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Parkin' 'ellby  Elliot Stanton
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A rainy afternoon and a full hospital car park push a family into escalating conflict, culminating in the discovery that their struggle was entirely avoidable.

Genre: Comedy
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Applause and Ashesby  Bob Messinger
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As his last play crumbles around him, an aging writer spirals through Manhattan streets pursued by the ghost of his legendary partner and the realization that his greatest enemy may have always been himself.

Genre: Artistic
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Bare Bonesby  Nan Schmid
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While renovating her bathroom, a woman finds bones under the floorboards, then an animal communicator comes to visit and gets imprisoned for murder.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Harboring A Fugitiveby  Jeffrey Stackhouse
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Senator Marcus has had a long career of staunch anti-abortion legislation, yet a simple conversation with an off-kilter doctor will change his views forever.

Genre: Horror
18 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Generous Hostby  Bernard Antoine Mersier
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In a twisted tale of digital deception, a loving couple's date night spirals into terror when a vengeful brother exposes the boyfriend's secret online scam exploiting his girlfriend's image, ending in a ruthless home invasion and fatal betrayals.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Once Blue Now Dead Redby  Darryl N. Layne
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Mankind has always wondered what happened to our sister planet Mars or as it once was called "Seti". Dak, Band, and Mika environmental scientists is facing a severe environmental crisis. They work tirelessly to save Seti with help from AI android "Guardian". With time running out for Seti, they build a spaceship to migrate to a blue planet we now call Earth. Their desperate attempt lead to a desperate surprising end leading into part two "Spores ".

Genre: Sci-Fi
30 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Disc Golf Warriorsby  Curtis D. Engle
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Cast aside by society and united only by disc golf, a group of retirees is shaken awake when terrorists disrupt their weekly ritual. Over the course of a single afternoon, an evangelist's unyielding faith forces each of them to confront past failures, present fear, and whether redemption comes from restraintor decisive violence.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
31 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Tears of Aphroditeby  Peter J Bartels
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As her career fades and youth slips away, a world-famous supermodel agrees to become the subject of an eccentric sculptor's ultimate masterpieceonly to discover that every ounce of beauty transferred to the artwork is being stolen from her own body.

Genre: Sci-Fi
20 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Echoes of Nothingby  Lamar D. Vine
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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
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 Prophetessby  Amrita Baines
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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
I Like Wearing Blueby  Alicia Renee Norman
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In a future where conformity is survival, a defiant girl dared to stand up and stand out--even if it cost her the ultimate price.

Genre: Horror
1 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Listening Roomby  Dewayne
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A hospice nurse cleaning out a dead patient's house brings home an old baby monitor that suddenly begins speaking with the woman's voice. When the voice warns her that her abusive ex is outside and urges her to fight back, Mara must decide whether the dead woman is protecting heror preparing her to become the next voice on the monitor.

Genre: Horror
14 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Last Standby  Adam Rocke
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Six survivors of an alien invasion make their last stand in an abandoned shopping mall.

Genre: Sci-Fi
2 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Last Broadcastby  Noureddine Hifad
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In a remote Antarctic research station, a lone radio host continues daily broadcasts after a global communications blackout until strange voices begin hijacking her signal, hinting that something nonhuman has already arrived.

Genre: Horror
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Harvest Sonby  Charles Hall
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Desperate to lift his family out of hardship, a migrant worker tracks down a Central American talisman believed to grant the bearer three life-changing wishes.

Genre: Horror
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Macyby  Larry E. Coleman
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A little girl channels the spirit of a murdered woman to exact revenge on the person who killed her.

Genre: Horror
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 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
Breaks That Mendby  Lily Sanders
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When a lover's breakup triggers deep introspection and reflection.

Genre: Drama
22 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
A Slice of Romanceby  Jack Sherry
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In order for a bride-to-be to drastically lower the budget for her wedding, she turns to her creative marketing boss who does not believe in marriage.

Genre: Romantic Comedy
28 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Vacuumby  Barry Staff
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Wanting sex again after an op leaves erectile dysfunction, a man needs a specialist nurse coming to his aid.

Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Legacyby  Jeffrey Stackhouse
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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
Thirteen Coilsby  John Porter
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A young outlaw prepares for his execution.

Genre: Western
6 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
American Comedianby  Gary Lynn Nowell
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Jerry Sternfeld (50s) had a successful television show but critics hated the final episode with the four of the main characters going to prison. Years later, Sternfeld tells his co-star how the final episode should have ended as the alternate version of the show plays out on screen. The story is an obvious satire of the final episode of Seinfeld.

Genre: Comedy
28 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Mariliseby  Ronald V. Micci
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Close-knit lesbian sisters in the Hamptons find themselves in dire financial straits, seek the help of an older, well-heeled lesbian who becomes romantically involved with one of them, engendering jealousy and friction, and whose overzealousness leads to her death in a tragic accident.

Genre: Gay/Lesbian
27 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Back On The Couchby  Elliot Stanton
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Tables are turned, and seating arrangements are swapped when a patient sneakily becomes the psychiatrist.

Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
My Empty Lifeby  Brandon Rhiness
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Two cynical, broke teenagers embark on a series of failed get-rich-quick schemes to buy a used car, only to lose their ultimate prize to their own incompetence within minutes of achieving it.

Genre: Comedy
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Baitby  Kevin Pacey
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All for love, a grizzled thief puts his life on the line, but it's wrong place, wrong time, wrong woman.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Spirit Upwellingby  Linda Boroff
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Cynical young college girl accompanies her new boyfriend, an aspiring law student, to his decaying San Joaquin Valley home town for his alcoholic mother's birthday dinner and is pulled into family conflicts and secrets dating back a hundred years. Despite her skepticism, she finds love and acceptance within the dilapidated house. Adapted from a prizewinning, anthologized short story. https://www.piltdownreview.com/2018/10/home-like-a-shadow.html Eric Hoffer Competitioni finalist among 2000+ entries and anthologized in Best New

Genre: Family
30 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Sakoby  Tigran Vardanyan
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On a stormy night in a remote mountain gorge, a lone shepherd is hunted by ancient spirits who lure the living with music, memory, and madnessforcing him to confront whether the horrors chasing him are supernatural... or already inside him.

Genre: Horror
6 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Brittle Tromboneby  Mary Goldman
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A young girl strikes a bargain to take trombone lessons from an elderly man during the time of Covid-19.

Genre: Drama
8 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
A Classic Western Love Storyby  John Porter
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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
EXFILby  Dewayne C Bricker
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When a covert U.S. Special Forces team's midnight extraction in Afghanistan spirals into a desperate fight for survival, five soldiers must battle through ambush, betrayal, and their own breaking points to bring each other home alive.

Genre: Action/Adventure
40 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Great Pancake Recordby  Jeffrey Massie
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[Based on a short story by Owen Johnson] At a private boarding school in the year 1905, John Smeed sets out to make a name for himself.

Genre: Comedy
29 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Spider Daddyby  Wayne E. Johnson
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An eleven-year-old boy, fixated on horror comics and monsters, finds that his recurring nightmares become reality with devastating results for his abusive, alcoholic stepfather and, ultimately, for him.

Genre: Horror
24 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Mike The Robot and The Red Wizardby  Alexandru Albacan
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A humanoid robot travels in time, lands in a thirteenth-century English village, and saves the villagers from an evil wizard.

Genre: Animation
12 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 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
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
Selfby  Truong Nguyen
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The story of a young man living an uninspired life, getting drunk all alone and talking to himself about his life choices.

Genre: Artistic
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Rage Betty Page Rageby  Lawrence Riggins
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True-Story. Years after retiring as the world's most famous pin-up queen, zealot Bettie Page loses her battle with schizophrenia, turns sociopath, and forces non-believers to convert at knife-point. The Dark Angel hallucination of her younger self entices Bettie to exploit her dominatrix skills to hold her roommate and granddaughter hostage while preparing their ritualistic murder. Her victims survive only because two-dozen knife wounds failed to strike arteries. Bettie Page is sentenced to ten years.

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