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Approvalby  Doug J Robbins
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A reporter meets with the controlling perfectionist mayor of a small town and learns the secret as to how the mayor keeps his citizens in line.

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

Genre: Horror
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 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
Shapes and Coloursby  Craig Ford
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After a brief moment of forbidden tenderness reignites his buried humanity, a gay concentration-camp prisoner must choose between suppressing his desire to surviveor risking death by claiming love in a place built to destroy it.

Genre: Gay/Lesbian
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
High Concept Harryby  Ronald V. Micci
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Hollywood talent agent Harry Fleck's development exec girlfriend is in the habit of sending purple passionate love letters to him stuck in with the contracts she sends, letters that should they fall into the hands of Harry's tough-as-nails wife, would spell disaster. He is able to intercept one such letter to keep his wife from seeing it.

Genre: Comedy
26 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 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
The Third Degreeby  Barry Staff
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Wanting a meaningful relationship for once, a strung-out womaniser goes to a quiet beach to try with Nature herself, but needs to prove his sincerity to make any headway.

Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Train of Thoughtby  Elliot Stanton
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Overthinking can seriously damage your health. An annoying stranger leaves his fellow train passenger with a very bitter taste in his mouth.

Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Personal Demonsby  Brandon Rhiness
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After being fired for his reckless lifestyle, a narcissistic corporate climber visits a psychic to "exorcize" his personal demons (drinking and womanizing) only to have them manifest as physical entities that refuse to let him stop partying.

Genre: Comedy
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
How Do You Get to Margie's House?by  John Porter
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With a lot of love but a very bad sense of direction, a young man tries to get to his lady's house by 5 p.m.

Genre: Romance
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
New Flamesby  Chelita Hagan
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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
Goodbye, Cruel Worldby  Jose Luis Azcarreta
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"Goodbye cruel world" is a thriller short film about a desperate man victim of a blackmailer who proposes to a suicidal man, perched on his balcony, to kill the blackmailer before committing suicide....

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Screens of the Damnedby  Anton Ballard
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The Screens Of The Damned follows Angelica, a mortuary attendant and aspiring screenwriter working the night shift. Her solitude is interrupted by the arrival of a mysterious John Doea deceased film producerwho critiques her work and begins a strange, possibly supernatural collaboration with her. As the script progresses, John Doe's involvement appears to influence real-world outcomes, culminating in Angelica's screenplay being greenlit, though his presence remains ambiguous.

Genre: Comedy
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Accuser's Pantsby  Danny King
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Accused of another's faults, a man stays silent, knowing that false blame is loud, temporary, and that real character, and the guilty, always reveal themselves.

Genre: Drama
5 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Pity the Poor Cowboyby  John Porter
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A Western musical in which two cowboys mourn the passing of one of their own.

Genre: Musical
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Legacyby  Michael G Holmes
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An image-obsessed actor is bitten by a snake while staging a publicity-friendly hiking trip, then spends what may be his final minutes rehearsing the perfect deathbed message instead of confronting the life he actually lived.

Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
What If God Was One Of Us?by  Adam Rocke
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God assumes the guise of a homeless man to check in on humanity.

Genre: Drama
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Birthrightby  Michael Hutchinson
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The reborn prodigy of a dark dictator embraces their malevolent Bloodline in a Godless world of magic, beast, and tyranny. None have been worthy to lay claim to the Crimson Throne, until now.

Genre: Fantasy
30 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Clella (Pathways Of The Heart)by  Diane Yates
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In the Ozark Mountains, a selfless woman of indomitable spirit shoulders the weight of the Great Depression, raising six children and tending the farm while her husband turns to drinking, gambling, and womanizing. When he abandons her, a mysterious guitar player arrives on the scene, and she must choose between loyalty to her past and a possible new future. (Based on a true story.)

Genre: Drama
45 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Why Not?by  Steven Blows
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A straightforward man's concealed circumstances prove difficult to navigate when he falls head over heels for a free-going photographer at a deserted diner.

Genre: Gay/Lesbian
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Taking Care of Businessby  William Walkerley
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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
Make Haste Slowlyby  John Porter
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Doc Holliday shares some wisdom with the outlaw Dave Rudabaugh--then meets Wyatt Earp.

Genre: Western
7 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Injured Partyby  Elliot Stanton
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An injured footballer's anguish is intensified by his manager's curious disassociation with him. While out of the team, footballer Jordan Jeffries can't understand why he is being ghosted, and he wants to know the reason for it. It is a scenario that seasoned professional Ade Akinwande is all too happy to expand on.

Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Lace Table Clothby  Frank Vespe
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A family heirloom resurrects some unexpected visitors.

Genre: Fantasy
17 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
Sick Bloodby  Stan Usherenko
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When two brothers revisit the imprisoned father who tortured them as kids, they're pulled into a deadly new game one designed to prove that his sickness runs in their blood.  SICK BLOOD is a visceral, emotionally charged horror-thriller about generational trauma, the inheritance of evil, and the terrifying question what if the monster you fear most is part of you? 

Genre: Horror
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Creepy Clown For Hireby  DJ Robbins
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Pamela is upset that her son is skipping his tutoring sessions, so she hires a creepy clown to scare her son into seeing his tutor.

Genre: Comedy
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Testby  Justin TEST
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This is a test logline.

Genre: Animation
3 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Don't Let The Lights Go Outby  Bobbie Burgess-Tatum
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A family's secret is about to be unlocked and it just may end the world.

Genre: Horror
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Lion in the Carpetby  Pelham Mead III
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Billy Alton is an 8-year-old boy in 1950 who is stricken with polio. He is put in leg braces and kept at home. Billy begins to see imaginary animals appear in his bathroom, a Lion, a Beaver, an Eagle, and a Wolf who take Billy on journeys to teach him to prepare for the future.

Genre: Fantasy
45 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Pity the Poor Cowboyby  John Porter
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A Western musical in which two cowboys mourn the passing of one of their own

Genre: Western
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Hellavisionby  Jason Allen
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On Halloween night, a young man decides to stay home and watch a horror movie on television. Unfortunately he chooses the wrong channel on the wrong night. (Mostly 1 actor, limited dialogue, inspired by 70's horror. Produced writer; see IMDB for credits.)

Genre: Horror
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Maggieby  RJ Daniels
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A lovelorn young man has a chance encounter with a mysterious stranger who encourages him to take a risk that may transcend time itself.

Genre: Sci-Fi
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Love Sex Shoesby  Ron Brawer
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When an aging Casanova hooks up with a young Louboutins-loving lawyer, past follies surface -- with Fellini-esque consequences.

Genre: Drama
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Echoby  Amrita Baines
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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 naturaluntil 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
Crunch Timeby  Ron Brawer
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Mere hours before the annual Board meeting, the company's 82-year-old CEO and its 81-year-old CFO discover a $13 billion shortfall. Time to thrust aside their mutual antagonism - and aluminum walkers - and leap into action.

Genre: Comedy
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Substitutionby  Dwayne Craig Bricker
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During detention, a substitute confiscates phones and forces "consent" clicksuntil the students realize he's not a teacher, he's a replacement.

Genre: Horror
26 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Inhospitable Takeoverby  Michael Hutchinson
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An odd-ball group of aliens disguised as humans are sent to the Solar System before their kind harvest and enslave the Humans, but are then forced to setup shop on Earth and prepare the planet for assimilation.

Genre: Comedy
30 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Storytellerby  DJ Robbins
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A storyteller pays for his hotel room with three supernatural storiestwo supernatural horror stories about love, lust, and violence, and one supernatural love story.

Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Out of Timeby  Deanne Gittens
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A young woman struggles to understand why she keeps waking up in the middle of the night to a ringing cell phone and mysterious voices just outside her window.

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