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Leaving Nowhereby  Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 05 Jun 2024
Excited by life's possibilities, a young baseball named Johnny is batted into the woods and never found. He awakens in a strange land called Nowhere, where all lost and forgotten items end up. But he vows to escape and prove that he and his forgotten friends have plenty of life left in them.

Genre: Animation
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Sundays with Ethelby  Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 05 Nov 2024
An elderly man and woman cross paths while visiting the graves of their departed spouses. Sparks don't exactly fly, but sometimes a simple connection is enough. (1 location, 2 actors. Award-winning screenwriter and journalist; see IMDB for writer's credits.)

Genre: Drama
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Happy Endingsby  Ron Micci
Date Posted: 18 Nov 2023
Two old-timers in the Midwest are in arrears on their mortgage payments, and the bank is leaning on them. Then, miraculously, Mr. Lodestone (an emissary of Satan) appears at their door with an offer too good to be true.

Genre: Family
12 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Decompositionby  Bernard Antoine Mersier
Date Posted: 12 Mar 2024
Cameron is a cutter on the verge of homicide, accepting his girlfriend will continuously cheat on him.

Genre: Horror
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Truth or Denialby  Dilece Connor
Date Posted: 16 Oct 2024
A twin has hallucinations of her deceased twin who died in a car accident they were both in. She denies her loss and struggles to overcome her grief and accept the truth.

Genre: Drama
18 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Forest Whispersby  Steven Blows
Date Posted: 02 Jul 2024
A Granddaughter aids their Grandfather in listening to the hearts of trees in the hope of finding the final message from his passed wife, her Grandmother.

Genre: Fantasy
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Not the Brightest Guy in the Worldby  John Porter
Date Posted: 05 May 2025
A hard-working, middled-aged plumber admits that he's not the brightest guy in the world, then struggles to understand why his middle-aged lady is happy one minute, sad the next, and mad the next

Genre: Romantic Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
I Will Wait For Youby  Kevin Silva
Date Posted: 20 Mar 2025
A legendary lawman separates from the attractive fugitive he's fallen for and attempts to cover up her connection to a mysterious heist.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
23 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Halfby  Simon Parker
Date Posted: 04 Jun 2025
David has nothing, Kelsey borrows him some money. David buys a lottery ticket. It wins. Now Kelsey comes looking for his money. Two brothers now face each other in a battle of life and death.

Genre: Drama
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Shark Underneathby  Ange Fassinou
Date Posted: 11 Jun 2024
Limited location. Horror/thriller. A group of outlaws, who recently robbed and killed a lawyer and his wife, become the preys of a smart and dangerous shark living underneath the house they chose as hideout.

Genre: Horror
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
What Is In Front Of Youby  Adrian Milnes
Date Posted: 21 May 2024
Two gangsters have a decision to make when they are ordered to guard a wounded boss who has a bounty on his head.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Golden Scepterby  Bobby Banuelos
Date Posted: 24 Oct 2024
With the help of his cynical talking cat, a young man must embark on an adventure to retrieve a valuable family heirloom before the evil force that possesses it destroys the world.

Genre: Animation
21 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Fur Realby  Simon Parker
Date Posted: 06 Mar 2024
In a quaint suburban house, secrets are buried beneath wagging tails and chewed-up slippers. “Fur Real” is a heartwarming comedy-drama that explores love, identity, and the lengths we’ll go to find companionship—even if it means donning a furry suit

Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Big Digby  Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 14 Jun 2024
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
The Old manby  Suzanne Birrell
Date Posted: 12 Nov 2023
After two college students stumble into a sheriff's station and beg to be locked after a crime spree, a young idealistic deputy takes it upon herself to meet the source of their sudden conversion and comes face to face with the source of unimaginable guilt.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
18 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Condomby  Bernard Antoine Mersier
Date Posted: 12 Apr 2024
 Not asking to be in this world, baby Dante explains the difference between the love from his mother and father, when things could have easily been prevented.

Genre: Drama
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Pumpkin Faceby  Doug J Robbins
Date Posted: 10 Jan 2025
A killer stalks his family after being let off on a technicality.

Genre: Horror
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Echoby  Amrita Baines
Date Posted: 05 Apr 2025
A lone hiker documenting her journey through a remote wilderness begins hearing an eerie echo leading her to a terrifying discovery about what’s following her. At first, the echoes of her voice bouncing off the cliffs seem natural—until they start repeating words she never said. As paranoia sets in, her recordings reveal an unsettling truth: something in the wilderness is listening… and answering back.

Genre: Horror
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Attachmentby  Susan Adair Harris
Date Posted: 27 Mar 2024
Encountering the savvy young soul of a boy called Tiny brightens the space between life and death for a car crash victim until the parasitic spirit of a dead man marks her for possession.

Genre: Sci-Fi
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Full Exposureby  Steven Burton
Date Posted: 17 Nov 2023
A female artist asks a male photographer to pose nude for her project, which triggers other uptight challenges before he decides to pose.

Genre: Comedy
14 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Phoenix Dreamsby  Patricia Bruce
Date Posted: 19 Sep 2024
A gritty drama unfolds when betrayal and murder upend a beautiful, deranged woman.

Genre: Fantasy
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Imaginary Friendby  Simon Parker
Date Posted: 03 Nov 2023
A friendly ghost that likes to take on the role of ‘imaginary friend’ enters into random homes looking for lonely children to befriend, but inside this latest house he finds a beaten up housewife in desperate need of friendship.

Genre: Drama
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Rise of Tony Rainesby  Doug J Robbins
Date Posted: 04 Jul 2024
An escaped convict confronts a guy he plans on murdering and stealing his Halloween costume.

Genre: Horror
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Son Of The Lightning: The Nikola Tesla Storyby  Ange Fassinou
Date Posted: 14 Nov 2023
The extraordinary story of Nikola Tesla, the man with many inventions, passionate by electricity.

Genre: Drama
45 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
A Classic Western Love Storyby  John Porter
Date Posted: 05 May 2025
A western comedy in which two young men compete for the favor of a lovely young woman.

Genre: Western
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Dr. Coup De Graceby  Sherrie Presson
Date Posted: 16 Apr 2024
A disgruntled husband tricks a mercy killer into killing his wife, who is recovering from plastic surgery. Produced screenwriter: https://m.imdb.com/title/tt4977524/?ref_=nm_flmg_t_1_wr

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Worst Dayby  Julie Whalley
Date Posted: 09 May 2024
A troubled teen, haunted by a harsh argument with her recently divorced mother, speeds off into the night, only to crash into a tree. As she clings to consciousness, an empathetic off-duty firefighter keeps her awake with a story of his own tragedy until help arrives. But when she recovers and seeks him out to express her gratitude, she discovers a shocking truth about the identity of her mysterious savior.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Perspectivesby  Anthony Cawood
Date Posted: 15 Dec 2024
Two lovers plot a violent act of revenge to escape their abuser, but their shared trauma complicates their path to freedom.

Genre: Drama
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Tripby  Simon Parker
Date Posted: 07 Feb 2024
ONE LOCATION: About to turn thirty, George wants to try something wild and different. So convincing his friends to try acid with him for the first time they hire Cameron, an old school hippie, but the acid trip he's got planned is one no one is going to return from.

Genre: Drama
20 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Dennis 2.0by  Peter Donald Skagen
Date Posted: 28 Jun 2025
In his garage, a retired robotics engineer builds a conscious robot he calls Dennis, then has to fight to save both their lives when a lovely enforcer from an 'agency' arrives to erase them.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Phantom Wifeby  Melissa Diane Hudson
Date Posted: 03 Jan 2024
An army Veteran suffering from PTSD suspects his wife is poisoning him. When in fact, he has no wife.

Genre: Drama
6 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Mary Go Roundby  David-Matthew Barnes
Date Posted: 10 Apr 2024
At a remote wedding, two people meet a seductive stranger unaware that he's really a messenger of death.

Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Dark Snowby  Ron Micci
Date Posted: 29 Jul 2024
A sexually repressed woman in her 30s overcomes her inhibitions when she meets a man at an office Christmas party, then races north to her maiden aunt's cabin in the woods to share the joyous news, only to encounter bitterness and jealousy and a poignant parting of the ways.

Genre: Drama
16 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Cursed Mirrorby  Kline Fishborn
Date Posted: 08 Jul 2024
Georgia invites her friends to her grandmother's old house by the lake for the weekend. While vacationing in this house, they find an old mirror in the basement, but the next day, Amanda who is Georgia's friend, starts cutting her body in front of the mirror that they found the day before.

Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
2-Hour Delayby  Frank Vespe
Date Posted: 23 Jan 2024
A school bus driver's trip turns from mundane to miraculous when he picks up a new student during a snow-induced 2-Hour Delay.

Genre: Fantasy
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Pursuit of Happiness a Constitutional Rightby  Fausto Politi
Date Posted: 14 May 2024
In 2221 happiness is a primary asset granted by a Constitutional Right. A man gets the permission to kill his wife being in the dark that his wife had the same permission.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Fly Squattingby  Steven Blows
Date Posted: 02 Jul 2024
A mother grieving for the loss of her daughter takes her anger out on a pesky fly that won’t leave her alone.

Genre: Animation
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Conceitedby  Bernard Antoine Mersier
Date Posted: 21 Jan 2024
No one can ruin Maryi’s wedding day but her husband, who has a shocking revelation to reveal.

Genre: Drama
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Troubadour's Last Noteby  Michael Volpe
Date Posted: 13 May 2025
After the death of his beloved cat, a wandering musician reconnects with the woman he once loved and lost—proving that sometimes, it takes heartbreak to reconnect with love.

Genre: Romance
20 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Circle of Trustby  Jim Kowalski
Date Posted: 24 Oct 2024
An ex-military man must battle himself in a circle of his own demons.

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