Roasted by Fiona Faith Ross | Script Revolution

Roasted

When his lover issues an ultimatum, a henpecked man infuriates his tyrannical wife not only by coming down with flu but also by asking for a divorce and upsetting her sacrosanct roast-turkey Christmas.

Type:

  • Short

Status:

  • For sale
Page Count: 
8pp

Genre:

  • Comedy, Horror

Budget:

  • Shoestring

Age Rating:

  • 17+
Based On: 
A Short Story by Fiona Ross
Copyright Details: 
USCO
All Accolades & Coverage: 

ROASTED the short story is an official selection in the anthology TWISTED: GHOSTS OF CHRISTMAS, one of the TWISTED50 LSF brand. Publication date December 16. Watch out for further announcements.

Submitted: December 5, 2020
Last Updated: January 21, 2021

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The Writer: Fiona Faith Ross
UPDATED: March 2021 Fiona Faith's work explores themes of family relationships, friendships and misunderstandings, mostly in Dramedy or Supernatural Fantasy genres. She draws extensively on myth and ancient cultures. Her short screenplay Getting Lucky won the Houston Comedy Film Festival Best Romantic Comedy Short Script in Fall 2020. Her feature screenplays, Wereteen and Flat Squirrel, won Best Screenplay Awards at The Florida Comedy Film Festival 2018 and 2020. She was privileged to participate in The Hollywood Field Trip in April 2019 to meet executives of production companies and literary agencies. She's also published in the Twisted50 newest anthology, Twisted: Ghosts of Christmas. (... Go to bio

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