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The Writerby Lamar D. Vine

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In a cluttered Chiang Mai apartment, a reclusive expat writer battles creative stagnation and a looming deadline, only to find his sanity unraveling when an obsessive young neighbor invades his space with seductive interruptions, blurring the lines between reality, desire, and the dark toll of his unfinished manuscript.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

Santa Soldier: Operation Christmas Rescueby David Lee Hooker

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When terrorists threaten a beloved holiday parade, an elite team of North Pole commandos led by Captain Dan Hero springs into action to save Christmas and deliver festive justice, military-style.

Genre: Family
27 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

A Short Waitby Art D'Alessandro

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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

Strategic Ambiguity 101by John Boal

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Forced to teach a new mandatory business class called "Strategic Ambiguity 101", Professor Mandella tells his students that future business leaders must abandon traditional communications of clarity; learn how to send mixed messages and subvert the truth to be successful. Yet as his savvy Gen Z students share their brutally honest feedback about this deceptive and all too pervasive tactic, they teach him a life lesson with Professor Mandella rediscovering his true self.

Genre: Comedy
21 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

Destinyby Pelham Mead III

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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

The Cycleby Ayisha Henry

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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

Home Aloneby Alan Barkley

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When a car salesman builds a new house to lure his wayward spouse back home, many of his colleagues doubt if it's enough.

Genre: Romance
20 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

Abel's Returnby Doug J Robbins

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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

For Whom The Chimes Tollby Elliot Stanton

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Unable to sleep, a lonely, embittered old man spends the early hours of the morning drinking brandy and reminiscing on his life. The actions of which, ultimately, call time on his earthly existence.

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

Stayby Sean Nash

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Unable to cope with the prospect of his two sons watching him succumb to cancer as his wife did, a young surfer paddles out alone at night to suicide. As he sinks beneath the waves his connection with his late beloved becomes more focused, allowing him to re-evaluate not only the gifts inherent in her passing, but the importance of his boys sharing similar gifts from himself.

Genre: Fantasy
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

When You Go to Townby Susan Jordan

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A chance encounter at a thrift store leads a divorced woman to ask, "Could I have gone the distance?"

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

Bearby DeWayne Bricker

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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

Yearbookby Charles Hall

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A small-town loner begins to suspect she's a pawn in a twisted game after a charismatic new transfer student works his way into her life.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
36 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles

Bargain Storeby Brandi Self

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A disgruntled small-town bargain store worker meets a soldier who encourages her to stand up to her perverted boss.

Genre: Fantasy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

Doppelgangersby Paul Weidknecht

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After the death of her mother, nine-year-old Melody begins seeing ghosts that resemble her family members.

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

Inside the Frameby Francis F DiClemente

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Three people in a city diner at night discover they are figures trapped in the painting Nighthawks by Edward Hopper.

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

Parliamentary Privilegeby Elliot Stanton

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In an off-air conversation, a loose-tongued government minister's bravado towards a television interviewer who was once a friend seals his political death warrant.

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

Into The Fogby Rade Mileusnic

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After years of estrangement from their son, an elderly couple's cross-country drive through a dense, unsettling fog forces them to confront fading memories and a shared tragedy they can no longer outrun.

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

The Indian Summer of Dry Valley Johnsonby John Porter

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A western romance based on O. Henry's short story (first published in 1881, now in the public domain) about a grizzled middle-aged shepherd who falls in love with a beautiful young Mexican girl.

Genre: Romance
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

Masterworkby Donald Copenhaver

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A tormented artist prepares for his gallery debut by creating the ultimate pieceone that demands a part of himself.

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

Hit and Runby Marc Prey

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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 Hunter Withinby Lamar D. Vine

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When a 12-year-old boy in 1977 rural Ohio discovers his mother's secret affair, he must confront the shattering of his family and his own innocence or embrace the hunter awakening inside him.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

MEGAby Tina Field Howe

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A working man confesses to his best friend that his frustrating years of depending on the lottery to bring him fortune are over.

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

Candy Corn and Peppermintby Doug J Robbins

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A killer's MO while dressed as Santa Claus is to pass out a pouch full of candy corn and peppermint.

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

Stairwaysby Dewayne C Bricker

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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

Moonlight and Rosesby Jack Halliday

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A screenwriter finds more than he bargained for during a late-night stroll with an actress, in this noir, short script. Award-winner, Indie Gathering Film Festival.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

Incarnationsby Bob Messinger

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A young man fears for his sanity and love relationship as disturbing episodes from his youth come back to haunt him.

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

All This and Heaven, Tooby John Porter

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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

Between Voicesby Danny King

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A bullied young man begins to reclaim his confidence during a therapy session, but when the session ends, he realizes he was alone the entire time.

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

Root Causeby Iris Mangual

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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

Royally Never Afterby Lexie Sullivan

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When a studious Chicago teen loses her only parent, she's unexpectedly invited to a prestigious royal academy in Englandonly to discover secrets about her true identity, a brewing conspiracy within the school's walls, and a destiny that might just change her life forever.

Genre: Fantasy
19 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles

The Would-Be's Are on the Anvilby John Porter

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A young woman from India and a young man of Indian extraction from America don't want to go along with the marriage their parents have arranged for them--until they meet and fall in love. Then their parents fight and call off the wedding.

Genre: Romantic Comedy
22 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

Artificial Lightby Cephra Stuart

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An AI Humanoid joins a tech startup as the new HR lead, but as it begins to assess the team, unsettling truths bubble to the surface, threatening to unravel the company from within.

Genre: Sci-Fi
12 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

Voidby John McCarney

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A seemingly routine curbside pickup turns into a quiet collision of two liveslinked by what they don't say. A two-page micro-short about mental health and unseen scars.

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

A Mouse's Lamentby John Porter

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Harold, a poetic mouse, "wanted only to run free / To eat and drink and then to pee / To defecate and then to say / 'I'll eat and drink another day,'" but man and nature conspire against him. Although he doesn't complain, he does lament.

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

The Father of Thingsby Chris Fell

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In this award-winning war drama, two enemy soldiers try to brutally kill each other on the battlefield. However, when both become incapacitated, they cooperate to survive. Their dialogue between camaraderie and cynicism highlights the absurd "logic" of war and propaganda, while offering a glimmer of hope to reconcile differences. Just a glimmer.

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

Loveeby Kishore kumar

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Nothing hurts more than being disappointed by the one person who you thought would never hurt you.

Genre: Romance
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

Deadline to Deathby Elliot Stanton

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Life imitates art, imitates life, fatally blurring the lines between reality and make-believe. A crime writer struggles to complete a manuscript until he visits the venue of the story's finale. There, he meets an elderly but mysterious female fan who he later finds out knows him much better than he could imagine.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
31 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

Waxedby Pamela Schott

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A wounded veteran returning from Iran finds that the hardest battle isn't the one he left behind it's answering the door.

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

Very Truely Yoursby John Porter

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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