B is for Bisexual
The author, Laura P. Valtorta, reads stories about America and queer romance from her short story collection, B is for Bisexual.
The Funny Detective
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Detective Chance Singletary lives a boring life because of his Murder Visions. What detective wants to have all of his investigations cut short by premonitions? Later in life, Chance finds solace by getting a college degree and majoring in Psychology, a decision that highlights his special gift.
B is for Bisexual - short stories by Laura P. Valtorta
George and Jonathan Attend the Wrong Wedding
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George and Jonathan, 12 and 7 years old, manage to spice up their uncle's wedding by skipping out and attending the Indian wedding next door.
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The Mermaid Diner
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Nina and Simone, friends and partners, quit practicing law and open up a diner in small-town South Carolina. The eatery is a success, but Simone hopes they can spend more of their time traveling. Nina is happy in the rural South and dreams of opening a feminist bookstore.
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Twenty More Years, part 3
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At the end of this pilot screenplay, the residents of Pluff Mud Place are enjoying the effects of the drug, 20 More Years. They confront their relatives and insist on living independently
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Twenty More Years, part 2
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The residents of Pluff Mud Place refine their business plans and fight with their relatives after taking the rejuvenating drug 20 More Years. Owners Sherrod and Bulgur decide to charge the residents more for room and board.
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B is for Bisexual - short stories by Laura P. Valtorta
Twenty More Years (part 1)
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In this 4th of July special, Dante, Marco, and Laura read the first part of the screenplay, 20 MORE YEARS - a story about the residents of a long-term care facility who may become test subjects for a longevity drug. The residents are happy, but what about their children and grandchildren?
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Jonathan
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Jonathan, an ordinary guy with magical powers, manages to find meaning in his ordinary life. He fights the oligarchy.
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Gargoyle
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Flora Zampello, an attorney and film director, turns into a gargoyle when she gets angry. How can she morph this trait into a talent that helps her win cases?
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Pasticceria Fausto - episode 2
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In part two of this screenplay, Sofia examines her relationship with Fausto and decides whether his criminal activity will prevent them from staying together. Fausto owns the pastry shop where she works; he's a great boss. Sofia worries that the drugs he is selling will harm her granddaughter, Lorenza.
B is for Bisexual - short stories by Laura P. Valtorta
Pasticceria Fausto - a screenplay, part one
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Cavi di Lavagna, Italy: Sofia Peccora, a motorcycle mechanic, mourning the death of her adult son, Davide, from a drug overdose three years earlier. Her best friend, Carmen, convinces her to take a job at the local cafe, Pasticceria Fausto, as a pastry chef. Sofia accepts and quickly falls for the owner, Fausto, who turns out to be a criminal boss. Sofia and Fausto begin an affair, despite the reservations of her friends and her adult daughter, Paola. Fausto's role as a drug dealer threatens their relationship.
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Christmas Witch
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With Bobbert back in the U.S. from the commune in Mexico, Marge and her new friend, Agnes, get sick of Bobbert's company pretty quickly and her constant stories about mezcal and the mezcalẽra, Carmen. When will Bobbert return to the commune? When can Agnes and Marge be alone?
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Bobbert
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Bobbert, busy on the commune helping Oliver, Peebles and the gang in Oaxaca, still misses Marge. What can she do, with Marge living in Alabama, fighting the military regime? Bobbert feels torn between two worlds as she helps make mezcal and cheers up the team at Thanksgiving by playing the trombone.
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Home, Sweet Home
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Dissatisfied with life on a compound in Mexico, Marge and Honey drive back to Alabama. Once there, Honey connects with Diesel Tedesco, and Marge, happy to be home, joins a group of Democratic Socialists.
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Disobedience
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Fearful after Lavinia gets arrested for voicing an opinion on her podcast, Marge, Bobert, and Celedine prepare to escape to Oaxaca, Mexico. Peebles and Oliver are already there building a homestead. Will they make it? Will Marge have the courage to leave her home in Alabama?
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The Arborists
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Tree specialists Oliver and Peebles meet at a screening of the LGBTQ film Passages. Although Oliver is married to a woman, the only real obstacle that stands in the way of their relationship is Peebles' mother, Marge, whose house he shares. Oliver proposes a solution that suits everybody.
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Invisible Woman Meets Muffy
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Sabrina and Jennifer, inventors and schemers, continue to sneak Sabrina's stories and novels to the "recommended" pile of the New York publishing office of Jennifer's cousin: Whitaker, Smith, and Outlaw. Things are going well until the receptionist, Muffy Militello, discovers their secret: invisible cloth. Now Muffy wants in on the action.
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Invisible Woman
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After inventing an invisibility cloak and regularly robbing neighborhood businesses to support her writing habit, Sabrina Strega gets discovered by local bookstore owner Jennifer Outlaw, large and opinionated. Together they decide to use the cloak to help them both achieve their dreams. As everybody smart knows - it's better to dream small.
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Service Elephant
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After breaking up with her girlfriend, Carmen visits her husband, Suresh, in North Carolina. Suresh creates a virtual service animal - Ganesh the elephant - to help Carmen deal with people. But is Suresh really pulling the strings?
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Apparition Returns
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Alberto and Domenica Castro once again see the ghost, Frederick Hay, who returns to their modern-day farm from 1851 on his way to Canada to escape the Fugitive Slave Act. Nobody is sure they believe in ghosts, especially not Frederick.
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St. Turtle
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Overwhelmed by the New State and its anti-conservation efforts, Giovanna and her friend Todd start a new church - St. Turtle. Giovanna's mother, Carmen, returns to Alabama from exile in New Mexico to tell them how to do it.
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Two Historic Blogs
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Laura, Marco, and Dante talk about First Amendment rights and their hopes about saving and protecting these rights in the future. They read two blogs from March 2020 - A Journal of the Coronavirus Year - that discuss Italian names and a trip to Cuba.
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Apples & AI
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When Carmen's friend, Suresh, a computer scientist, asks her to marry him for citizenship reasons, Carmen agrees. Although Carmen is gay, their marriage flourishes, due to distance, humor, and the help of robot companions.
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Tabitha Travels
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Tabitha, whose father is an obscenely famous British actor, reflects on her crazy childhood and her eccentric family. At university, she meets Amadou, who is a student from Mali.
B is for Bisexual - short stories by Laura P. Valtorta
Who Stole the Cats?
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Laura, Dante, and Marco read a short Halloween screenplay about cats who may be magic and who definitely ruin the house of Alice the Italian Witch.
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Goombah Table - Bad Dreams
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Attorney Carmen decides to teach her lunch group a lesson. Harry, Cecil, and Alberto must understand that women are people, too, and that everyone needs to work together to fight climate change and inequality. Carmen gives them Dream Juice -- a mixture of honey and wasp juice. The men have hallucinations that make their worst dreams come true, right inside their favorite cafe.
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Robotica Gets Tested
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As Arturo prepares Robotica to become a home health aide, he enlists his wife, Lidia, to train the robot while she prepares Thanksgiving dinner. Robotica, who understands humans by reading their cell phones, makes mistakes that could jeopardize Arturo's research and his marriage. Maybe he needs his family more than he thinks.
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Robotica Helps Grandma Make a Movie
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It's time to film Roller Derby Fiends. With director Grandma being obnoxious on the set, she needs a production assistant by her side to keep her from alienating everyone, including granddaughter, Beatrice. The answer is Robotica, until the cellphone-reading robot gets in the way of an important new friendship.
B is for Bisexual - short stories by Laura P. Valtorta
Zoom Hit - part three, the finale
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In this final episode, we find out who killed Dr. Eddie Flanders, and why.
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Zoom Hit - part two
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Laura, Dante, and Marco read part two of the dark comedy screenplay, Zoom HIt, about attorney Silvia Moretti and her friends, who travel to Charleston, South Carolina to help the police discover who killed Dr. Eddie Flanders during a Zoom call.
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Zoom HIt - part one
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During a friendly midnight Zoom call, attorney Silvia Moretti's doctor friend/ love interest (Dr. Eddie Flanders) gets brutally murdered. At the request of the police, Silvia and her friends -- artist, Wyshonda, and paralegal/ entomologist, Lillian -- drive to Charleston, South Carolina to help the police find the killer. Is Silvia a suspect?
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Apparition
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Recently divorced Alberto Castro encounters a ghost at his Northern New York farm in the middle of winter when he feels lost in loneliness.
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Five Hundred Years
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Tabitha, a witch and a bad poet, works at the Ballentine Public Library, where she tries to solve the problems she sees around her and on the news. Her boss, whom she loves, turns out to be gay.
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Holiday Blogs - Special Animals; Mole' Sauce Recipe; Terrible TV commercials
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Laura and Dante read favorite blogs from December 2020 - "A Journal of the Coronavirus Year."
B is for Bisexual - short stories by Laura P. Valtorta
Grandma and Bea Travel to New Mexico - revision
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In this revised version of Grandma and Bea's travel story, we add more tension to the relationship between grandmother and granddaughter. What might be at stake is the future of the planet.
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Grandma and Bea Travel to New Mexico
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When Grandma discovers that Beatrice may want to intern for a state senator, she proposes a trip to New Mexico so that Bea can look at nature and meet the Native American people who live there. Grandma hopes that Bea will gain a stronger respect for nature and the history of the land.
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Robin and Zen Party with Hillbilly Lesbians
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Robin and Zen, reunited for a week of love in Austin, Texas, discover some witches partying next door. After joining the party, they discover that the witches can teach them something about love and filmmaking.
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Grandma and Bea
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Grandma tries to subvert suburban life and teach her granddaughter, Beatrice, that revenge is unnecessary. But the lesson goes awry when the school starts banning books, and Grandma's son, Alberto, tries running for office.
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The Christmas Cranks Give Robotica a Sense of Smell
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With Carmen back in town, Brenda has trouble deciding between the nerdy Reddi Read and her old girlfriend, Carmen. Arturo, the computer scientist, gives Robotica, the new companion he has invented, a sense of smell to match Brenda's. This way she can smell her way to a decision.
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The Christmas Cranks Test a Robot
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As Brenda mourns the loss of Carmen (who has left her for another woman), outrageous computer scientist Arturo offers to let Brenda test a new robot-companion -- Robotica. Unfortunately, Robotica reads people's cell phones and embarrasses Brenda a lot.
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Wild Boar - Trip to Portofino
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Stefano and Renata decide to bring their young family on a day trip to Portofino. Can they withstand the tour of Castello Brown, teeming with tourists, without turning into animals?
B is for Bisexual - short stories by Laura P. Valtorta