Chester Jones III

A thriller set in New York City during the winter of 1981, statistically one of the most violent years in the city's history, and centered on the lives of an immigrant and his family trying to expand their business and capitalize on opportunities as the rampant violence, decay, and corruption of the day drag them in and threaten to destroy all they have built.

Hard-working bakery owner Kate Holiday, has more cookie orders than she has time to fill this holiday season, and when her boyfriend suddenly breaks up with her, any shred of Christmas joy she was hanging onto, immediately disappears. After Kate hangs the last ornament on the tree and goes to bed, she awakens the next morning to a little bit of Christmas magic. She gets the surprise of her life when Chip, a handsome soldier who may or may not be the Nutcracker Prince from Tchaikovsky’s “The Nutcracker,” appears in her living room.

Two rival toy shop owners reluctantly join forces when an unscrupulous toy magnate opens a box store in their town.

A middle-aged man and a high school escort make an agreement to fend off their loneliness for an hour.

A former high school Mr. Popular, who's currently battling a crippling case of Social Anxiety Disorder, is faced with communing with the people who once adored him at his upcoming 10-year high school reunion.