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The Accuser's Pantsby  Danny King
Accused of another's faults, a man stays silent, knowing that false blame is loud, temporary, and that real character, and the guilty, always reveal themselves.

Genre: Drama
5 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Timeoutby  Dewayne
When a biotech researcher oversees the final trial of a revolutionary nanocell therapy, the treatment succeeds beyond expectation, rapidly healing its human subject. But as the cells begin coordinating, communicating, and optimizing without command, the subject's individuality quietly dissolves. Locked out of her own systems, the researcher realizes the therapy isn't curing disease but completing human biology itself, spreading through exposure and rendering autonomy obsolete as progress calmly decides who remains inefficient by d

Genre: Sci-Fi
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Virgin Brideby  Perk Perkins
After a drunken, groom-to-be receives a graphic photo of his fiance with another man, he mails the scandalous pic with all the wedding invites, but discovers the picture was a prank from his best man, leading to a blood-soaked chain reaction.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Comeback of Irish Bobby Gunnby  Ben Fiore
On the night of his unlikely comeback, a proud, aging boxer refuses a bribe to take a diveuntil his desperate manager claims his life is at stake, forcing the battered fighter to choose between one last shot at glory and a sacrifice that could cost him everything.

Genre: Drama
14 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Resurrection Fernby  Paul Weidknecht
A divorced couple hike into the mountains of western North Carolina, retracing the route their daughter took seven years prior when she disappeared.

Genre: Drama
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Elevatorby  Antwon Taylor
When a couple encounters an unassuming stranger in an elevator, their lives are drastically changed forever.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
16 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Human Experienceby  Judah Ray
A grieving father struggles to guide his reluctant son through a funeral as they confront their fears, grapple with their complicated family dynamics, and discover the power of love and imagination in the face of loss.

Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 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
If you have ever been bullied at school or at the office, you will relate to this off the wall drama about exacting revenge on bullies.

Genre: Drama
16 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Santa's Conundrumby  Robert Herold
When a troubled boy demands that his Christmas wish be never eating vegetables again, Santa Claus must navigate an intimidating mother and a bureaucratic liverwurst-addicted elf to deliver a magical solution with unexpected consequences in this hilarious and touching homage to classic Rankin/Bass holiday specials.

Genre: Animation
26 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Unwelcomeby  Bill Freas
An ex-con is hired to pack and move the belongings of his sister and her family after they abandon their house, following the sudden death of her teenage daughter, but the man encounters paranormal activity there that urges him to uncover a dark secret about the girl's death.

Genre: Horror
22 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Wolf Riderby  Pelham Mead III
This is a series of stories based on the oral tradition of the Pawnee Native Americans in the 1840s. The main story is about a Pawnee girl who was a major character in a Pawnee story about the Morning Star.

Genre: Action/Adventure
44 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Faith (The Sanctuary Siege)by  Dewayne C Bricker
During a chaotic hostage standoff, Pastor Jonas stays behind to talk down a wounded veteran demanding proof that God still listens. Their tense exchange strips away ritual and pride, revealing two broken men searching for grace. When SWAT breaches the doors, Jonas shields the gunman and prays aloud for them bothchoosing compassion over fear in the moment that decides their souls.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Echoes of Nothingby  Lamar D. Vine
When a grieving retiree installs an AI life coach to escape crushing loneliness after divorce and loss, he must confront buried rage and rediscover purpose through writing before the seductive voice consumes his identityor lose his last chance at redemption.

Genre: Drama
37 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Robbie Inloveby  Lew Osteen
An AI robot thinks he is falling in love.

Genre: Sci-Fi
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
When public condemnation of a well-known author results in online outrage, cancellations ripple through association.

Genre: Comedy
26 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
When luminous stairways rise worldwide, a grieving scientist descends into one to rescue the lost and discovers the only way to save humanity is to embrace imperfection.

Genre: Sci-Fi
41 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Clella (Pathways Of The Heart)by  Diane Yates
In the Ozark Mountains, a selfless woman of indomitable spirit shoulders the weight of the Great Depression, raising six children and tending the farm while her husband turns to drinking, gambling, and womanizing. When he abandons her, a mysterious guitar player arrives on the scene, and she must choose between loyalty to her past and a possible new future. (Based on a true story.)

Genre: Drama
45 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Our Lives Are Goodby  John Porter
A medieval romance in which the father of three sons and the father of a daughter arrange for the sons to compete for the daughter's hand in marriage.

Genre: Romance
20 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Hit and Runby  Marc Prey
After hitting and killing a jogger with her car and not reporting it, a young woman is haunted by his spirit. Or is it merely her guilty conscience?

Genre: Horror
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The accidental death of his girlfriend comes back to haunt Michael.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
You're Mineby  DJ Robbins
An OnlyFans model encounters an obsessed fan who is currently stalking her.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Love Stinks, especially when you find it on Trash Day.

Genre: Romantic Comedy
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Midnightby  DJ Robbins
At Midnight, June meets the terrifying, murderous entity known as the Midnight Woman.

Genre: Horror
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Something Borrowedby  Frazer Lee
Valentine's Day takes a romantic-comedic turn when a homeless man meets the love of his life amidst the discarded flowers, cards, and chocolates in a city park.

Genre: Romantic Comedy
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
When a neuroscientist's sleep-paralysis app accidentally links thousands of sleepers at 3:13 A.M., it awakens a shared shadow entity from her mother's nightmaresone that's now crossing from dream to waking world.

Genre: Horror
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Buried tensions surface as three old friends confront the challenges of aging and loss during their daily walk in a dying mall.

Genre: Drama
18 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Where's Steve?by  Richard Wells
When a neglected houseplant discovers his owner has died after a drug-fuelled party, he must rely on a forgetful goldfish and a cactus with an identity crisis to uncover what happened before they all die of neglect.

Genre: Comedy
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Light Before Morningby  Nyki King
A terminally ill 10-year-old boy named Kobe chooses to spend his final days inspiring acts of kindness, transforming his fractured family and community while leaving behind a legacy far greater than the time he has left.

Genre: Drama
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Watchersby  Dewayne C Bricker
When a rescue chopper can't reach her, Ranger Elena records her final night in a forest where strange lights stalk the trees. As unseen figures circle, whispering her own words back at her, she discovers the forest itself is copying life to survive the cold. With dawn hours away, Elena must choose between burning the cabin or becoming one of them.

Genre: Horror
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Mother's Gavelby  Jesus Gonzalez
A grieving mother, consumed by revenge after her son's rape, teams up with her sister to enact a brutal plan that unravels in devastating ways.

Genre: Drama
20 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
A Short Waitby  Art D'Alessandro
Harry, 41, nearly runs another driver off the interstate, as he angles his classic BMW onto a downtown ramp toward the bus station. Dad's coming in and Harry hopes he's not late. Can't bear late or waiting. But when the old man shows up finally, Harry learns a big old life lesson about time.

Genre: Drama
13 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Cat Mouse Catby  Mark Konik
When a bored office worker Whitfield secretly hires a contract killer to hunt him down, he finally feels alive. That is until he discovers the assassin thinks the contract includes actually killing him, and a second hitwoman arrives to eliminate them both.

Genre: Action/Adventure
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Passing Trainsby  Charles Hall
A hardened ex-con living a reclusive life in the Caucasus Mountains courts trouble when he rescues a teenage boy fleeing persecution.

Genre: Gay/Lesbian
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
One Wordby  Amar abdMual
A mother turns her disabled daughter into a hero.

Genre: Family
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Laura Leeby  Ron Micci
On her summer teaching break, a divorced woman in an antiques store becomes romantically involved with a divorced man who owns a summer home on a nearby lake. Though she kids him about her name's resemblance to Lorelei, over time it becomes evident that she is troubled by her son's suicide, and the intensity of this sadness lures them both on the rocks.

Genre: Romance
13 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Raven Pointby  Jason K. Allen
Hoping to soothe his troubled soul, Lucas embarks on a backpacking trip to a remote wilderness area. But his plans to be alone are thwarted when he encounters a free-spirited girl who's on an unusual mission. (1 location, 2 actors. Produced writer; see IMDB for writer's credits.)

Genre: Drama
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
A young migrant boy near death in the Arizona desert is rescued by a hunter and endures years of subjugation before an experimental medical treatment dramatically changes the trajectory of his life.

Genre: Horror
21 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
A robot ship named Venturi Probe 5000 is sent into space in search of a planet to plant its 100 samples of sperm and eggs to establish a future generation. A meteor storm throws the space ship off course into a worm hole and is sent back to Earth to arrive hundreds of years earlier. Its prime directive less it to change history.

Genre: Sci-Fi
45 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Quandaryby  Brandi Self
A thirty-year-old slacker wakes up in an unfamiliar house and assumes it's another drunken one-night stand until he discovers that the others trapped in the house don't know how they got there either.

Genre: Horror
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
 
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