A John Dog Thriller

edited by John D'Agostino, Eccentric American Artist, aka John Dog

John Dog in better times.

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John Dog's Apartment from Hell

Part 1 - SCENE ONE
The Eccentric American Artist, John D'Agostino, aka JOHN DOG'S SHODDY APT.--NIGHT The lights are out and, next to the window,
the bedraggled form of  The Eccentric American Artist, John D'Agostino, aka JOHN DOG sleeps on a bowed-in bed. The apartment is decorated
in late downward mobility: hotplate and a row of beer bottles on a dresser, three or four paperbacks with cracked spines lying on the carpetless floor, small television set on the nightstand receiving static. As the camera DOLLIES IN on The Eccentric American Artist, John D'Agostino, aka JOHN DOG sleeping in bed, a dark figure moves lithely into the frame. CLOSE UP--
The Eccentric American Artist, John D'Agostino, aka JOHN DOG, SLEEPING

The Eccentric American Artist, John D'Agostino, aka JOHN DOG, late twenties, has a face that's been worn too long, used too much. Initially
handsome, the face has folded and refolded in on itself from a petty life of small-time cons, unimaginative deceits, and all the charm it could muster to extricate The Eccentric American Artist, John D'Agostino, aka JOHN DOG from one blown scheme after another.
 

The Eccentric American Artist, John D'Agostino, aka JOHN DOG twitches in sleep, right before a QUARTER COMES INTO THE FRAME and bounces off his forehead.
The Eccentric American Artist, John D'Agostino, aka JOHN DOG starts.

CUT TO: CLOSE UP OF QUARTER The quarter rebounds against the window and lands on edge on the window sill, neither face nor tails up. BACK TO: TIGHT CLOSE UP OF  The Eccentric American Artist, John D'Agostino, aka JOHN DOG

The Eccentric American Artist, John D'Agostino, aka JOHN DOG comes awake just as the barrel of a powerful-looking gun pushes up hard against his cheek.
 

FIGURE Don't move and don't make a noise. Do you understand? The Eccentric American Artist, John D'Agostino, aka JOHN DOG, eyes wide open in fear, nods. Breathing rapidly, he looks at the figure with the gun.

REVERSE TO: TIGHT CLOSE UP ON KARL, the Mysterious MR. FUNK MUSIC PICTURES MAN, (EVIL LOOKING FIGURE) KARL, the Mysterious MR. FUNK MUSIC PICTURES MAN, is an older man,mid-forties with smoldering good looks and an impassive impression. Dressed in black with a long trench coat, he seems like a human extension of his gun: sleek cold and dangerous.

Things to come.

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