Logline: A recently-released convict must find a safe place when he realizes that while he was incarcerated, killer robots have taken over the world.
Summary: Flagler has been in prison for seven years and today is the day he gets out. He goes home, but it’s abandoned. He tries his friend’s house, but finds his friend murdered. By robots. Killer robots have taken over and Flagler goes on the run. He finally finds a living human being when he happens upon O’Halloran’s bar. But is the bartender inside who he seems to be? Or is he something worse?
This spec short was written in 2021.
Keywords: sci fi, horror, robots