Stories celebrating love and life
Linton Stables Screenwriter
Focusing on original feature films, I explore themes of identity, resilience, and community, in stories ranging from high-stakes political thrillers to warm holiday comedies, blending sharp emotional subtext with commercial appeal.
Exploring LGBTQIA+ Character-Driven Narratives in Film & Television
Current Projects
Homecoming
When an Iraq War hero is killed in action, his Army husband travels to South Texas to fulfill his final wishes—only to face a fiercely traditional family and church determined to erase their marriage and reclaim the soldier as their straight hero.
Asylum
After a paramilitary attack drives four gay men to flee their comfortable lives in Oklahoma for Mexico, they are trapped in a deadly cross-border dragnet—forcing them to ally with a defecting militia soldier and mastermind a public sting to expose their government's underworld backers.
DETAILSFormat: Screenplay for a Feature-Length Drama
Themes: LGBTQIA+, military, culture clashPage count: 116
Status: Available for option
ACCOLADESBEST SCREENPLAY, Palm Springs International Screenplay Contest, 2025QUARTERFINALIST, First Draft's 2026 Big Break Competition SEMIFINALIST, Dallas International Film Festival, 2026SEMIFINALIST, Los Angeles International Screenplay Award, 2026FINALIST, Cinema Royale: Paris Edition, 2026OFFICIAL SELECTION, Military Story Showcase, 2026
ACCOLADESBEST SCREENPLAY, Palm Springs International Screenplay Contest, 2025QUARTERFINALIST, First Draft's 2026 Big Break Competition SEMIFINALIST, Dallas International Film Festival, 2026SEMIFINALIST, Los Angeles International Screenplay Award, 2026FINALIST, Cinema Royale: Paris Edition, 2026OFFICIAL SELECTION, Military Story Showcase, 2026
DETAILS
Format: Screenplay for a Feature-Length Political Thriller
Page Count: 110
Themes: LGBTQIA+, Tulsa, Mexico City
Status: Available for option
ACCOLADES
SEMIFINALIST, Palm Springs Diversity Screenplay Contest, 2026SEMIFINALIST, Los Angeles International Screenplay Award, 2026QUARTERFINALIST, First Draft's 2026 Big Break Competition
QUARTERFINALIST, Palm Springs International Screenplay Contest, 2026
The War on Santa
When a dying mall in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania attempts to replace them with an A.I.-driven Holo-Santa, two rival department store Santas must unite to sabotage the machine—and risk exposing their own guarded hearts.
Rule No. 1
Michael Compton enters a retirement community and finds himself lonely and angry at being the only gay resident after the death of his husband. Unless he can find a group of friends to hang with, the future looks bleak. Aiming to make friends among the other residents he decides to introduce some spice into their lives.
DETAILS
Format: Feature-Length ComedyPage Count: 109
Themes: Holiday, LGBTQIA+, Workplace Rivalry, Romance
Status: Available for option
ACCOLADESSEMIFINALIST, Los Angeles International Screenplay Award, 2026
QUARTERFINALIST, Palm Springs Diversity Screenplay Contest, 2026
DETAILS
Format: Screenplay for a Feature-Length Drama/Comedy
Page Count: 101
Themes: LGBTQIA+, senior citizens, Pennsylvania
Status: Polishing
Someday...
After a high-school English teacher’s embarrassing childhood fantasy of being rescued by a prince lands him on a trashy reality show, the unexpected attention exposes a high-level royal plot to liquidate his retirement community—forcing him to team up with an actual prince to stop the scheme.
DETAILSFormat: Screenplay for a Feature-Length Romantic Comedy
Themes: LGBTQIA+, senior citizens, reality TV, royalty
Status: Drafting
About me
I write character-driven dramas, thrillers, and romances that center senior LGBTQ+ characters whose stories deserve to be on the screen. Growing up across the American South in a military family and later serving as a U.S. Army officer, I focus on the friction between rigid institutions and personal truth. After living and working in San Francisco, New York, and Philadelphia, I now write from Palm Springs, California, where my husband Greg and I live, and where I am a member of the Palm Springs Writers Guild. My work has been recognized by film festivals and writing competitions.
On Writing Craft— PAGE Script Services |
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"Maintains a good balance between dialogue and description to ensure the story makes the most of the cinematic medium... Great instincts for when to show and when to tell." |
On Storytelling— Palm Springs Diversity Screenplay Contest |
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"A beautifully conceived, emotionally mature drama that handles complex themes with intelligence and restraint." |
On Voice and Dialogue— LA International Screenplay Awards |
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"Dialogue has a believable, lived-in tone with brisk banter, distinct voices, and subtext that expertly carries tension, flirtation, and workplace politics." |
Praise from the Industry
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