Dig Up That Script: Psychological Thriller with a Twist

by J.L. Salter

58 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 20, 2026

About the author

Published in fiction, non-fiction, and poetry.
Retired library administrator; previously a photo-journalist; veteran of the U.S. Air Force.
Husband, father, and grandfather.

Reviews

[J.C. Wing · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's 1959, and author F. Lee Maggart is down on his luck. His girlfriend, Sheryl, decided to throw all his manuscripts into a trash can and light them up, but it wasn't just Lee's writing that went up in smoke. He lost a portion of his house and his girlfriend in the blaze, and the only script still in existence he tucked into Sheryl's coffin. He hadn't thought about it for some time, but when his agent calls and tells him he's interested in it, he's got to come up with a way to retrieve the pages.

If only Lee hadn't been marinating his brain in bourbon for the last several years, he might be able to remember all the details of the script and start from scratch. Try as he might, he can only remember a few of the plot points, and he hocked his typewriter to pay for booze. Writer's block has the best of him, and his imaginary alter ego, Eel, isn't helping much. Together, the two of them come up with a dastardly plan that doesn't end up quite the way they think it will.

Salter has delivered an entertaining tale with Dig Up That Script and thrown in a couple of surprising twists that will absolutely delight his readers.