Michael Merino
Writing
Known For

After being double crossed by his most trusted operative, a ruthless crime lord takes revenge by kidnapping the her son. Overwhelmed with fear, the operative is given one night to make up for her misdeeds by systematically eliminating his enemies. As the hours rush by, the steaks begin to rise and the darkened city streets turn into a brutal and bloody battle ground.
Acceleration

A ride-hailing driver is hijacked by a criminal on the run from his crime boss, setting in motion a series of events, placing both their lives in peril.
Clutch

Strangers awaken in individual holding cells with no memory of how they arrived. They realize if they don't acquire enough online "likes" in a timely manner, they'll die horribly at the hands of a sinister executioner.
Death Count

Bobby Roberts was a very bad boy, he beat his mother to death with a milk bottle. After 20 years in the insane asylum, Bobby escapes and returns to his hometown intent on delivering his wrath as THE MILKMAN.
The Milkman

Summer, unhappy with her boyfriend, receives a mysterious email inviting her out to a spiritual obstacle course. Summer gathers her four friends, each battling a dilemma of their own, to drive to the Sedona Desert, where they are promised this “vortex” will improve their lives. They embark on these courses with the help of their uncanny guide Hermes, who leads them into a series of unusual practices. Little do they know they are being monitored by mysterious hooded entities, eager to take over their bodies.
Reflect

Writer Paul Diener is working on a book about a recently captured serial killer. In hopes of overcoming his week's of writer's block, he decides to stay in the now vacant serial killers apartment. What he learns in apartment 502 will chill him to his soul.
502

A government subsidized water facility "melts" down releasing a toxin into the water supply which turns the employees and population into soulless mutants hungry for blood, as a group of survivors try to escape the mutants wrath.
Contaminated

A yuppie couple (in their mid thirties) buy a vacant house in the country in order to convert it to a bed and breakfast. The House, has other plans.
The Haunting of Pearson Place
Two gal pals perform the ritual of Hitori Kakurenbo and awaken a vengeful spirit.