Dr. Steve

No theft allowed on his watch.

Type:

Short

Status:

For sale

Page Count:

1pp

Genre:

Horror

Budget:

Shoestring

Age Rating:

17+

Based On:

My short story.

Synopsis/Details:

Alone at the nurse's desk of a hospital, Dr. Steve senses something. When he notices the open door to the blood supply room, he goes to his office and quietly retrieves the crossbow from his locker.

The thief is drinking a bottle of chilled blood from the fridge when Dr. Steve surprises him. The doctor is able to fire a crossbow arrow into the man's heart. He falls to the floor and shortly dies. Using magic, Dr. Steve is able to clean up the mess - crumbling everything into a dust that blows away.

Pleased with the outcome of the encounter, Dr. Steve locks the door and drinks just a swallow of blood himself. This supply is his and his alone.

Story & Logistics

Story Conclusion:

Surprise Twist

Linear Structure:

Linear

Cast Size:

Couple

Locations:

Single

Special Effects:

Minor cgi

Characters

Lead Role Ages:

Male Adult

Villian Type:

Supernatural

Advanced

Time Period:

Contemporary times

Country:

United States of America (USA)

Time of Year:

Autumn/Fall

Submitted: July 31, 2022

Last Updated: October 16, 2024

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The Writer: Mike Murphy

Mike, a four-time Parsec Awards finalist, has had over 150 audio plays produced in the U.S. and overseas. He’s won a dozen Moondance International Film Festival Awards (winner, finalist, and semi-finalist) in their TV pilot, audio play, short screenplay, and short story categories. A more complete list of awards is presented below by year. In 2025, his TV pilot script Milly Foster, Macabre Investigator was a quarter-finalist in the Filmmatic Horror Screenplay Awards (Season 9). In the same year, Mike's screenplay Die Laughing was a semi-finalist in the 2025 New York International Screenplay Awards. In 2020, his screenplay Die Laughing was a semi-finalist in the Unique Voices Screenplay... Go to bio