Death Stone

2020, 8 minutes

Grave digging with disastrous results

A group of screenwriters sits around a table reading each other's screenplays. This time it's Margina's turn for her story "Death Stone". Jimmy and Abigail dig up Abby's aunt's body in order to retrieve a precious and valuable stone that she was buried with. Upon seeing discovering the stone still laid out on the aunt's neck, Jimmy is overcome be greed, attacks Abby, and buries her alive. Jimmy tries to pawn the stone but is informed that it's actually a fake. Upon realizing that he's not getting paid, he rushes back to the gravesite to try and save Abigail. Unfortunately, once he arrives, she's no longer in the grave and is instead standing behind him with the real stone which was hidden in the aunt's boot. She hits him with the shovel. Return to the group of screenwriters laughing and complimenting the story, the bell rings, and it's time for the next story.

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