NEW RELEASE - DEAD EAST: DEVIL MAY REPLACE ME
Dead East "Nippon Flight 319" Pilot
"A strong, entertaining pilot with a marketable high-concept hook... visceral and cinematic." — Scriptapalooza
Dead East is defined by intense claustrophobia, cinematic realism, and a relentless focus on the human heartbeat. A honeymoon flight becomes a high-altitude nightmare when a bride’s horrific transformation signals the start of a world-eating undead plague, forcing a rogue scientist and a CIA asset to lead a desperate fight for survival across a collapsing West Coast.
The "Accolade"
- ON CHARACTER: "Megan’s psychological inner monologue shows real literary ambition... a vivid, psychologically layered portrait." — Scriptapalooza Coverage (Strong Recommend)
- ON DIALOGUE: "The dialogue feels lived-in and specific... the Pradip/Rossi exchange has real moral weight." — Scriptapalooza Coverage (Strong Recommend)
- ON COMMERCIAL POTENTIAL: "A genuinely compelling premise with obvious serialization potential and real commercial energy." — Scriptapalooza Coverage (Strong Recommend)
The Series Elevator Pitch
While the world cheers for a dazzling meteor shower, they are unknowingly celebrating their own extinction.
Dead East is an ensemble-driven apocalypse that blends cosmic disaster with a brutal biological attack—think World War Z meets Children of Men. The series explores the fall of civilization through the eyes of those who carry the lethal secrets that started it and those just trying to make it to the next morning.
The Pilot: "Nippon Flight 319"
The series opens on a "red eye" flight to Tahiti, an isolated tube of humanity at 30,000 feet. When a young bride undergoes a violent, reanimated transformation, the plane becomes a claustrophobic death trap. As the infection spreads through the cabin, the survivors must manage a terrifying emergency landing in a Honolulu that is already starting to burn. This isn't just about surviving the undead; it’s about the resource scarcity and societal rot that immediately follows.
Key Characters
· Dr. Patricia Finney: A brilliant, haunted scientist who escaped a ruthless corporation with a dark secret that could explain the apocalypse. She is the brain of the operation but carries the heaviest guilt.
· The CIA Asset: A cynical, combat-hardened operative who knows exactly how the world ends because he’s spent his career watching it crumble.
· Wyatt and Madison: Ordinary survivors whose resilience and morality are tested as they navigate the chaotic ruins of Venice Beach and beyond.
Tone and Comps
· Tone: Gritty, visceral, and high-stakes. It prioritizes the "human struggle against impossible odds" over mindless gore.
· Comps: Fear the Walking Dead, for its societal collapse,
28 Days Later, for its intensity, and
Children of Men, for its grounded, cinematic realism.
Why Now?
Dead East taps into the universal anxiety of a world teetering on the edge. It moves beyond the "zombie of the week" to explore a larger mystery involving cosmic events and corporate warfare, offering a fresh, multi-layered take on the post-apocalyptic genre.
Award-Winning Creator of the Dead East Franchise
PAUL ALAN GOBER
ARCHITECT OF APOCALYPSE: Award-Winning Architect of the Dead East Universe. 10-Episode Season 1 Fully Scripted & Ready to Shoot.
Paul Alan Gober is a visceral storyteller and the architect behind the Dead East universe. Specializing in grounded, high-concept horror, Paul creates "ready-to-shoot" franchises that explore human struggle against impossible, world-altering odds.
His breakout pilot script, "Nippon Flight 319," has dominated the 2026 international circuit, winning Best Television Horror Screenplay at the Golden State Film Festival (TCL Chinese Theatre). The project is a Finalist at the Oxford Script Awards, the London Best Script Awards (Spring 2026), and the Indie Vegas Film Festival, and an Official Nominee at the Toronto International Short Film Awards.
A prolific creator with a "showrunner" mindset, Paul doesn't just write pilots; he builds worlds. He has already completed the full 10-episode inaugural season for the Dead East series, based on his original novel Dead East: Devil May Replace Me. Whether at 30,000 feet or on the blood-stained streets of a global apocalypse, Paul’s work is defined by intense claustrophobia, cinematic realism, and a relentless focus on the human heartbeat at the center of the nightmare.
Books by Paul Alan Gober
Zombie Apocalypse
Science Fiction Fantasy
Science Fiction Fantasy
- The world is on fire, but the real nightmare is just beginning.
Based on the award-winning screenplay, Dead East is a relentless, no-holds-barred descent into a zombie apocalypse where the heat is stifling, the hunger is infinite, and the monsters aren't just the ones with gray skin. In this new world, survival isn't a goal—it’s a temporary state of grace.
On North America’s West Coast, the horizon is a permanent, jagged line of flame. As wildfires consume the landscape, a desensitized civilization does the unthinkable: they celebrate. In a display of terminal decadence, the masses gather to party under ash-choked skies, treating the end of the world like the ultimate festival.
Then the "Falling Skies" bring something far worse than embers.
A calculated biological attack tears through the crowds, transforming the revelry into a bloodbath. This isn't just a virus; it’s a world-eating extinction event. As the Undead rise from the charred remains of the coast, the social contract incinerates in an instant.
The party is over. The feeding has begun.
Science Fiction Fantasy
Science Fiction Fantasy
Science Fiction Fantasy
- THE GOAL: Level up.
- THE SETTING: Subterranean hellscape.
- THE TWIST: A prehistoric Martian nightmare.
Earth is a scorched, waterless tomb. Humanity has retreated into the deep, clinging to life in a rigid underground caste system where "leveling up" is the only religion. For Captain Jason Bjorn, a smuggler with a mysterious past, survival means earning enough credits to buy the enhanced DNA and social standing required to ascend to the city’s elite upper tiers.
To fund his climb, Jason accepts a suicide mission: hauling illegal nuclear power rods through the dry, treacherous surface wastes. His only ally is SOFIA, a "Simulated Onboard Female In-Cab Authority." She’s a brilliant, biting, and fiercely jealous AI whose "sexy banter" masks a deep, psychological bond that blurs the line between man and machine.
But the heist is a front for a far more lethal reality. Jason and SOFIA are thrust into a high-stakes time-travel conspiracy—an assassination plot designed to rewrite the solar system’s power structure. The mission catapults them across time to a prehistoric Mars, a lush world of Mega-Fauna that stands in brutal contrast to Earth’s subterranean decay.
As Jason and SOFIA face off against a guild of time-hopping assassins and a cynical empire, the plot thickens with treacherous double-crosses. They discover that the very people they serve are the targets of a multi-generational execution order. Caught between a dying world, a prehistoric frontier, and an enemy that can strike from any era, Jason must decide: will he fight to rise in a rigged system, or break the timeline to save the only "woman" he’s ever loved?
Part Mad Max grit, part Lexx absurdity, and a total homage to 80s pulp—Rebel Lexis is a high-speed collision of cyberpunk noir, political cynicism, and prehistoric adventure
Iraq War Story
Science Fiction Fantasy
Iraq War Story
- This isn't your standard, polished Hollywood war story—this is the raw, unvarnished heartbeat of the Al Anbar Province.
Sounds of War: Iraq Attack of Thomas Edington dives headfirst into the "lost battles" of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Through the eyes of medic Thomas Edington, you’ll experience a hellish landscape where explosive-laden vehicles stalk every turn and peaceful nights are shattered by the rhythmic eruption of machine-gun fire. Behind the HESCO barriers, there is no true safety—only fleeting moments between mortar rounds and rocket bombardments. Author Thomas Ferreolus delivers a narrative that is as surreal as it is hyper-realistic. Between the slime-coated water, the heat that pushes the mercury past its limits, and the gut-wrenching tension of suicidal enemy tactics, Edington must navigate more than just physical threats. He is a man haunted by a fractured past—marriage, divorce, and betrayal—while fighting to survive a present defined by internal military politics, scandalous rumors, and the heavy weight of leadership.
Why you need to read this:
- The Grit: Experience the day-to-day grind of a soldier, from the "luck" of a near-miss blast to the technical failures of a mission.
- The Humanity: It avoids political rants and romanticized glory, focusing instead on the dark humor, the loneliness, and the profound bonds formed in the face of death.
- The Stakes: Follow a protagonist accused of forbidden romance and watched by commanders with personal vendettas, all while trying to keep his brothers-in-arms alive.
Harrowing, heartbreaking, and unapologetically real, Sounds of War is a tribute to the men who sacrificed everything in the dust of Iraq. Step into the boots of Thomas Edington—if you have the stomach for the truth.