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The Lohj

In a society where childbirth requires permission from an unseen authority, a secretly pregnant woman challenges her devout partner’s obedience, forcing him to choose between the law he reveres and the family they could become.

“Pregnancy is fine. But Birth is out of the question.”

In a world where every question must be asked through the Temple… and every answer is law… one woman dares to ask why.

When a man returns from the sacred Asking, he brings the answer that will define their future.

The decree of the mysterious Lohj cannot be questioned. The law cannot be challenged. The soldiers enforce obedience.

But she remembers a different world—a time before the rules, before the priests, before life itself was regulated.

And she wants Birth.

What begins as a quiet argument beside a bowl of intoxicating mist becomes something far more dangerous: a question about power, truth, and who has the right to decide where joy begins and ends.

The Lohj is a haunting speculative tale about belief, control, and the rare courage required to choose joy in a world that forbids it.

Script Excerpt
Written by:
Format:
Short Screenplay
Genres:
Budget:
Micro
Starring Roles For:
Jessie Buckley
Louis Partridge
In the Vein Of:
The Assessment
Never Let Me Go
Children of Men
Posted:
10/26/2026
Updated:
10/26/2026
Author Bio:
I’ve been writing for over 50 years.

Sometimes the stories come in a dream. Sometimes they show up in something I observe. Sometimes they show up in pieces of other people’s stories that somehow meld together.

The joke has always been that I write “whatever the voices tell me to write.” And that’s true to an extent. I hear dialog between people I have never seen. I see images of places I have never been. So the only way to quiet the voices and the images, is to let them flow through my fingers.

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