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GENRE - Suspense

SUBJECT - A straight jacket

RESULTS

#1 **FINALIST** 'The One Who Had Mercy' by Dan Bischoff  SYNOPSIS - While tracking a herd of elk through dense fog, a bow hunter finds more than just big game when three men appear out of nowhere, shackled in straightjackets lying face down in the grass. After helping the only survivor, the hunter becomes the hunted and fights for both his life and the life of a delirious stranger.

#2 **FINALIST** 'The Ties that Bind' by Anna Griffin  SYNOPSIS - When there are seven years of marriage on the line, all’s fair in love and war.

#3 'Straitjacket' by Timothy Presland  SYNOPSIS - In a bid for easy money, a young man finds himself in an escalting spiral of danger, culminating in an experience which goes above and beyond what he ever expected.

#4 'The Final Act' by Aileen Vertiz  SYNOPSIS -
A magician gets tied up in the grand finale of his last show ever performed.
 

#5 'Bound and Determined' by Richard Blewett  SYNOPSIS - Attracting the attention of the neighborhood bully may mean Ned’s tranquil summer was about to get a lot more turbulent. He had to nip this in the bud, even if it meant spending quality time hanging upside down, strapped into a straitjacket.
 
 

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