Invasion of the Puppy Peoples

*Note: this is the original text of my 1999/2000 Scholastic Art & Writing Award-winning screenplay. Aaaaaaaawwwwwwwww yeah. Invasion of the Puppy Peoples A Space Comedy in One Act Scene One: Introduction Various space scenes—stars, moon, etc—flit across the screen as theme is played. The camera focuses in on a faraway speck, zooms in to reveal […]

Dark Ascension (Act V)

FADE IN: INT. HOUSE – DAY Lupin, Bijou, and Echo stand again in the secret room, before the mural. The candles still burn at its base like an altar. ECHO What makes you think he’ll come back here? LUPIN This is where he wanted us to find him. Look at that. He wanted us to […]

Dark Ascension (Act IV)

FADE IN: INT. HOUSE – NIGHT Echo reads by the light of the circle of candles in the den. Bijou approaches cautiously. BIJOU Have you seen Lupin? ECHO Why do you always ask me that? BIJOU I haven’t been able to find him all morning. ECHO I just got here. I haven’t seen him. Bijou […]

Dark Ascension (Act III)

FADE IN: INT. HOUSE – NIGHT Lupin, Bijou, and Echo sit inside the circle of candles in the den. Bijou is making a peanut butter sandwich. ECHO What happened? BIJOU He was attacked by a dog. I don’t even know how it got in here. ECHO How about you? BIJOU What do you mean? ECHO […]

Dark Ascension (Act II)

FADE IN: INT. HOUSE – NIGHT Lupin, Bijou, and Echo sit in a den, surrounded by candles. ECHO You have to put them out when you leave the room. It’s too dangerous otherwise. BIJOU Who are you? What are you doing here? ECHO My name’s Echo. Why am I here? Echo glances at Lupin, then […]

Dark Ascension (Act I)

Contextual note: this was included on a floppy disk of high school-era writing. The filename was, simply, “horror.doc”. Judging from the content, this screenplay dates to circa 2002-2003. The U.K. variant spellings and “symbolic” character names are a product of their time. *** FADE IN: INT. HOUSE – DAY A wide door swings open, illuminating […]

Lupocalypse

A spot of context: When I was in my freshman year of high school, I won a Scholastic Art & Writing Award for my short screenplay, Invasion of the Puppy Peoples, that I had actually written in junior high based on characters my friends and I had dreamed up in elementary school. Yeah, I was sort […]