This fully-rhymed short follows queer royal Egyptian manicurists in 2500 BC. Khnumhotep and Niankhkhnum are threatened by Nubian nail-artist Aya. There's only one way to resolve this nail-biting conflict: a manicure contest!
Type:
Short
Status:
For sale
Page Count:
15pp
Genre:
Comedy
Budget:
Shoestring
Age Rating:
Everyone
Synopsis/Details
Bennu, the manicure apprentice, is thrown out of the pharaoh Ini's chambers by Khnumhotep when she adds hieroglyphics to his nail polish. Niankhnum, Khnumhotep's partner and partner, comforts her and reassures her that she's doing well. While waiting outside, she overhears the visiting Nubian kings discuss a plot to use their own prodigy Aya to usurp Bennu's masters' positions as royal maucirusts. Aya impresses Ini with her own hieroglyphics, and in order to protect her position, she proposes a competition. She has to teach her masters how to use symbols. Our heroes prevail, and the masters come away with newfound respect for their pupil.

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Submitted: 2025-Jan-13
Last Updated: 2025-Jan-13
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The Writer: Eitan Perlin

Comedian, singer, songwriter, playwrite, poet, and avid lover of being extra. There's not an art form I won't use to distract myself from the drudgery of a day job. Mathematician too, but you don't care about that one. Go to bio
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