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Leiheiby Inky Egwuenu
When the grandson of a ruthless assassin leader is killed in a U.S. raid, he invokes an ancient blood feud, targeting the President's family while evading a worldwide manhunt.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
21 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
21 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Elevatorby John F Daly
5 people get on an elevator in the present day and get brought back in time to 1943, where they become stranded.
Genre: Fantasy
18 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Fantasy
18 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Yoo-foesby John Porter
A young journalist tries to discover whether UFOs and space aliens really do exist.
Genre: Sci-Fi
5 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Sci-Fi
5 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
A Mouse's Lamentby John Porter
Harold, a poetic mouse, "wanted only to run free / To eat and drink and then to pee / To defecate and then to say / 'I'll eat and drink another day,'" but man and nature conspire against him. Although he doesn't complain, he does lament.
Genre: Animation
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Animation
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
2 Plates @ The Endby S.C. Smith
At a Thai restaurant, two mournersone a scarred woman, the other a man who can only communicate through writinggather for a funeral unlike any other, reflecting on the life of an artist whose unfulfilled potential and tragic choices led them all to a brutal conclusion about life's unrelenting cruelty.
Genre: Drama
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Twas the Night Before The Night Before Christmasby Elliot Stanton
When a wife asks her husband why he no longer likes Christmas, he explains it's due to its commercialism. However, the real reason is revealed by a simple longing glance at a beloved family photo.
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Utopian Tetragonby S.C. Smith
In a meta twist of fiction, a struggling novelist pens a novel about his own attempts to gain representation in the cutthroat world of literary agents, all while contending with eccentric neighbors and a disinterested industry, blurring the lines between his fictional narrative and reality in Utopian Tetragon.
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Shotgunby Jessica Lynn Bruce
Hoping for a peaceful retirement, a former Marine takes to the Alaskan highways as a trucker, but when ruthless gun men target his rig, he must use every ounce of his training to survive a high-octane chase across a frozen mountain.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
14 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
14 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Willpowerby John Porter
A young black woman and a middle-aged white man love each other, but their friends tell them they must separate--and they can if they only fight with their willpower.
Genre: Romantic Comedy
6 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Romantic Comedy
6 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Chucklesby Doug J Robbins
A serial killer is reincarnated as a character in a sitcom and is reunited with his estranged daughter and ex-wife.
Genre: Comedy
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Spices with Vicesby Debbie Castanha
A privileged pair of Ray Bans becomes lost in a drawer of bickering spices, and must hatch an escape plan before she's replaced.
Genre: Animation
14 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Animation
14 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Underneathby James Peacock
Trapped in a looping midnight inside a dead apartment, a woman follows warnings from her own voicemail to confront the thing under her bedher childhood self reborn as a monsterbefore time resets and claims her forever.
Genre: Horror
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Phantom's Revengeby John Witcher
After unearthing an ancient artifact, four female students inherit superpowers and embark on the journey of a lifetime. (Female Driven Screenplay)
Genre: Animation
19 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Animation
19 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Silent Nightby Melissa Diane Hudson
A distraught wife believes her successful husband is having an illicit affair with a much younger woman and comes up with a deadly scheme on Christmas Eve for revenge.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
6 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
6 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Anonymous Sourceby Tim Bechen
A relentless female journalist battles powerful adversaries in a male-dominated industry as she risks everything to get the story and ensure justice.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Trappedby Adrian Milnes
Three armed robbers and their hostage take refuge in an abandoned house after a failed robbery, but they're not alone.
Genre: Horror
13 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
13 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Rise of the Plutoniansby Jason K. Allen
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
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Big Digby Jason K. Allen
Pete once heard that if you dig a hole far enough you will end up in China. So one day he takes a shovel and decides to find out for himself. Several months later he emerges in a strange land that is definitely not China. (Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Dark Comedy. Award-winning screenwriter and journalist; see IMDB for writer's credits.)
Genre: Sci-Fi
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Sci-Fi
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Vacuumby Barry Staff
Wanting sex again after an op leaves erectile dysfunction, a man needs a specialist nurse coming to his aid.
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Loved Stillby Denis Bushlatov
While racing to reach her mother's deathbed, a woman is haunted by the rotting ghosts of her past, only to discover that her husband's refusal to let go has trapped her in a waking, eternal nightmare.
Genre: Horror
22 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
22 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Buddiesby Delaina M. Waldron
An insecure Rose finds an unexpected friendship with a short-winged Bumblebee and unites against their bullying foes.
Genre: Animation
7 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Animation
7 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Don't Call Me Sirby Brandi Self
Two soldiers discuss love and freedom as they hide in the trenches from murderous, fire-shooting giants who have already claimed the lives of their comrades.
Genre: Fantasy
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Fantasy
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Roots of Evilby Jason K. Allen
Young Zack is terribly excited about his birthday party -- that is, until his clueless family brings out the disappointing birthday cake. (Horror/Dark Comedy. 1 location. Produced writer; see IMDB for writer's credits.)
Genre: Horror
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Find My Fiendsby Edward Chapman
When the party hostess isn't answering calls her friends assume she's been kidnapped and use a tracking app to locate her - with fatal consequences...
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
12 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
12 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Blade of Betrayalby Christine LARA
After the tragic death of his mother, Ken Deluisart moves to Japan, immersing himself in its culture and martial arts. When he returns to France for his father's funeral, he's plunged into a treacherous web of family deceit. Targeted for his inheritance, Ken must confront his cousin's betrayal and unearth the truth behind his father's death before it's too late.
Genre: Drama
20 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
20 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Lemon Aidby Daniel J. Broderick
Suburban parents learn the hard way that when life gives you lemons, you don't have to pay for them. When it doesn't, you have to buy them, the lemonade stand, a business permit, the credit card machine, and sell a ton of servings simply to break even.
Genre: Family
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Family
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Tide Flashby Steven Burton
A man has writer's block, a rip tide threatens his life, and then he discovers inspiration from a teen who shares a story.
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Advice Bitesby Conor William Powell
A late-night radio host takes a caller's cheating-girlfriend rant as entertainment until he claims she's locked in his car boot. Checking Find My Phone, Lexi realises the signal is in the station car park and "Dolly" is her wife. Live on air, the caller blames Lexi's past relationship advice for destroying his life and demands she feel the same loss. Lexi must keep him talking long enough to save Ronnie without hiding behind the jokes.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
16 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
16 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Oscarby Chris Fell
What appears to be a bank job, pulled by a mysterious couple, turns out to force a reckless politician into a life-changing and character-revealing decision.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
29 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
29 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
The Worst of Timesby Daniel J. Broderick
But I never really said, "Let them eat cake." Everything that's happening is not my fault. Too late. The revolution is here. You and your kind are doomed. Marie Antoinette or Melania Trump? You decide.
Genre: Comedy
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Voicemailby Dewayne
After losing his daughter, a withdrawn father survives by repeatedly calling her phone just to hear her voicemails. When an unheard message reveals her quiet faith and plea for him to keep living, he must confront his grief and his distance from God. The Voicemail I Can't Delete is an intimate, faith-based drama about loss, surrender, and the courage to step back into life without letting love disappear.
Genre: Drama
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Writing Wrongsby Richard Sloggett
Who does a person have to shoot to get their script shot?
Genre: Drama
17 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
17 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Classmatesby Emy Dust
When three estranged friends reunite for their 20-year class reunion, a harmless prank to steal the town's iconic statue spirals into a deadly game of deception, betrayal, and hidden agendas, forcing them to confront their darkest secrets as the night unravels their lives.
Genre: Action/Adventure
30 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Action/Adventure
30 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
You Get What You Deserveby Jane Tumminello
A self-centered young guy suffers the consequences when he cruelly breaks up with his girlfriend over the phone.
Genre: Horror
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Vortican Orderby S.C. Smith
Five years after a terrifying encounter with a mysterious figure, high school senior Ethan Thomas is drawn back into a supernatural nightmare when the shadowy entity reappears, threatening to unravel the fragile peace his family has found.
Genre: Horror
20 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
20 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Cage For Twoby Darryl N. Layne
After a desperate ex-con's botched robbery, he and his assumed lover are abducted by aliens who demand they become specie's in their galactic zoo-only to discover that his mate isn't who he expected, and a lifetime with her is now his fate.
Genre: Sci-Fi
26 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Sci-Fi
26 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Good Griefby Duane Kellogg
As pressure mounts to deliver a breakthrough script, a screenwriter working remotely with his wife (who's also his writing partner) begins to unravel, caught between ambition, loyalty, and a deepening divide caused by technology (ai) that threatens both his career and the partnership he's built his life around.
Genre: Drama
25 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
25 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Circle of Lifeby Iris Mangual
In her final moments aboard a New York subway, an elderly woman's memories weave with the lives of strangers, showing that the end of one journey is merely the beginning of anotherthe eternal circle of life.
Genre: Drama
17 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
17 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Anne's Forever Christmas Treeby Andrew Bowen, APR
Struck by a soft blue bolt of lightning that gives her mysterious powers, a fir tree that becomes a beloved Christmas tree teams up with the family's Irish Setter to work wonders in the house that leave the baffled family members joyously scratching their heads in gratitude. And when Christmas is over, the magic really happens!
Genre: Family
38 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Family
38 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Old Fashionedby Jose Villanueva
A mysterious woman with a hidden agenda seduces an unsuspecting bartender, luring him into a conversation where each revealed secret tightens the noose around their necks and turns flirtation into a ticking countdown to bloody murder.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
12 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
12 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
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