and Henry, allied by circumstance, rediscover their strengths and humanity.  The role of savior passes between them like a baton in a race. Together they overcome the Klan’s assassins and the hardships of the mountains.  Carl and Henry help break the clenched fist the Klan has on the minds of the people and forge a life long friendship.

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