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The Last Nuclear Familyby  Frances Spencer
Date Posted: 05 Aug 2022
THE LAST NUCLEAR FAMILY: A traditional family of four, while in their bomb shelter waiting out a nuclear war, discover secrets and lies that will lead to the destruction of the family unit in more ways than one.

Genre: Drama
19 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
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The Child Psychologistby  frances spencer
Date Posted: 05 Aug 2022
THE CHILD PSYCHOLOGIST. An unconventional psychologist wins the trust of an angry child by promising her something unbelievably wonderful and then, to everyone's surprise, carrying it out. (15 pages)

Genre: Family
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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When The Lights Went Outby  Frances Spencer
Date Posted: 05 Aug 2022
WHEN THE LIGHTS WENT OUT. In a darkened world run by an unseen master, two young sisters comfort each other until, by a miracle, the sun comes out, and all the neighbors go outside, drop their guns, and meet each other for the first time.

Genre: Fantasy
14 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Dead Kevinby  Richard Bruce Stirling
Date Posted: 02 Aug 2022
Dead Kevin is a memory that won't die. Robert knows this. Dead Kevin was his first gay lover. But Robert wasn't ready to come out. In a panic, he murdered Kevin and got away with it. Years later, Robert is dating another Kevin, a man whose name brings dead Kevin back from the grave. Dead Kevin and Robert confess their love. They want to be together forever. Yet to do so, Robert must die.

Genre: Gay/Lesbian
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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The Trick or Treaterby  DJ Robbins
Date Posted: 01 Aug 2022
A creep in a Hockey mask attempts to get a little too aggressive with the wrong woman on Halloween night

Genre: Horror
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Watch Outby  Melissa Diane Hudson
Date Posted: 30 Jul 2022
An army Veteran suffering from PTSD suspects his beautiful wife of poisoning him. When in fact, he has no wife.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Killer Cradleby  Melissa Diane Hudson
Date Posted: 30 Jul 2022
Desperate to keep her boyfriend, a teenage girl aborts her unborn fetus, and years later, she is haunted by the ghost of the baby that lives inside her daughter.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
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The Business Dealby  Benn Flore
Date Posted: 29 Jul 2022
A mighty toy manufacturer takes over an old man's business for an outrageous bargain, but the old hand knows all the tricks.

Genre: Comedy
13 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
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Eyewitnessby  Benn Flore
Date Posted: 29 Jul 2022
An old man trips over a dead body, becoming the key witness in a murder investigation. The only problem? He’s blind.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
36 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
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Bernard's Ashesby  Mike Bevins
Date Posted: 28 Jul 2022
A young man faces the dilemma of where to scatter his father's ashes. (Semifinalist in Atlanta Screenplay Awards)

Genre: Drama
16 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
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Sundays with Ethelby  Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 28 Jul 2022
An elderly man and woman cross paths while visiting the graves of their departed spouses. Sparks don't exactly fly, but sometimes a simple connection is enough. (1 location, 2 actors. Award-winning screenwriter and journalist; see IMDB for writer's credits.)

Genre: Drama
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Woodby  Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 27 Jul 2022
A lonely man falls in love with a tree. But can they live happily ever after? (No dialogue, silent comedy. One location. Produced writer; see IMDB for credits.)

Genre: Romantic Comedy
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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The New Moon in the Old Moon's Armsby  David Hallock Sanders
Date Posted: 27 Jul 2022
THE NEW MOON IN THE OLD MOON’S ARMS -- Terry is having one of the toughest nights of his life, torn between his love for his Alzheimer’s-affected father, who has become too challenging to care for at home alone, and his distant sister, who fails to grasp that Terry is going under.

Genre: Drama
14 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Night of the Pumpkinsby  Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 26 Jul 2022
Halloween comes only once a year, but not everyone is happy about this. In fact, several pumpkins are mad as hell and not gonna take it anymore. (Horror/comedy)

Genre: Animation
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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The Horse-Drawn Hearseby  Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 26 Jul 2022
On Halloween night, young trick-or-treater Daniel Taylor catches a glimpse of the town's sinister old undertaker -- and turns out to be the last person to see him alive. (In the vein of the original Twilight Zone. Award-winning screenwriter and journalist; see IMDB for writer's credits.)

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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The Giftby  Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 26 Jul 2022
In 1977, a young man receives a camera that takes disturbing pictures. (1 location, 1 actor. Produced writer, see IMDB for credits.)

Genre: Horror
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Night of the Swingin' Deadby  Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 26 Jul 2022
A zombie desires to dance like his hero, Fred Astaire. But first he must find a willing teacher. (Comedy/horror. 1 location, 2 main actors. Winner of Best Short Screenplay at Nashville Film Festival Screenwriting Competition.)

Genre: Comedy
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Rise of the Plutoniansby  Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 26 Jul 2022
The Plutonians are a secret club that promotes and restores honor to those things that get no respect or have gone out of style: yo-yos, paper airplanes, VCR's, gluten, Pluto, and more. Albert wants to join, but he faces a difficult initiation process.

Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Zaryaby  Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 26 Jul 2022
Two fishermen visit a secluded lake where they hope to catch the big one. Instead, they encounter a mysterious lake creature known as Zarya. (1 location, 3 actors. Top 20 Horror Short on Coverfly's The Red List. Finalist, Atlanta Film Festival & Nashville Film Festival screenwriting competitions.)

Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Frolic #1by  Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 26 Jul 2022
During her lunch break, an uptight business woman who's having a bad day decides to go for a frolic in a field. Unfortunately, she has never frolicked before and can't quite get the hang of it. (1 location, 2 actors. Award-winning screenwriter and journalist; see IMDB for writer's credits.)

Genre: Comedy
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Your Face Is Killing Meby  Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 26 Jul 2022
A shallow young man decides to break up with his beautiful, kindhearted girlfriend because of her occasional unattractive facial expression. (1 location, 3 actors. Award-winning screenwriter and journalist; see IMDB for writer's credits.)

Genre: Romantic Comedy
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Fun Sizeby  Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 26 Jul 2022
A young trick-or-treater seeks revenge after receiving a "fun size" candy bar. (Horror/comedy. 1 location, 2 actors.)

Genre: Horror
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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The Last Picnicby  Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 26 Jul 2022
Four hipsters pack their lunch and excitedly head into the woods for their first ever wilderness picnic. Unfortunately, it all goes very, very wrong. (Dark comedy/horror/satire. 1 location, 4 actors.)

Genre: Comedy
17 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
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Lunch with Lelandby  Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 26 Jul 2022
On a whim, a restless young business woman buys lunch for a homeless stranger, and soon they strike up a friendship which transforms their lives forever. (3 actors, 1 main location. Finalist, Nashville Film Festival Screenwriting Competition. Award-winning writer and journalist; see IMDB for writer's credits.)

Genre: Drama
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Momby  Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 26 Jul 2022
A woman looks out her kitchen window and sees her long dead mother in the vegetable garden. But how did she get there? And what is she doing? (Horror/dark comedy. 1 location, 2 actors.)

Genre: Horror
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Second Bornby  Neha Srivastava
Date Posted: 25 Jul 2022
There is a lot of activity in a usually dull village when toddlers are murdered and buried in a graveyard. Everyone is shocked but not sad as the murders are of baby girls not boys.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
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Result #27
Hamletteby  Joel Reeves
Date Posted: 23 Jul 2022
Avenging a friend’s murder, rescuing the Queen’s pet pig, and finding true love—it’s what Hamlette, a little pig who’s afraid of the dark, must do to stop the evil Willy Weasel and Rubbish Rat from carrying out their treacherous plans.

Genre: Animation
29 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
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Result #28
Blunderlandby  Joel Reeves
Date Posted: 23 Jul 2022
When a racist candidate for President gets in an accident that leaves him comatose, he wakes to find a nightmare world that he himself created.

Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Result #29
Mark It With Aby  Joel Reeves
Date Posted: 23 Jul 2022
Lindsay, a miserable bakery assistant discovers the secret night-time business of her employers.

Genre: Comedy
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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The Secret Ingredientby  Joel Reeves
Date Posted: 23 Jul 2022
When a new neighbor moves in, a crazy woman becomes convinced that he is an alien bent on world destruction, murders him, makes him into sausage, and feeds him to an unsuspecting detective investigating the case.

Genre: Horror
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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The Shoplifterby  Joel Reeves
Date Posted: 23 Jul 2022
When a young woman finds the store mannequins in the clothing department out of place and arranged in suggestive poses, she makes an ominous discovery about her co-workers.

Genre: Drama
13 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
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What Child Is This?by  Joel Reeves
Date Posted: 23 Jul 2022
When a little boy can’t stop his parents from fighting about money, he makes the ultimate sacrifice in his effort to help them find happiness.

Genre: Horror
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Flightby  Joel Reeves
Date Posted: 23 Jul 2022
An unhappy girl discovers happiness and meaning in her life by delivering babies for a witch to deserving couples around the world.

Genre: Fantasy
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
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And Baby Makes Threeby  Joel Reeves
Date Posted: 23 Jul 2022
A man thinks he’s found the ideal roommate, but her insatiable appetite hides a supernatural secret.

Genre: Horror
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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The Runawayby  Joel Reeves
Date Posted: 23 Jul 2022
When a boy runs away from the circus to find his real parents, he becomes involved with a creepy man who makes him a promise he can't refuse.

Genre: Drama
19 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
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Open Meby  Joel Reeves
Date Posted: 23 Jul 2022
Teens in a small town are mysteriously disappearing and the weird old grave digger in the cemetery blames it on their obsession with cell phones.

Genre: Horror
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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The Phantom of the Dinner Theaterby  Joel Reeves
Date Posted: 23 Jul 2022
A romantically challenged Phantom of the Opera recruits matchmaker Elle Woods to help him find true love.

Genre: Comedy
7 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
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Lovers Don't Dieby  NG
Date Posted: 21 Jul 2022
The son of a rich woman puts all the means at his disposal to find his father separated from his mother more than fifty years ago by the hatred of his wealthy and egocentric grandfather.

Genre: Drama
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
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Result #39
The Royal Mahjong Trashersby  Elizabeth Russell
Date Posted: 19 Jul 2022
Four best friends, trapped and claustrophobic in their Miami homes by the pandemic, play mahjong online in a desperate attempt to keep the little sanity they have left, while having no clue they’ve been targeted by the CIA.

Genre: Action/Adventure
2 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
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Bounty Hunter Crossing (Shorter Version)by  Katelyn Pearce
Date Posted: 19 Jul 2022
When a new law makes them fugitives on the run in Post-Roe America, an estranged mother and her pregnant teen must work together to survive Bounty Hunter Crossing... (I have 2 lengths for shorts, intended as Feature Film, Feature script nearly complete)

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
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