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When a toxic stench rises from the swamps of Belle Rive, a remote Louisiana village descends into hallucination, madness, and violenceforcing the last remaining survivor to confront a nightmare that may not be hers alone, but the land's.

Genre: Horror
6 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Snowbound Secretsby  Christine LARA
A man on the run after a desperate bank robbery finds himself trapped in a small isolated motel during a snowstorm. But he quickly discovers that the other motel guests also have secrets to hide, and they are all willing to do whatever it takes to keep them concealed.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Reality Checkby  Ed Tasca
Guy painfully caught between the "love of his life" sending him a final goodbye via live video and his commitment to meet with his new "rebound girlfriend," whom he's committed to a serious relationship and their first evening of love, and is waiting for him at her flat.Their scene of love-making ends shockingly with "rebound girlfriend" raging at him for using her. The result is a twist, a deadly tragedy twist.

Genre: Drama
8 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
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
Love And The Old Hotelby  Jason Kirman
Sarah is a successful realtor in New York, before Christmas she receives a task from her boss to sell an old hotel in a small town, but things do not go according to plan. She meets Jim, the owner of the hotel, who does not want to sell.

Genre: Romance
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Cop Killerby  D J Robbins
A vengeful spirit hunts down the cops who gunned him down a decade ago.

Genre: Horror
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Attack of the Church Furnitureby  David McPete
A youth group's overnight at a church becomes deadly when murderous church furniture comes to life.

Genre: Comedy
35 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Fueled by a bad breakup, two best friends create a Podcast where scorned women compete to tell the worst man-hating story, until a shocking confession derails their man-hating mission and challenges their definition of love.

Genre: Comedy
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Seven Years and a Windowby  Danny King
A devoted highschool teacher who stages a desperate escape plan, with the help of one of his own students to rescue his Indian girlfriend from her arranged marriage, only to learn, after risking everything, that she has already chosen someone else.

Genre: Romantic Comedy
17 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Agence Paradisby  Slobodan D. Pesic
In a surreal bureaucratic universe, a lonely man enters Agence Paradis, a state-run institution promising to fulfill any human desire. As he lists his wishes from sneakers to love his dreams spiral into absurdity, revealing the tragic comedy of modern aspiration and divine automation.

Genre: Sci-Fi
18 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
A high-school radio crew hijacks an "unused" emergency frequencythen a calm voice begins broadcasting their deaths for tomorrow.

Genre: Sci-Fi
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Political Science 101by  Donald Lewis
Struggling through stages of political grief, a working man finds that all is not lost -- there's always more to lose.

Genre: Drama
4 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
After committing a heinous crime, a violent man is cursed to relive the horrific moment through the eyes of the victim. Part 'Source Code', part "Identity"... all WTF Twilight Zone.

Genre: Horror
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Shark Watchby  Ron Micci
A Mafia wiseguy is sent to make a drug buy on the Jersey Shore, where a gypsy fortune teller acts as the middleman, but he is double-crossed by another hood posing as a fed.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
A young girl, convinced her housekeeper is a witch, delves into a world where dreams and reality merge into dark magical revelations.

Genre: Fantasy
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
About a Bearby  S.C. Smith
An aging TV writer desperate for a comeback pitches a last-ditch movie about a vengeful bear to a Hollywood producer, only to watch his hopes unravel as the industry leaves him behind.

Genre: Comedy
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Cold Moon Highby  Doug J Robbins
The dead walk up to the house, zombies and ghosts.

Genre: Horror
11 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
A hunky, bold construction worker makes a bet with the guys that he can pull off a romantic interlude with his gorgeous but strictly hands-off boss-lady.

Genre: Romance
5 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Love enters your life when you're at your lowest point, and that's exactly what Tiffany and Bernard need to deal with the pain their father's inflicted on them. 

Genre: Drama
39 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Forest Whispersby  Steven Blows
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
Jacinta Lodgeby  Nik Forster
A bitter nurse. A bad mussel. And a band of elderly conspirators who just want peace and pudding. But when their poison plot backfires, it's every pensioner for themselves in this seafood-flavored farce

Genre: Comedy
7 pages
Cast Size: 7+ 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
Love Attackby  Jackie Bateman
A cardiologist falls for a heart attack patient, who turns out to be an anxious man who has accidentally swallowed the diamond ring intended for his high maintenance girlfriend.

Genre: Romantic Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Chilled Whispersby  Melissa Diane Hudson
When an innocent girl is swept into an ice cream truck driven by a seemingly friendly man, her mundane afternoon spirals into a heart-pounding adventure, as an unexpected twist of fate leads an unlikely hero to the very corner where she awaits her sweet return.

Genre: Drama
4 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Villageby  Adolpho Phillips
Raising a boy as a single mom in the affordable housing complex has a range of challenges. That's why it takes a village to help, even though all the villagers may need help.

Genre: Drama
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Hell: A Rescue Missionby  Patrice Sarath
When Trudi's best friend Jenna is on her deathbed, she tells Trudi she's afraid of dying and going to hell. After her death, Trudi gets some disturbing signals that Jenna is right. With the help of a mysterious nurse, Trudi follows her to hell, and discovers that love has its limits.

Genre: Horror
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Low-Maintenance Organismsby  Gerard Docherty
Main character dies and finds himself discussing his life with God. A single scene, one location (with optional brief flashbacks to others) and only two actors. Primarily dialogue based. Short story available free; intentionally written for aspiring filmmakers; minimal set up, one location, two actors, easy to stage. 10-15 mins duration.

Genre: Drama
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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
Three armed robbers and their hostage take refuge in an abandoned house after a failed robbery, but they're not alone.

Genre: Horror
13 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
FIREWOOD - is a comedic short play small cast about an entertainer who gets fired twice from an ageist, racist, homophobic theme park run by a tyrannical, paranoid boss with a Napoleonic complex who makes money exploiting young girls and boys aspiring to be actors.

Genre: Comedy
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Chocolate, Moose, and Titsby  Larry E. Coleman
A man who wants to come clean with a secret he's been hiding from his girlfriend, gets advice from three versions of himself from alternative universes.

Genre: Animation
18 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
I Have No Wordsby  Shelly Paino
As a couple debates the fact that women use more words in a day than men, the husband hits his daily word limit and loses the ability to speak, sparking a feud with his wife.

Genre: Comedy
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Freebornby  Shane Harbinson
When a young girl with extraordinary mental abilities catches the attention of a totalitarian regime seeking to exploit her gifts, her working-class cyborg father must survive an interrogation in a desperate attempt to buy time for his daughter's escape and protect the essence of their humanity. 'Coverfly top 1% genre'

Genre: Sci-Fi
14 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Devious Desiresby  Melissa Diane Hudson
An unhappy married man wants out of his boring marriage and craves excitement in his life, so he begins online dating and meets a beautiful, but mysterious woman who only desires to rob and kill him.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Veronicaby  Aranit Alia
VERONICA- A cold, methodical London hitman disguises himself as a high class escort to assassinate an crime boss, but his brutal efficiency hides a secret :the fortune he earns in blood is quietly donated to orphans under the name "Veronica. "

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
15 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
A young undocumented immigrant fights to save the life of his unborn child when his teenage girlfriend's parents force her to get an abortion.

Genre: Drama
13 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
In 1991 Panama, still reeling from U.S. invasion, a young Army MP investigator has one explosive weekend to crack a volatile case that spirals from routine call to career-threatening conspiracy, forcing him to navigate military politics, personal loyalty, and the razor-thin line between justice and chaos.

Genre: Drama
30 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
A short film exploring mental health from the main character's POV. Main character descends into a fantasy world. Explores his invented world. Kills someone at the end. Ends up in a police cell. Multiple scenes, multiple locations, all adaptable to whatever circumstances you find yourself in. Modest length, flexible set up, few locations, relatively easy to stage. 10-15 mins duration.

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