The World of the End is a drama about a young woman’s first few hours after being fired from corporate America. Madison Shuster is in her twenty-fifth year, out of a job, left to fend for herself and right on target for disaster. If the shame of asking her parents for a bail-out wasn’t enough, Madison knows the first thing she’s going to hear is comparisons to her older sister Sofie, a successful business owner with a doctor husband and an impressive Manhattan address. (Madison’s last accomplishment was summoning the courage to stop crying about losing her mindless clerical job.) Her parents aren’t in when she reaches home, so Madison bums around a bit, coming across a few relics of happier, more hopeful times. Suddenly, she’s interrupted by a phone call. High-strung Sofie’s apparently been under more pressure than she’s let on, and has crashed on the job; she’s recovering at a nearby hospital, and needs Madison to rally round. While waiting in a parking lot to be picked up to visit Sofie, Madison comes across a mysterious young man in a red convertible. He, too, is on the threshold between adolescence and adulthood, and has few successes to show for his age. But he has wisdom and comfort to offer Madison, and she gradually comes to accept that, as bad today's been, it’s not the end of the world... but something else entirely.

Forms: Narrative Fiction, Short
Genres: Drama, Microcinema, Coming of Age , Independent, Dramedy
Niches: Women