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Hierarchyby  Charles Hall
An off-campus meeting between a senior professor and an enigmatic student turns hostile when a chilling assertion is made.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
A Subject Strictly Off-Limitsby  Elliot Stanton
An argument about the TV show Strictly Come Dancing threatens a couple's marriage until they agree never to discuss the show again. However, the ceasefire only lasts until the discussion of what takeaway to order begins.

Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Home Truthsby  Richard Sloggett
A drunk man on his way home from work, stops to help a homeless person. Or is it the other way round?

Genre: Drama
14 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Lamentby  Sarah Kennedy
A guitarist becomes an anomaly in a bleak and inhospitable future world where music is conjured and customized in the mind. Single location from an award-winning screenwriter.

Genre: Sci-Fi
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Have a Hella Christmasby  Lawrence Riggins
Lucifer crashes the announcer's booth at a Christmas Parade insisting that HIS float from the Netherworld partake in the festivities -- and win a trophy, or else...! Irreverent, wacky, obscene. Three performers.

Genre: Comedy
18 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
They All Want The King Deadby  NG
Haunted by treachery on all sides, a newly crowned king battles shadowy plots designed to murder him and plunge the kingdom into chaos.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Mistletoeby  Harker Jones
When a woman joins her fianc for a wake, the family's dangerous secrets start bubbling to the surface.

Genre: Horror
17 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Root Causeby  Iris Mangual
After discovering a mysterious glowing pod beneath the Atlantic Ocean, a young scientist becomes Earth's last hope when ancient celestial forces awaken to destroy the planet.

Genre: Sci-Fi
14 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Luck Be a Ladyby  Elliot Stanton
The gambling bug bites, and the infection spreads. A naïve young Englishman bites off more than he can chew when he attempts to double-cross a brash Texan at a Vegas roulette table.

Genre: Drama
25 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
A street thief with a stolen wand accidentally opens a portal into a mirror world and faces her own twisted reflection for control of her destiny.

Genre: Fantasy
45 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
For Gold's Sakeby  Tina Field Howe
An estranged daughter confronts her dying father to learn where he hid a fortune in gold doubloons.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Cycleby  Ayisha Henry
When a homebody decides to enjoy a fun night out, she must defeat an evil, biological nemesis who does everything to ruin her plans.

Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
It's Now or Neverby  Elliot Stanton
In a world where Elvis lives, a suburban man's golden ticket to see The King goes missing down the back of the bath sparking a hilarious battle between nostalgia, plumbing, and domestic survival.

Genre: Comedy
19 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
A young black priest takes a life-changing opportunity at a convent dating back to the birth of New Orleans and discovers secrets that shake his sanity as much as his faith. -- WINNER Best Short Screenplay

Genre: Horror
28 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Still Waterby  John Waring
A traumatized veteran retreats to a remote lakeside cabin with the woman he loves, but as his combat past resurfaces, the line between memory and reality begins to collapse.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
When a rogue bear terrorizes the Alaskan Wilderness, a stranded doctor and his Yupik friend and their twin loyal huskies must survive the night where man and predator share the same hunger.

Genre: Action/Adventure
45 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Very Truely Yoursby  John Porter
A dark comedy about a man who receives a letter from an old girlfriend who reminds him of a promise he made years and years ago.

Genre: Comedy
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Ol' Mean Joeby  John W Welch
A legend surrounding mean children being taken on Halloween claims the one that got away years earlier.

Genre: Drama
11 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
The Bridgeby  James Peacock
Two Nashville 15 year olds, best friends before, but now estranged because of economic and motivational differences, are forced to write a song together for an assignment, all taking place in the high school band room over the course of 90 minutes. The music they write builds a temporary bridge between them before they part in different direction. A coming-of-age statement of how we grow apart from childhood friends.

Genre: Musical
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
New Flamesby  Chelita Hagan
A meek young woman sets out to start a new after being thrown out.

Genre: Drama
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Prophetessby  Amrita Baines
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
Bernard's Ashesby  Mike Bevins
A young man faces the dilemma of where to scatter his father's ashes. (Semifinalist in Atlanta Screenplay Awards)

Genre: Drama
16 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Abel's Returnby  Doug J Robbins
An eleven-year-old boy kills his sister on Halloween night and returns 17 years later to chase his baby sister.

Genre: Horror
22 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Pendantby  Tina Gandhi
Ten-year-old Catherine invokes her lineage of witchery and her penchant for chemistry to defy the death of her Nana, but her plans are thwarted, and she is suddenly transported to the ethers of afterlife.

Genre: Drama
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Behind the 8 Ballby  John Porter
A young man must either make a billiard shot or lose his beautiful young wife to an evil old man.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Good Tasteby  Linda Gould
A divorced mother, waiting nervously for her teenage daughter to return from a Saturday night date, can't help reminiscing with her own mother about the man who seduced her, married her, and left her many years ago.

Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
A tech-bro's wife who discovers he secretly chipped her brain giving her unusual abilities has to fight to survive when agents of the 'company' come to delete her.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Night Before Christmasby  Jared Kelly
It's Christmas Eve. The house is silent, everyone asleep. Except for 7-year-old Jake. Too excited to sleep, Jake needs to know if Santa has visited yet. Jake creeps downstairs into the lounge, over to the fireplace where his parents left some snacks for Santa. The snacks are untouched. No presents yet. Then Jake hears a noise from the fireplace, a faint scraping from inside the chimney... Yes! Could this be Santa bringing his presents?

Genre: Horror
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Crossroads Waiting Roomby  Michael J Volpe
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
Lost Happinessby  Marc-Olivier louveau
Chanthou is not running away from the war; she has a much more important mission. But besides the Kmer regime, the only thing that could stop her is her husband.

Genre: Action/Adventure
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
My Angel Friendsby  Pelham Mead III
Tom Sizer is a college student who was driving on Meadowbrook Parkway when he had an accident with his car. When he is about to die the Archangel Michael decides to keep him alive. After Tom recovers, Michael tells him he is to be a human advisor to the angels in special situations and his adventures begin.

Genre: Drama
44 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Monster in the Toiletby  Tim Humphries
When three partygoers discover their friend has been dragged into a possessed toilet, they're flushed into a grotesque alternate dimension ruled by a foul-mouthed turd demon and must fight their way back before the monster takes them all down the drain.

Genre: Horror
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Faster By Nightby  Paul Byrne
Surviving rape and torture in a Russian filtration camp, a Ukrainian female commando pursues her American dream of being a concert violinist, until she crosses paths with the sadistic general who wants to finish their dirty little war.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
40 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
Chickentownby  Kevin Pacey
Tragic accident or premeditated murder, a teenager falls to his death and a corrupt police officer protects the accused.

Genre: Drama
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Taking Care of Businessby  William Walkerley
Ray meets up with his old pal Mark, who turns out to be looking for someone to take the blame for murdering his benefactress.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Man Upstairsby  John M Grace
When a young boy worries he's about to lose his mother, he prays to "the man upstairs," unaware that his pleas are being heard by an ordinary neighbor living just one floor above.

Genre: Drama
7 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 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
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
The Magic of Misfitsby  Bill Freas
After suffering a traumatic car accident that takes the life of his alcoholic father, a teen is sent to live with a distant relative in an oppressed blue-collar town, where he meets a group of bullied teens with a special bond and a supernatural secret.

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