Us, Pried Open

E-book word count:5,656 words (30 pages). Script for a graphic novel.

Blurb: A harsh play script about the twisted mind games in the sex life of a dysfunctional middle aged couple in NYC. Sonny is a simple, private man who feels uncomfortable in his skin. He’s a frustrated biker.  Armada is a manipulative extrovert: a hard-to-please ex-stripper. Core values, boundaries, and loyalty get tested again and again in this claustrophobic relationship where “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolf” meets the “Red Shoe Diaries”. When Armada gives Sonny a permission slip to shag the Asian girl next door, his ability to distinguish fantasy from reality crumbles. He knows her dare is only a test. Blowback is inevitable – and there’s only one way out of this mindfuck for Sonny.

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Book sample (p.12):

AMANDA (Cracking her door open an inch)

Nya Nya, we don’t want any!… Oh, who are you? My, you’re a cute one. (She opens the door) Wanna come in?  I am the hotel chef, and I got something hot I want you to try. I just made a lovely stew. Out of your emotions!  Ha! Get it?  That was so-o-o fun down there, huh?

SONNY

Oh yeah. Fun.

AMANDA

You’re funny…  Hey, do that little pig thing you do.

SONNY

What?

AMANDA

That little piggie thing you do.

SONNY

Little pig, little pig, let me in…  Not by the hair of my chinny chinny chin.

AMANDA

Yay!! Now do that little miss Piggy dance thing that you do.

SONNY

You can never let me taste just one flavor at a time, can you?

AMANDA

I love complexity.  The spice of life, Complexity!

SONNY

No.  AMANDA, what you adore is drama and confusion!

AMANDA

And all their neighbors, too: Double-entendre.  Suspense.  Anticipation.  Self-Adoration.

SONNY

Fuck you AMANDA! You’re just a big tease who who who sleeps around!

AMANDA

I believe ‘Coy’ is the word you were seeking, and don’t you forget it, mother-fucker.

SONNY

You wear me down, Ms. Coy.


e-book pdf “US, PRIED OPEN”: $2.99

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