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A Very Different Thanksgivingby  Anthony Cawood
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On Thanksgiving night, a driver offers a ride to a blind stranger, but the holiday's spirit of hospitality unravels into an uncomfortable confrontation with buried prejudices and truths.

Genre: Drama
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Ragnar's Vikingsby  Robert Michael Benn
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Ragnar conquers Britain. Kiev and Sweden. Lagertha is his beautiful wife. His son lands at Vinland and discovers America.

Genre: Drama
7 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Jury Serviceby  Simon Parker
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When David is selected as a juror in the trial of a man accused of a murder he secretly committed, he must manipulate the jury to secure a guilty verdict.

Genre: Drama
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Kobaby  Robert Michael Benn
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Stalin was named Koba. He robbed banks, fought the White army & Trotsky, led a great country & liquidated the old Bolshevik.

Genre: Drama
5 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Marisby  Zelda Watkins
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A castaway desperate to leave an island falls under the enchantment of Maris, a sea siren with a tragic past.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Greatest Fight of All Timeby  Robert Michael Benn
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4-belt heavy weight champ Oleander Uysk fights Chuck Norris, the Rock and Bruce Lee in a wild fantasy 15-rounder.

Genre: Drama
4 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
The Adventures of Tom Wolfby  Pelham Mead III
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In the mid 1800's a man named Tom Wolf is committed to Bedlam Hospital for the Mentally Insane in London, England. He claims he is a wolf. The Doctors doubt him and torture him to admit he is not a wolf. In the end the real wolf in Tom comes out to surprise the Doctors.

Genre: Fantasy
27 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Roadsideby  Brian Wallace
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A couple's roadside rescue of a mysterious woman spirals into a nightmarish encounter with her vengeful, murderous boyfriend, revealing her own dark past.

Genre: Horror
16 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Fireflies or C.S.H.C.?by  Martin Richmond
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Avoiding certain incineration by the skin of his teeth, a young man basks on a desert isle, reflecting on his survival and the manic, apocalyptic balloon flight he shared with Alfred Hitchcock!

Genre: Sci-Fi
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Gloss Overby  Steven Blows
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A patient grandmother takes her hobby of writing product reviews to new extremes by watching paint dry, but her family wants her to stop her compulsion and deal with her grief.

Genre: Drama
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Cuddly Toyby  CARLOS ALEX CENI
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The life of a handicapped guy takes a dramatic turn when he looks out the window and spots a cuddly toy next to a wheelie bin.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Free Boxby  Charles Webb
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The most valuable thing at an estate sale could be free.

Genre: Drama
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Feed Geeseby  Steven Burton
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A young man jogs and feeds geese as a diversion while he decides to come out as gay to his girlfriend.

Genre: Gay/Lesbian
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Low-Maintenance Organismsby  Gerard Docherty
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Main character dies and finds himself discussing his life with God. A single scene, one location (with optional brief flashbacks to others) and only two actors. Primarily dialogue based. Short story available free; intentionally written for aspiring filmmakers; minimal set up, one location, two actors, easy to stage. 10-15 mins duration.

Genre: Drama
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Jasper + Mimi Foreverby  Jason K. Allen
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Two freakish outcasts -- a bearded woman and a man who has a carrot for a penis -- are madly in love and want to have a baby. (1 location, 2 actors. Award-winning screenwriter and journalist; see IMDB for writer's credits.)

Genre: Romantic Comedy
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Snowbound Secretsby  Christine LARA
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A man on the run after a desperate bank robbery finds himself trapped in a small isolated motel during a snowstorm. But he quickly discovers that the other motel guests also have secrets to hide, and they are all willing to do whatever it takes to keep them concealed.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Cold Moon Highby  Doug J Robbins
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The dead walk up to the house, zombies and ghosts.

Genre: Horror
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Stalingrad, Six Months in Hellby  Robert Michael Benn
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It's 1943 & the bloodiest battle in history occurs, Stalingrad. Blockbuster with $10 million special effects and cast budget.

Genre: Drama
7 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
The Big Treeby  Paolo Galli
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On a scorching summer afternoon, a homeless man finds shelter beneath a great tree and comfort in an old photograph. With a simple yet profound gesture writing poems in exchange for coins he sows beauty in the silence of the city. Years later, on his wedding day, a man discovers that a small note he received as a child shaped his destiny. A tale about the power of quiet gestures and invisible legacies.

Genre: Drama
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Comeuppanceby  Martin Train Bartlett
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After committing a heinous crime, a violent man is cursed to relive the horrific moment through the eyes of the victim. It's Source Code meets Stephen King.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Terror Martby  John Alexander Fraser
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A young woman lost in the wrong part of town seeks help at a 7/11 Mart and must overcome evil to plot a way to safety.

Genre: Horror
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Alone with Himselfby  Anastasiia Borisova
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What if an ordinary little kid is left alone without any support? Do you know what a little person experiences when he has to cope with difficulties alone? Perhaps each of us has experienced this, but do you remember how scary it was?

Genre: Horror
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
All that Glittersby  Vic Jones
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A broke dreamer hobbles through the streets in pursuit of gold, only to discover that the most opulent light enters from above.

Genre: Drama
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
What Day Is It?by  Bill Rutkoski
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A struggling actor wakes up each day to find the calendar reshuffledMondays vanish, Fridays repeat, and Saturdays won't let go. But when he witnesses the same murder three times in one looping Saturday, he must stop the crime before time skips away for good.

Genre: Other
33 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Blessedby  Warren Lane
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This blood-soaked satirical commercial pushes the new Christian spirit board, which not only boasts direct communication with God Almighty, but also spells out who must be sacrificed in order for its user to become blessed.

Genre: Horror
14 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
A Second Chanceby  John Porter
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A young man spends a passionate night with a young woman, then struggles to persuade her to give him a second chance.

Genre: Romance
14 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Bataanby  Robert Michael Benn
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3 characters battle on the Philippines during WW 2 & then meet again 20 years later in San Francisco. Two great battle scenes occur. A happy ending!

Genre: Drama
5 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
The Undertakerby  Dominic Uwem Lawrence
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When a group of friends ventures into the heart of darkness, they unleash a malevolent force that hunts them down, forcing one survivor to confront the evil head-on in a desperate bid to escape the Undertaker's gruesome realm.

Genre: Horror
16 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Overthrow of the Ayatollahby  Robert Michael Benn
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There is great plot to overthrow the Ayatollah. CIA and Mossad agents succeed, helped by a charismatic opposition leader, and 1 million Iranians storm the capital and oust the Ayatollah and begin a secular democratic republic.

Genre: Drama
6 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
The Giftby  Jason K. Allen
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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
Pool Boyby  Joseph Anthony Francis
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When an unemployed deaf man takes a job as a pool boy, he finds himself caught in a game of manipulation and seduction.

Genre: Drama
19 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Hearse from Beyondby  Jason K. Allen
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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 series. Award-winning screenwriter and journalist; see IMDB for writer's credits.)

Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Just No Beyondby  Roberta M Roy
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Environmentalist interior designer Alyssa May struggles with the looming question of plastic in her life, taking one small step despite recognizing there is no beyond.

Genre: Family
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Spookyby  Tony Jerris
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Terror ensues, when a guy hooks up with an online date who is already dead... Or is she?

Genre: Horror
8 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
S'moresby  Jason K. Allen
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Young Eric and Molly are having the time of their lives roasting marshmallows over the campfire. Their parents, not so much... (Horror/Comedy. One location, two actors.)

Genre: Horror
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Blue Horsesby  Paolo Galli
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Every year, a reclusive painter creates the same image: two blue horses. When a slick broker offers him a fortune to sell one, he refuseshiding a heartbreaking truth buried in canvas and ashes.

Genre: Drama
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Inkby  Simon Parker
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A ex-Nazi tries to hide then get rid of his swastika tattoo, easier said than done.

Genre: Drama
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Marais Noirby  Chris Chatzikirlis
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When a toxic stench rises from the swamps of Belle Rive, a remote Louisiana village descends into hallucination, madness, and violenceforcing the last remaining survivor to confront a nightmare that may not be hers alone, but the land's.

Genre: Horror
6 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The City: A Tragedy in Three Actsby  Larry Shannon
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The story of one boy's journey from innocence to experience.

Genre: Drama
43 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
DB Cooperby  Robert Michael Benn
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DB parachutes out of a jet and is never discovered or caught. This is the real story.

Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
 
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