The Time Square Massacre

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In Chapter 17 of ZOMBIE & JULIET, we see a late-breaking news report announcing the president has signed into law a 'shoot on sight' decree targeting citizens who have become infected with the 'HIZ' zombie virus ...


INT. NEWS STUDIO - DAY
Brock Landers sits at
his desk with Nobu Phillips.

But this time,
they aren’t smiling.

NOBU
A late-breaking bulletin
just came in --

BROCK
The president has just
signed into law the controversial
Shoot On Sight bill that has
been the subject of fierce debate
amongst our republic’s lawmakers --

NOBU
As of today, anyone who is
infected with the HIZ Virus
will be shot on sight.
The state police are right now
sweeping Times Square and have
already killed several
dozen infected citizens.
(sighs)
I don’t know how
I feel about this, Brock.
Isn’t it kind of barbaric?

BROCK
Gosh, Nobu, I don’t know.
But heck, we’re not supposed
to offer our opinion.
We’re just here to read the news.

NOBU
I know.
And that’s another thing.
I could write my own stories,
but they won’t let me.

BROCK
Aw, gee whiz.
Is it that time
of the month again?
(into the camera)
We’ll bring you more
on this late-breaking
story as it unfolds.
We now return you
to our regularly
scheduled programming.

NOBU
(leans over, whispers)
Brock.
This IS our regularly
scheduled programming.

Brock clears his throat.
Looks at the Teleprompter.

BROCK
We now take you to
our man on the street,
Paul David Brazill,
live on the scene,
where chaos has
erupted in midtown --

NOBU
In what the media
is now calling
'The Times Square Massacre.'

BROCK
Nice.

NOBU
See?
I told you I could write --