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    Fire Sale: Another Collection of One-Act Plays
    Fire Sale: Another Collection of One-Act Plays
    Fire Sale: Another Collection of One-Act Plays
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    Fire Sale: Another Collection of One-Act Plays

    By Adam Gaines

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    In the pages of this new collection, you will find:
    --A new relationship is formed over the tragic death of Michael Jackson
    --A police officer tries to help a troubled citizen
    --Three women learn the perils of club drugs.
    --A son teaches his father how they can strengthen their relationship, while the father offers up a lesson of his own.
    --A millennial girl takes a middle aged man to ethics school.
    --Divorced from hitman Rex, the adventures of Harper continue in Funeral Season II
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBookBaby
    Release dateNov 18, 2015
    ISBN9781682226681
    Fire Sale: Another Collection of One-Act Plays

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      Fire Sale - Adam Gaines

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      THE ATTRACTION OF THE BREEZE

      LIGHTS UP on a Street Corner. The two sides of a building, make one corner. There’s artificial sidewalk and curb, but to really sell things: a street lamp!

      Hanging under the lamp is a 20 year old girl ALYSSA.

      Passing by is a 40 year old man RICHARD. He’s got an unlit cigarette in his hand.

      RICHARD

      Excuse me?

      ALYSSA

      Yes?

      RICHARD

      Do you have a light? I have a cigarette, just no flame.

      ALYSSA

      Yes.

      She hands over a lighter.

      RICHARD

      Thanks.

      ALYSSA

      You’re just holding a cigarette. To have a cigarette. It’s a two-step process. You must possess the cigarette and then something to ignite it with. If you have both, then you can truly have a cigarette.

      RICHARD

      Can’t fault that logic.

      He hands the lighter back over.

      ALYSSA

      Why don’t you have a lighter?

      RICHARD

      I lost it awhile back, and then I just thought this might be more social. Because of that two- step process you educated me on.

      ALYSSA

      Weird.

      RICHARD

      I can see that. What do you smoke?

      ALYSSA

      Cigarettes.

      RICHARD

      No, I mean your brand?

      ALYSSA

      American Spirit.

      RICHARD

      Gotcha.

      ALYSSA

      You?

      RICHARD

      Marlboro’s.

      ALYSSA

      Classic.

      RICHARD

      Do you mind if I smoke this here?

      ALYSSA

      It’s not my corner.

      RICHARD

      Thanks. Care to join me?

      ALYSSA

      I’m out.

      RICHARD

      Care for one of mine?

      ALYSSA

      No, thank you.

      RICHARD

      Loyal.

      ALYSSA

      Yes.

      RICHARD

      I can smoke this in silence.

      ALYSSA

      I’m not sure of that.

      RICHARD

      I’ll shut the fuck up.

      ALYSSA

      No, I mean, that’s your call, but I wasn’t saying that to put you in your place, it was just like a witty thing I thought to say. I feel like my generation is always racing to the snarky punchline.

      RICHARD

      Are you a comedian?

      ALYSSA

      No.

      RICHARD

      There’s a couple generations between us. I know that.

      ALYSSA

      What’s your letter?

      RICHARD

      Huh?

      ALYSSA

      Generation what?

      RICHARD

      I don’t know, what’s yours?

      ALYSSA

      I think they call us millenials, but I’m not sure.

      RICHARD

      I had encyclopedias in high school, you had Google.

      ALYSSA

      I can remember high school like it was yesterday, you’ve had a couple reunions.

      RICHARD

      I’m aware of the large age difference. I’m not going to hit on you, molest, or kidnap you.

      ALYSSA

      Way to take the danger right out of the situation.

      RICHARD

      Sometimes the conversation is enough.

      ALYSSA

      What a pedophile would say caught empty handed on the way back from the playground.

      RICHARD

      You’re making me uncomfortable.

      ALYSSA

      Wouldn’t that be funny? If you called the police on me.

      RICHARD

      Come on.

      ALYSSA

      Okay, I’ll stop.

      RICHARD

      You waiting for somebody?

      ALYSSA

      No.

      RICHARD

      Then what are you doing?

      ALYSSA

      I live nearby. Out for a walk.

      RICHARD

      Then you stopped.

      ALYSSA

      Sorry?

      RICHARD

      When I met you, you weren’t in motion.

      ALYSSA

      I guess so, I went for a walk, and then stopped walking. You’re caught up.

      RICHARD

      This will be going in the biography.

      ALYSSA

      You brought the snark. Good job.

      RICHARD

      It didn’t feel great.

      ALYSSA

      You get used to it.

      RICHARD

      I’ll let it be your thing.

      ALYSSA

      And my generation.

      RICHARD

      You forgot to say ‘much younger.’

      ALYSSA

      I was trying to ease up. You seemed like you needed a break.

      Beat.

      RICHARD

      Do you think anyone’s ever actually bumped into someone on a corner, turning a bend.

      ALYSSA

      You mean like run into someone they know? I’m sure it

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