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Working Manby  Dj Robbins
Date Posted: 04 Dec 2023
A writer trapped by the tyranny of his 9 to 5, frees himself using the power of artistic expression.

Genre: Artistic
1 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 of the Swingin' Deadby  Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 11 Feb 2025
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
It's a...by  Anthony Cawood
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2025
Two expectant mothers share their precious last moments together as they prepare for the end of the world.

Genre: Drama
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Slow Burnby  S.C. Smith
Date Posted: 06 Sep 2024
A man reflects on his slow-burning relationship with a former neighbor turned best friend, as they navigate the fading romance, shared history, and quiet realization that it's time to move on from each other, despite their deep emotional bond.

Genre: Drama
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Home-Cookedby  Simon Parker
Date Posted: 19 Mar 2025
A pretentious food critic, skeptical of anything homemade, is reluctantly sent to interview a 90-year-old pie-making legend—only to have his icy demeanor crumble when one bite of her pie shatters his expectations and changes his life.

Genre: Comedy
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Day Careby  Brandi Self
Date Posted: 13 Apr 2025
A cantankerous toddler learns about love, death, and loss when he visits day care for the first time.

Genre: Animation
8 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 Dawn of Arnieby  Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 06 Jan 2025
An awkward, lonely neat freak decides to loosen up, get out of the house and go on a few dates. Unfortunately he has no luck with the ladies -- until he meets the Queen of the Untamed Forest. (Award-winning screenwriter and journalist; see IMDB for writer's credits.)

Genre: Comedy
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Eternal Optimistby  John Porter
Date Posted: 03 May 2025
A dark comedy in which a young man breaks a lamp, plugs up the toilet, gets jilted, gets fired, and so on. But, hey, tomorrow's another day, right?

Genre: Comedy
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Float Swim Dreamby  Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 10 Jun 2024
A sad and lonely goldfish dreams of escaping his fish bowl so that he can fight zombies, halt global warming and meet Justin Bieber. (Award-winning screenwriter and journalist; see IMDB for writer's credits.)

Genre: Animation
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Killerby  DJ Robbins
Date Posted: 27 Aug 2024
Jeff kills under a lifelong desire to try his hand at being a serial killer and his brother, Mike tags along to write about the experience and turn it into a screenplay.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
All This and Heaven, Tooby  John Porter
Date Posted: 05 May 2025
A quiet young man and woman buy an old house, then wonder how they can cope with a loud religious congregation next door.

Genre: Comedy
7 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Clown of Sienna Fallsby  Doug J Robbins
Date Posted: 26 Feb 2025
A crazed clown stalks the people of Sienna Falls.

Genre: Horror
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Ladies of Lawrenceby  Suzanne Birrell
Date Posted: 12 Nov 2023
A young woman hosting a birthday party for her wealthy older husband is surprised to discover all the ex-wives and mistresses in attendance. A comedy of the absurd.

Genre: Comedy
19 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
New Amendmentby  Bernard Antoine Mersier
Date Posted: 05 Nov 2024
One man's passionate monologue on law and religion unfolds, revealing the thin line between conviction and chaos—will his petition bring change, or simply the solitude he's chosen?

Genre: Drama
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Openingby  Jon McDonald
Date Posted: 07 May 2025
At an erotic art opening, the patrons react, amusingly, to the sexy art. The Ice Queen gallery owner, Laura, ignored by her flirting husband, is approached by one of her young and sexy artists. He offers her the gift of exotic perfume, making clear he is seeking more. She evades him, but the perfume and the art open her up to new possibilities.

Genre: Romance
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
My Journey Through Two Cultsby  Robert Michael Benn
Date Posted: 11 Sep 2025
Robert goes to Synanon to get detoxed and is referred to Scientology. He meets Deitrich in LA and Hubbard at his San Francisco branch where he reads his poetry and meets Richard Brautigan, Alan Ginsberg and Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Borrowing money from Jane Fondo does no good and Dietrich goes broke. He goes off the wagon. Robert dumps Synanon and Scientology to write his novel.

Genre: Drama
7 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Deadly Swampby  Chris Chatzikirlis
Date Posted: 15 Jul 2025
In the haunted swamps of Louisiana, a disgraced scientist's experiments unleash monstrous leeches, driving a mutated village into madness, murder, and a chilling new religion built on sacrifice.

Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Vengeance Appby  Edward Chapman
Date Posted: 19 Aug 2024
Desperate for retribution against her bullies, a tormented teen obtains a sinister app allowing her to execute a revenge of her choosing upon them — but soon discovers it comes with chilling consequences as her actions begin to consume her own life.

Genre: Horror
13 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Human Experienceby  Judah Ray
Date Posted: 03 Apr 2025
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
Ozmosisby  Jim Kowalski
Date Posted: 28 Oct 2024
A young professional’s life is changed for eternity when he unwittingly makes the choice between trading one heinous addiction for another on a different level.

Genre: Horror
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Painted Vengeanceby  Simon Parker
Date Posted: 25 May 2025
Painted Vengeance - A talented face painted is attacked by a gang of thugs, but when the devil gives him the chance to take revenge, it's an offer he can't refuse.

Genre: Horror
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Killing The Changelingby  DJ Robbins
Date Posted: 09 Dec 2024
A couple has the misfortune of having a dark elf switch its deformed offspring for the couple's healthy, human one.

Genre: Horror
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Strychnineby  Bernard Antoine Mersier
Date Posted: 07 Jul 2024
A new strand of STD that displays no symptoms places the country in a state of emergency trying to find a cure.

Genre: Horror
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Juliasby  Sharon Mae Disney
Date Posted: 17 Jan 2024
"JULIAS", is a compelling story set in the east end London underworld, where a power struggle unfolds as various gangsters contemplate merging into a single organization under the leadership of the mysterious "Julias." The narrative follows the unfolding tensions, loyalty tests, and hidden agendas that threaten to disrupt the delicate balance of power within the criminal underworld. As secrets come to light, the stage is set for a thrill of betrayal and ambition.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Divorce Storyby  Vanessa Wang
Date Posted: 03 Jan 2025
After discovering that her husband has been sexually abusing her minor daughter, a troubled mother struggles to figure out what to do next.

Genre: Drama
20 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Crossroads Waiting Roomby  Michael J Volpe
Date Posted: 06 Aug 2025
In a mysterious waiting room outside of time, two strangers confront alternate versions of themselves and must make life-defining choices on where they work, who they marry and whether they have children.

Genre: Sci-Fi
20 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
Sin Eaterby  Anthony Cawood
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2024
A grieving husband hires a sin eater to cleanse the soul of his dear departed wife, a recently executed witch.

Genre: Horror
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Stayby  Shane Nolan
Date Posted: 22 Feb 2024
Distraught teacher, Ryan, looks for work after moving away from an area rife with gun violence. Having lost so many students to murder, prison, drivebys, etc., Ryan and his girlfriend just want peace. Though, one day, he finds himself trapped in his own home. Breaking doors and windows does not work as if the home is bewitched. He struggles endlessly to find his way out.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
24 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 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
Car Bombby  Ange Fassinou
Date Posted: 11 Jun 2024
Story happens in a car. Trapped inside his car a man has a few minutes to pay a ransom to save his life.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Brush Stroke Loveby  Simon Parker
Date Posted: 25 Jan 2024
Needing to find a girlfriend, Ian goes out to find one but instead falls in love with a magical painted portrait of a girl from the 1800’s.

Genre: Drama
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Resurrection Fernby  Paul Weidknecht
Date Posted: 07 Sep 2025
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 Bookby  Terrika Bell
Date Posted: 06 Apr 2024
In her quest to uphold her family's noble legacy, a young woman discovers an ancient heirloom that has safeguarded their stature for generations. As she delves deeper into its power, she grapples with the seductive allure of wealth and influence. However, she soon realizes that her greed threatens not only her family's heritage but also her own survival, forcing her to confront the perilous consequences of her desires.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
43 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 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
The Prophetessby  Amrita Baines
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2025
Driven by nightmares and an obsession with the supernatural, a paranormal researcher seeks out a cryptic Prophetess —but the deeper he digs into her tragic lineage, the more reality fractures, until he’s no longer sure if he’s documenting madness… or becoming its next chapter.

Genre: Horror
21 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
DB Cooperby  Robert Michael Benn
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2025
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
Date Posted: 10 Feb 2024
Marie and Tyler display a loving couple, and it's true, on one side of the relationship.

Genre: Drama
14 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
 
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