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A two-page short script about love in an apocalypse that didn't quite happen.
TV NEWS FOOTAGE: People run and scream. Impromptu militias exchange gunfire. Blurred footage of what looks like a person eating a person. TV NEWS ANCHOR belts out the news with gusto. TV NEWS ANCHOR The zombies are a hoax! INT. WRECKED TINY STUDIO APARTMENT - MORNING All the furniture is piled up against the door. Strewn haphazardly around the room are famous paintings, couture clothing, piles of jewelry and various guns, swords and grenades. Lying on the floor, wrapped up in blankets and nothing else are SNAKE and DIAMOND. They lay on their backs, not touching, eyes wide. DIAMOND So, uh, that was all just a joke I guess. Crazy. SNAKE Yep. Crazy. Fun though. Are you okay? DIAMOND Yeah. I guess. It was fun. SNAKE So everything goes back like it was before. DIAMOND Right, like it never happened. SNAKE But if it was a hoax, we really broke a lot of laws. We might have even shot a few people. DIAMOND Well, they were all trying to kill us, so it was fair. SNAKE Yeah, fair. Holy fuck, we let all the animals out of the zoo! TV NEWS ANCHOR It turns out that a group of social media influencers created content depicting zombie attacks in famous places around the world, leading to a weekend of riots, looting and general mayhem all over the world. Law enforcement is having a difficult time arresting all the people involved amidst accusations that many police officers were involved in the criminal activities caused by the hoax. In business news, the stock market dipped in morning trading- Snake turns on his side, facing Heroine. DIAMOND I’m going to be late for work. SNAKE Shit. Work. I let Henry die. I thought he was turning zombie. DIAMOND My department has a sexual harassment training this week. And CPR. SNAKE That would have been good to know Friday. With Henry. CPR that is, not sexual harassment. TV NEWS ANCHOR (CONT’D) -on news that several billionaires have not been seen since last Friday. Reports indicate they have fled to their bunkers and are waiting for the world to end. One social media post claimed they were in a paradise governed by A.I. In sports news- Diamond turns on her side. They stare deeply into each other’s eyes. DIAMOND Say, uhm. What’s your real name? The front door knob RATTLES as a key is inserted. CLICK! The door opens a bit...BANGS into the improvised barricade. Snake and Diamond lurch to their feet in fear and surprise. BANG BANG BANG! A fist POUNDS on the door. They scramble for their clothes. VOICE (O.C.) What the fuck? Hey! This is my apartment! Is there anyone in there? Hello! Hello! Goddam it! TV NEWS ANCHOR -the starting quarterback for one Super Bowl-bound team was killed by zombie-hunters! Find out who after the ad break! Snake and Diamond dash to the fire escape as kicks SLAM into the barricaded door. SNAKE Maybe we can meet up again next weekend? Diamond smiles. A brief, tender kiss. They gaze into each other’s eyes as the barricade RATTLES. They open the window and flee down the fire escape holding hands.
August 21, 2026 at 11:44 AM