Gary Grubbs

Santa helps a gangster Bhavani's sister elope with her lover enraging him and unknowingly falls in love with Bhavani's younger sister.

An astronaut acts strangely after a space mission. A pair of shuttle astronauts leave their spacecraft to repair a satellite. There's an explosion. NASA loses contact for two minutes, but the both are rescued and safely returned to Earth. Eventually it becomes evident that neither of the astronauts is quite the same. —JHole Astronaut Spencer Armacost was on a mission when he suddenly lost contact. When he got home, to friends he was the same, but to his wife he was different. She becomes pregnant, but as time progresses she begins to feel like the lives inside of her are not of this world. —Brian Levin <COMICY@aol.com> A space shuttle in orbit to repair a damaged satellite is forced to return to Earth after NASA loses contact with astronauts Spencer Armacost and Alex Streck for two minutes. Both were outside the spacecraft when the incident occurred. While Armacost seems to be unaffected, Streck has a much harder time recovering from whatever happened to them. Over time, Armacost's wife Jillian begins to note subtle changes in him. Egged on by a former NASA employee, she begins to believe that her husband is something else. She also learns that she is pregnant. —garykmcd

In 1950s Texas, a woman trying to recover sexy photos of herself and divorce her husband witnesses a murder and uncovers corrupt land dealings. Working in an Austin, Texas, beauty parlour in 1954, Nadine Hightower endeavours to retrieve some 'art studies' she injudiciously had taken. Her visit to the photographer leaves her in possession of highly valuable plans. With both the police and the murderous villains after her, she enlists the help of her (almost) ex-husband Vernon, the none too successful owner of the Bluebonnet Bar. —Jeremy Perkins {J-26} Austin, Texas, 1954. They say there are no mistakes or failures in life, only lessons. And well-meaning but naive beautician Nadine has learned her lesson after unwisely posing for a sleazy local photographer. Now, she wants the compromising negatives back, and her soon-to-be ex-husband Vernon will help Nadine get out of the tight spot whether he likes it or not. Instead, all they get is a dead body and a mysterious envelope containing secret blueprints. As bad luck invites more trouble, the murderous jackals of the corrupt real-estate magnate, Buford Pope, close in on the estranged couple, prepared to kill for the precious documents. Once, Nadine and Vernon promised each other to have and to hold. But what happens now that the bullets fly? Can divorce wait? —Nick Riganas