For a million dollars, I'll write the whole screenplay

INT. LIBRARY READING ROOM - NIGHT

A dim library corridor, shadowy shelves visible.

As the camera travels slowly down the corridor, there is a faint, unsettling squeaking sound. Otherwise, there is absolute quiet.

A pair of feet, wearing flip-flops, and the wheels of a grey book cart. The squeaking continues until the cart stops, and camera stays on the wheels as the feet step away.

A second of silence, broken by the loud whirr of a pencil sharpener.

INT: LIBRARY STACKS, MYSTERIES - NIGHT

An attractive female LIBRARY ASSOCIATE, apparently alone, is startled by the sound. She is holding a few books in her left hand, and drops the one that was in her right hand.

An old hardcover copy of Agatha Christie's The Body in the Library.

INT: LIBRARY CIRCULATION DESK – DAY

Bright sunshine flows over the library's check-out desk. The phone is ringing. The same young LIBRARY ASSOCIATE picks up the phone.

LIBRARY ASSOCIATE
(perky)
Circulation Desk. How may I help you?

INT: LIBRARY READING ROOM - DAY

A CREEPY-LOOKING GUY, dark circles under his eyes, sits at a reading room table with newspapers spread out in front of him. He looks up with a glare.

SINISTER NARRATOR (V.O.)
At a small public library…

INT: LIBRARY READING ROOM – NIGHT

A CREEPY-LOOKING WOMAN is using the photocopier, a bunch of file folders stacked up on the table next to her. She mutters darkly to herself, as if making an incantantion.

SINISTER NARRATOR (V.O.)
A dark secret has been misshelved….

CLOSE-UP:
A library card is being cut in half with a very sharp scissors. A "Reference Desk" label is visible on the side of the scissors.

SINISTER NARRATOR (V.O.)
And terror….

INT: THE STACKS, NONFICTION - NIGHT

In the dim stacks, a LIBRARIAN'S back, as she stretches to reach a book on the top shelf, obviously out of her reach. The shadow of another figure falls across her back.

SINISTER NARRATOR (V.O.)
Is long overdue…

INT: THE STACKS, LARGE PRINT - NIGHT

The LIBRARY ASSOCIATE, backed against the wall of books.

LIBRARY ASSOCIATE
(hysterical)
You killed her!

She holds up her hands in front of her, in a defensive position. They are covered with blood.

OFF-CAMERA VOICE
(calmly)
She was out of date.

The LIBRARY ASSOCIATE screams as the screen goes black.

THE WEEDING

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