Control Home, the Screenplay

Merritt, Daniel; Cartes, Melton

ISBN 13: 9798994373224

Published by Albinopiggorilla Press, 2026

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Control Home, the Screenplay
• Publisher: Albinopiggorilla Press
• Publication Date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798994373224
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

He just wanted his hands back...

In an alternate present day where human body parts are commodities, survival depends on credit limits and current medicals. For Maltex Faloon, a disgraced pool champion, time has run out. His "welfare hands"-a cheap mismatch he was forced to take after a lost wager-are degenerating into gnarled, useless flesh. Unable to afford enough T-Butoxilina to dull the excruciating pain, or buy a new pair, Maltex is desperate. His life depends on the next case he takes as a donor fraud bounty hunter.

His latest assignment: track down a charismatic con man who has sold the same body parts-balls to eyeballs-to multiple pitiful buyers. Maltex is pulled into the brutal, underground economy and the orbit of Flexibee Bold, a stunning woman with a voice box ravaged by "Latent Degeneracy," who may be his only link to the fraudster. As the truth about the suspect-and Flexibee's own connection-unravels, Maltex finds himself with a decision to make.

Control Home is a dive into a chilling world where the cost of a new body is measured in betrayal, violence, and the loss of what makes you human. Maltex must confront a chance at a new beginning. In a city where everything is for sale, the ultimate question is: What would you sacrifice for a new set of hands?

About the Authors

Daniel Merritt is a writer, screenwriter and pet enthusiast, particularly dogs.

Melton Eduardo Cartes is an art director/designer in advertising and animator/illustrator. He has written over thirty feature-length screenplays, four of which reached the semifinals in two different contests, twice in the Austin Film Festival and once in the Nicholl Fellowships. In 1997 he wrote, produced and directed a short subject entitled ROY'S HEART that can be seen on YouTube. He formed an animation studio called AlbinoPigGorilla Studio with two fellow animators. He currently lives in Oakland, California.