12 Cups of Coffee
A Novel by Dave Goossen
Novel Ideas
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A feisty 75 year old stirs up trouble when he's put into a senior's assisted living home against his will.
Soon, rebellion is in the air as the seniors take on the uptight managment, and their grandkids take on their parents.
A dramatic comedy about growing up, growing old and fighting it, every step of the way.
Five middle aged suburban guys have their secret rock band suddenly become famous. Suddenly, they have to make rock videos, record songs, play concerts all without letting anyone know that they're not the fresh faced kids they're pretending to be! A riotous comedy that shows what happens when everyones dreams of stardom come true.
Deep in the middle of Australia's Nullabour Plain, a man and woman are trapped by a once in a lifetime event. Desperate to keep going on his journey, the man tries everything to get himself out of the tiny town, full of eccentric characters, that he's trapped in. But sometimes what you're trying to get to is right in front of you, if only you'll open your eyes and look.
When an upstart dotcom company turns to the mob for temporary financing, what happens when they can't pay them back? You do what any group of coders and designers would do. You start working for the mob! But when the world finds out the mob has a cool website, someone has got to do some pretty fast thinking or everyone's gonna get whacked. A black comedy for the internet generation.
My contribution to the vampire legend. A jaded blues guitarist finds himself drawn into a nocturnal dilemma as he discovers a blues legend is actually a vampire. That explains the magic he can play on the guitar, and the rash of killing in his city. What is a bluesman to do? Especially when there's a beautiful woman involved, a best friend who's the cop trying to solve the murders and a city in fear.
Set during the prohibition, a Boston speakeasy owner sets up a deal with a secluded Nova Scotia fishing village to produce his hooch. A comedy drama of crossed cultures as everyone tries to get what they want from the deal, without letting anyone else know!
What should be another long weekend trip to Vancouver Island turns into a day of terror on a massive car ferry. Terrorists have taken over, and only one man can stop them. And he's totally unprepared to be the super hero. Usually he just writes about men of action. Now he's got to be one and, with the help of a wise cracking cashier, save the lives of everyone on board, before.....
Three university kids. She's trying to finish her thesis on women and terrorism. Shut down by the university, she enlists two friends to help prove her point. They create an elabourate terrorist act in their computers. It's all fun and games until someone changes the fake bomb for a real one! If only they can keep from getting arrested, or killed before they figure out who sentenced them to a life on the run. Fast paced action and characters with brains in the vein of 'Shallow Grave'.
The ultimate rock and roll movie. Gritty, honest, based on a pile of true stories, Music Inc. is the story of a working class rock band in Sydney, Australia. Struggling to keep their sanity in a world of booze, drugs, sex, managers and record company reps, five friends battle to keep together, to 'make it big' and to keep giving their fans the fantastic music they want, night after night, show after show. But when their big recording break comes, is the price so high that the band will be torn apart? Conceived with a veteran of the Oz Music Scene.
If your child was killed, and the murderer was set free by the courts, would you take the law into your own hands? A noir thriller of revenge, long forgotten tragedies and blackmail. Sometimes, outside the law is the only place left to be.
