YOUNG NEPTUNE: Take One. Show-Biz dreams burst like bubbles from foam on the sea of time. "No. That's too romantic. We need grit." Take Two. Show-Biz is a quest for money and power; Betrayal is the key to that quest. "No. Too pessimistic. We need to appeal to a broader demographic." Take Three. Show-Biz is like a box of chocolates. "No. Been done." Take Four. Show-Biz entertains people with the craft of presenting silhouettes of smoke. "Yes. Yes. I like it! THAT'S A TAKE."

Stink Eyes is a Look of intense hatred; a Look intended to burrow into the very soul of the person viewed. If intense enough and long enough.if delivered by a person who truly hates.if delivered by a person with paranormal attributes. it can result in a curse. So Rolando, from Geezer Pleaser, does not think that much (He does think some) when his soon to be ex-wife Neptune, a Minor Movie Star, while being thrown from their Super-Luxurious New York Townhouse, delivers the Look after being hit by hit-and-run driver and slowly expires in the gutter. With all Rolando's money and power and influence and arrogance and. One would think he would be immune from Life's adversities. One would be wrong. For into his life comes a Movie Buff. Not an ordinary Movie Buff. But a Movie Buff from Hell, a Movie Buff who assumes the persona of Major Characters in Movies and then proceeds, if one is a believer in the Occult (and dare one not be), to enforce Neptune's Curse.

A Senseless and Dark Space New Tear-Jerker describes a stagnant space between voices and sounds of life and dismal silence NEW YORK - "If it weren't for bad luck, I'd have no luck," proclaims Mime in Lawrence J. Corneck's new screenplay, Mime's the Word . Mime becomes mixed up with a sympathetic priest and a confused, embittered young couple when he finds a baby left to die in a trash can. Mime's the Word follows unsavory, eccentric, ruthless, puzzling and disturbing characters in Corneck's riveting Game of Life saga. Mime's the Word features the ultimate anti-hero as Mime regresses into the solitude of silence to escape the adversities of a life. Father Warhola becomes drawn into the sudden darkness of Mime's world. A brutal crime brings Mime and Warhola closer together and strengthen their resolve that there in no escape from life. Zoe Rex is a spoiled rich girl who doesn't care about the consequences of throwing life away. Her boy toy, Yoshi, is nave and easily sucked into Zoe's manipulations. An intense investigation is put underway by Serena Knight, a weary, cynical, relentless detective. What evolves from the investigation can only be seen as senseless and dark, a stagnant space between the voices and sounds of life and dismal silence. Corneck is the author of Existential Hell: A Screenplay Trilogy; Big Cigar, small d**k; FAT FAT Snitch; Geezer Pleaser and Bald Lubavitcher, all part of the same Saga. More screenplays based upon earlier characters, including Bubble Catcher, Asphalt Bungle, B**** Fight at the KO Corral, Spy with the Beautiful Frown and Killing Time as Time Kills will follow. Each screenplay will be written in a different genre: cat and mouse, domestic drama, high adventure, coming of age, comedy, romance, horror, tear-jerker, show biz, caper, western, spy and science fiction.

To Pawn a Heart of Gold Newest Romantic Screenplay Entertains with Perverse World of Gold-Digger NEW YORK - How often one speaks of a heart of gold. How rarely one considers its monetary value. In his new book, Geezer Pleaser (published by AuthorHouse), Lawrence J. Corneck stuns readers yet again with his dark humor, unsavory characters, daring dialogue and unusual predicaments, but this time with the story of Asha, a woman hungry for love and money, who often times confuses the two. A sexy call girl who pursues men depending on the size of their wallets, Asha begins to date two men at once - one being a reliable and responsible man named Wendell who is often neglected by Asha, the other being an outlandish and arrogant businessman named Rolando who pursues her despite his marriage to Neptune, a minor movie star. Asha knows that the love triangle is doomed from the beginning, toying with an affair with a married man and stringing along a gullible wanna-be knight, but she continues on her rollercoaster of emotions, pinning the men against each other for money, affection and a few laughs. But Asha also has a soft side that readers glimpse now and again. Brief moments during which her genuine love for both men, mostly notably the scene when Wendell bails her out of jail, occur throughout the book. She has a teenage daughter about whom she constantly worries. She cares for her elderly mother and often visits her in the retirement home where she stays. What little money she manages to scrounge from men all goes toward the welfare of those she loves, leaving next to nothing to satisfy her greed. Despite her desire for financial security, love is at the heart of her. Asha lives by the motto, "I don't care whose heart is broken as long as it ain't mine." As insightful as it is unpredictable, Geezer Pleaser provides a window into an unfamiliar screwball world that still possesses the hard decisions of real life, namely the love we cannot forget and the difference just a few bucks can make. Born and raised in New York, Corneck continues to love living in the Big Apple. His first book, Existential Hell: A Screenplay Trilogy (also available through AuthorHouse), a companion to his second book Big Cigar, Small d**k, was published in 2005. More screenplays based upon earlier characters, including Bald Lubavitcher, Mime's the Word and Bubble Catcher, will soon be available through AuthorHouse. For more information on Corneck and his books, please visit www.LawrenceJCorneck.com. AuthorHouse is the premier book publisher for emerging, self-published authors. For more information, please visit www.authorhouse.com.

If you think life is fair, you don't know Dick. * * In a New York Instant, the life of a not-so-innocent Big Apple, bi-sexual, drug dealer and party animal, with a soft heart, is irrevocably changed by a frame for a crime he may or may not have committed. * * Two spoiled children of wealthy businessmen each separately hits on a good looking girl at a party and each places a pill in her drink. When she collapses and dies in the Unisex bathroom, they come upon a seemingly helpless dupe, Dick Scarlet, known as "Scarlet, whom they instantly beat and frame with incriminating pills. Scarlet had, in fact, previously sold her some pills. One pill too many? They think they're home free. And they enjoy public notoriety. Scarlet has a brother, Dick Scarlet (funny parents!), known as "Scar," who is the boss drug dealer. Scar, as a matter of principle, doesn't like to see his brother framed and, as a matter of money, doesn't want to suffer the business downturn that would arise from the public humiliation of a trail. So he decides to take the law into his own hands by removing the witnesses. No witnesses, no trial.

Hustlers on the Rocks New Comedic Screenplay Entertains with Absurd World of Cons and Detectives NEW YORK Lawrence J. Corneck has high-jacked readers and lovingly pick-pocketed them once again in his new hilarious screenplay, FAT FAT Snitch (published by AuthorHouse), a dark comedy with unusual heroes, filled with bumbling parole officers and inept con artists. Companion to his previous books, this time he tells the absurd and entertaining story of Floyd Gibbons, a sleazy, now-retired detective who must give chase to two con artists, Margo and Frank, in order to secure a prestigious position on the parole board. Wolf Blitzker, the head of the parole office and Gibbons boss, calls the two con artists, a thorn in the side of this department for a long time. As Gibbons pursues them, Margo and Frank are each involved in their own nefarious pursuits. Margo, a lesbian who happens to be dating a beautiful blond secretary in the parole office, is adding hotdog buns at Moishes Gourmet Hotdog Emporium in order to double charge people for each hotdog sold. Frank, a man who is also a lesbian, is pocketing money for each drink he sells instead of ringing them into The Kon Ticki Lounges register. One morning, however, Gibbons eavesdrops on the con duos conversation. Confusing the words buns for guns and drinks for chinks, he immediately begins a fruitless investigation into an Asian arms operation. After a series of hysterical escapades, including the former investigators inability to sit after a posterior injury, Gibbons comes incredibly close to achieving his goal, but unfortunately, is foiled by the one from above, who watches out for Margo and Frank at every turn for a very unusual reason. WillGibbons ever succeed in catching Margo and Frank? Will the dynamic con duo continue down the path of mischief and crooked dealings until their luck runs short? Find out in the hilarious conclusion of FAT FAT Snitch. Born and raised in New York, Corneck continues to love living in the Big Apple. His first book, Existential Hell: A Screenplay Trilogy (also available through AuthorHouse), a companion to Big Cigar, small d**k, was published in 2005. More screenplays based upon earlier characters, including Bald Lubavitcher, Mimes the Word and Bubble Catcher will soon be available through AuthorHouse. Geezer Pleaser, an edgy romance, has an expected publication date of September 2007. According to Corneck, each of his screenplays will be written in a different genre: cat and mouse, domestic drama, high adventure, coming of age, comedy, romance, horror, tear-jerker and show biz. For more information on Corneck and his books, please visit www.LawrenceJCorneck.com. AuthorHouse is the premier publishing house for emerging authors and new voices in literature. For a complimentary copy of this book for review, members of the media can contact the AuthorHouse Promotional Services Department by calling 888-728-8467 or emailing [email protected]. (When requesting a review copy, please provide a street address.)

A screenplay is a Work of Art. As such, it is subject to artistic manipulation in form and content to achieve an artistic reaction. The essence of Screenplay Writing is Compression. It tries to "Say the Most" with the "Least." It does not have the luxury of novelistic grandiosity in its ability to explore "Mind Set"; nor does it have the luxury of stage play verbosity in its ability to explore the beauty of language. But it can, and should, deal in eternal truths and yet also "Tickle" the Imagination. So this Trilogy is presented, in effect, as a Screenplay Novel. As with all literary art, the goal is a Compelling Story, Beautifully told. The Writer is a grateful native of, and a practicing attorney in, New York City.