Author Stephen Atkinson

THE MAN IN THE WOODS The small town of Pembroke was a sleepy little hollow in the southern state of Virginia, population no more than 25ooo people. Surrounded by woods on three sides and old mine workings to the west of the town, it was one of those out of way places that you only see in those mystery or horror movies. A boom town in its day, full of Business on Main Street doing well and everyone was trying to make a buck. That all changed with the crash of 2008 its wooden shacks and shingled roofs fell into disrepair, the dwellings of most poor folks since the mines shut down and work became scarce, people had to scrape a living best they could.  The few businesses that remained on main street where few and limited but they kept the heart of the town alive, barely scraping by themselves, but if folk needed food and couldn’t afford it Mr. Laker the General store owner let folks get what they needed on the tab. He was just that kind of a guy like most folks of Pembroke, T...

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Genre: War/Action Format: Mini-Series Nutshell: World War 3 meets Men in War Log line: In snowbound Alaska, a group of US and British soldiers defend against invading Soviet troops determined to steal a virus deadly enough to wipe out mankind. OVERVIEW: A group of men from the 2nd Yorkshire Regiment are assigned to Alaska on an exchange. They see the deployment as a bus man’s holiday after a tour of Northern Ireland. Belfast and urban terrorism with the loss of friends fresh in their minds; they are about to walk into a world of terror. A virus and anti- virus with the possibility of a world pandemic with 160 Soviet Special Forces thrown into the mix, Peter and his men are the last remaining hope of preventing a war between the two superpowers. CHARACTERS: Sergeant Peter Hawthorn (Hero) –Peter is vibrant, youthful with a friendly temperament. A go lucky attitude, he has a heart of gold. He strives to succeed at everything that comes his way and this will be inva...

ALASKA INCIDENT   BY STEPHEN ATKINSON GENRE: War LOGLINE: In snowbound Alaska, a group of US and British soldiers defend against invading Soviet troops determined to steal a virus deadly enough to wipe out mankind. SYNOPSIS: A virus anti-virus; dark clouds brewing into the worst snowstorm in decades. Peter and his men must dig deep to survive making their stand at hill 352. Colonel Milosevic must obtain the virus if he is going to be successful and return to the Soviet union a hero but he must overcome the one thing in his way...hill 352 and a determined Brit. Whilst Milosevic and Peter fight it out on the battlefield President Reagan and Gorbachev fight it out on the political front leading to a gritty conclusion ALASKA INCIDENT View screenplay