New Beginnings by Richard L. Sartore - Drama, Romance, Film-Noir - NEW BEGINNINGS, a romantic film noir, involves two college seniors, CHAD DEMARCO and KAREN NOLAND, committed to marriage after graduation. Near the scheduled marriage date, Chad abruptly backs out. Although Karen is shocked and devastated, she rebounds . Chad, on the other hand, is an unmarried drinker. He’s alienated, disillusioned, pessimistic, and obsessed about not having initially married Karen. Through a series of bizarre circumstances, Chad is given a second chance to relive his past. The relationship is less than harmonious. Problems that plagued his first life, still exist. When Chad apologetically admits to Karen she had a former life, all her dreams, flashes, images, and memories of a prior a life, make sense. A key role is played by MR. CHAMBERLAND, a satanic person, who uses his power by changing past, present, and future events. The price for Chad’s return to the past is his soul. In the concluding scenes, Karen fails an attempted suicide. Mr. Chamberland returns Karen to her previous life. However, the price is dear - her soul. Chad's repeated failures lead to suicide, resulting in a descent into hell. There, once again, he’s reunited with Mr. Chamberland and, surprisingly, his cruel father. NEW BEGINNINGS shows the dark, seamy, and inhumane side of human nature with cynicism and doomed love. 90 pages - pdf, format 8)