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Fulfillmentby  Maurice Lewis
Date Posted: 30 Dec 2023
After hearing a voice telling her to return home from a convent, a young lady is gifted an ancient crucifix with supernatural powers by a local gravedigger and becomes compelled to return it to its rightful owner.

Genre: Fantasy
44 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Self Preservationby  Bernard Antoine Mersier
Date Posted: 21 Mar 2024
Confined in a meat factory, Audrin has to decide what’s more important between his life and the lives of his family because of what he did.

Genre: Horror
20 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Malathor’s Wellby  Erik Shein
Date Posted: 20 Nov 2024
In the quiet town of Willow Creek, eight-year-old Emily Porter discovers an ancient, cursed well hidden deep in the woods. When her innocent wish for happiness unleashes a malevolent force, her family must confront the horrifying price of their dreams—or risk being consumed by the darkness forever.

Genre: Horror
20 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Thesisby  Linda Gould
Date Posted: 04 Jun 2024
Imogene, a senior English major at Glendary College, is late deciding on a topic for her honors thesis. She proposes to her skeptical academic advisor an innovative subject ... but it will require her to go on a road trip in search of a volatile rock band.

Genre: Romantic Comedy
8 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Blue Blackby  Melissa Diane Hudson
Date Posted: 04 Jan 2024
From riches to rags, a very attractive African American city girl, has always been admired for her melanin-rich complexion and her towering, sculpted figure, but when she moved down south to accept a once-in-a-lifetime modeling gig, it was short-lived due to her "blue-black" skin tone until she met a retired photographer who helped boost her self-esteem and confidence that shaped her career.

Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Make Haste Slowlyby  John Porter
Date Posted: 05 May 2025
Doc Holliday shares some wisdom with the outlaw Dave Rudabaugh--then meets Wyatt Earp.

Genre: Western
7 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Pizza Killerby  Ange Fassinou
Date Posted: 15 Jun 2024
A pizza delivery that leads to a massacre.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Peeperby  Delaina M. Waldron
Date Posted: 20 Mar 2025
A Peeping Tom witnesses a woman's murder and it is up to him to decide on whether he will save the new occupant or just watch.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
18 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Night Outby  Victor Titimas
Date Posted: 11 Feb 2024
A secret agent and his date team up to bring down a group of spies posing as restaurant workers.

Genre: Action/Adventure
6 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Sunday Morning, 11 O'Clockby  Ree Howell
Date Posted: 15 Mar 2024
In 1964, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. came to Memphis to march with striking Sanitation Workers. The night before he was murdered, a young white girl marched in support of his coming and watched her only Black friend die at the hands of white protestors. When her friend's funeral was held, over a hundred white students, including those who had previously shunned her Black friend, attended.

Genre: Drama
25 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Fun Sizeby  Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 05 Nov 2024
A young trick-or-treater is angry after receiving a "fun size" candy bar. (Comedy/horror. 1 location, 2 actors.)

Genre: Comedy
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Dreamby  Nancy Lydia Kimmel
Date Posted: 07 Jan 2025
Mark has been having dreams that are coming true. His psychiatrist may or may not be a killer. He starts to hear a voice which turns out to be his future self who is trying to warn him of impending danger.

Genre: Comedy
22 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Fall and Rise of Luciferby  Delaina M. Waldron
Date Posted: 20 Mar 2025
The story of Lucifer the first angel created by God; Lucifer’s fall from the heavens and his reason for his rise to becoming the Devil.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
14 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
The Three Lines of Zailaby  Andrew Bowen
Date Posted: 12 Mar 2024
After they rescue and adopt a lost female wolf pup, the matriarch of a farm family of German Shepherds tells her brood the mystical story of how one line of ancient wolves remained wolves and another became dogs, setting off a series of surprise events that change canine history.

Genre: Animation
37 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Other Sideby  Marguerite Carmene Vil
Date Posted: 30 Nov 2024
After a late-night shift, Vee spots her friend Alex entering a mysterious glowing door in a dim alley. Unable to resist her curiosity, Vee steps through and is transported into a surreal digital realm where the dark web manifests in real life.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
From the Flamesby  Alistair Bryson
Date Posted: 25 Apr 2025
A widowed artist moves into a new house in an effort to bury the memories of a Bohemian lifestyle and a toxic marriage, but is forced to revisit his past in bizarre circumstances when he uncovers an ancient fire-pit from which deceased figures appear to him through the flames.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Shelpek Pizzaby  Carlos Galinho Pires
Date Posted: 20 Feb 2025
Compelled to leave Kazakhstan due to political reasons, an idealistic migrant must overcome the challenges of integration and the distractions of an unexpected love while seeking justice and a new home.

Genre: Romantic Comedy
19 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Omar and Jimmyby  Phil Naiman
Date Posted: 27 Jan 2025
A dominant house cat tries to prevent the family’s new rescue puppy from being returned to the shelter and its dire consequences.

Genre: Animation
19 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Mighty Sycamoreby  Jamie Robinson
Date Posted: 30 Apr 2024
When a determined girl discovers a mystical tree whose carvings foretell the future, she challenges her family's strict values, sparking a clash with the enigmatic.

Genre: Sci-Fi
30 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Elevatorby  John F Daly
Date Posted: 16 Jun 2024
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
No Take Backsby  William Walkerley
Date Posted: 02 Aug 2024
In the near future, where euthanasia is legal and the elderly burden the healthcare system, seniors are offered cash incentives to end their lives. When one senior accepts the money but has a sudden change of heart, he discovers that backing out is not an option.

Genre: Family
16 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Cozenageby  Melissa Diane Hudson
Date Posted: 01 Apr 2024
A hopeful screenwriter resorts to deception to partner with a junk dealer to write the next big movie but faces consequences when the dealer outsmarts her.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Black Queen: Birth Of A Queen Warriorby  Ange Fassinou
Date Posted: 11 Jun 2024
In a land of witches and beasts, a young woman, kidnapped for an Amazon Army, battles to get back to her tribe and lead her warrior sisters to the truth.

Genre: Fantasy
45 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Dennisby  Doug J Robbins
Date Posted: 15 Dec 2024
A living doll babysits a baby and protects it during a burglary.

Genre: Artistic
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Fun with Wordsby  Bernard Antoine Mersier
Date Posted: 20 Feb 2024
Six tales told by a man sitting in the shadows explain how people use words in the wrong context.

Genre: Drama
26 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
What's Your Emergencyby  Anthony Cawood
Date Posted: 27 Dec 2024
A mobster wakes up buried in a coffin, and that's the least of his problems.

Genre: Horror
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Mirabelby  Gregory Gibson
Date Posted: 22 Jul 2024
Her psyche tainted as a child, a young woman plays out her singular form of vengeance with the help of a unique weapon.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Tequila Slammerby  Ray Smith
Date Posted: 04 Jan 2025
When a betrayed husband wakes up from a tequila-fueled car crash with no memory of who he is, he must unravel his identity while evading vengeful gangsters, Russian mobsters, and a relentless hitman—or else become collateral damage in a twisted web of stolen cash and deadly secrets.

Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
The Judge Retiresby  Jonathan Fear
Date Posted: 02 Dec 2024
Nearing retirement, a disgruntled high court judge plans an unconventional farewell while presiding over his final case, providing the court usher doesn't steal his biscuits first.

Genre: Comedy
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Jury Serviceby  Simon Parker
Date Posted: 22 Mar 2025
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
Chimeraby  Ramin Nematollahi
Date Posted: 23 Mar 2024
A man suffering from hallucinations cannot decipher what is real and what is imaginary.

Genre: Horror
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
A Beseiged Worldby  Walter Wessels
Date Posted: 15 Feb 2024
When two friends embark in different careers, chaos strikes at the heart of these men, the first losing his partnership in a company he started in a country plagued by strikes, arson and terror. The second loses his wife in a farm attack and both need to find purpose and meaning to life.

Genre: Drama
45 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Vortican Orderby  S.C. Smith
Date Posted: 23 Jun 2024
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
The Antagonistby  Brandi Self
Date Posted: 13 Apr 2025
An offbeat writer is put on trial for the murders of the characters in his new novel.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
12 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
The Dinner Partyby  Ron Greene
Date Posted: 28 Feb 2024
Career driven attorney, Nathan O'Neil and his wife are invited to a dinner party hosted by the law firm's founder, which can only mean, being made a partner. To test how badly Nathan wants the partnership, he and his wife must play a simple after dinner game. If they win, he's awarded the partnership. If they lose, no partnership, no more living.

Genre: Horror
27 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Prioritiesby  John Porter
Date Posted: 02 May 2025
A young radio talk show host must choose between solving the problems of the world and attending his son's grammar school play.

Genre: Comedy
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Torch Of Horror; The Muse In The Moonlightby  James Massaro
Date Posted: 26 Mar 2025
The devil within is in the house of mirrors....

Genre: Horror
20 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Plaidby  Brandi Self
Date Posted: 13 Apr 2025
A man dressed in a horrible plaid outfit begins to bond with a flashy woman at a party after being ignored by the rest of the guests.

Genre: Fantasy
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
There's Something Behind Door #1by  Andrew Tarquinio
Date Posted: 22 Jul 2024
A young man helps his parents clear the squalid apartment of his recently deceased Aunt, finding more than filth waiting for him in the hoarder’s heaps.

Genre: Horror
16 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
This Dedicated Physicianby  Michael Volpe
Date Posted: 22 Feb 2025
After overcoming a painful miscarriage and divorce from her unfaithful lawyer wife, Neonatal Doctor Lee Lopez fights an uphill battle to stop her inner-city hospital from being closed by a greedy Board of Directors headed by her ex-wife’s lover.

Genre: Drama
44 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
 
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