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Agence Paradisby  Slobodan D. Pesic
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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
Truth & Treasuresby  Melissa Diane Hudson
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When a seven-year-old girl is denied a life-changing school trip for telling the truth about her mother's deception, she embarks on a whimsical adventure to reclaim her lost opportunity, learning about the value of truth and the power of forgiveness along the way.

Genre: Family
5 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Tales of the Macabreby  James Steele Haney
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On Halloween night, a late-night radio host shares the legend of the Crimson Witch with his listeners, unintentionally summoning her once again.

Genre: Horror
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Thesisby  Linda Gould
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Imogene, a senior English major at Glendary College, is late deciding on a topic for her honors thesis. She proposes to her skeptical academic advisor an innovative subject ... but it will require her to go on a road trip in search of a volatile rock band.

Genre: Romantic Comedy
8 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Lemon Aidby  Daniel J. Broderick
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Suburban parents learn the hard way that when life gives you lemons, you don't have to pay for them. When it doesn't, you have to buy them, the lemonade stand, a business permit, the credit card machine, and sell a ton of servings simply to break even.

Genre: Family
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 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
The Toilet Whispererby  John Alexander Fraser
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An airport handyman is put in a position of unthinkable jeopardy as a blocked W.C. threatens, 'blowback'

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
3 pages
Not for Saleby  Davide Staffiero
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During a business dinner at a luxury hotel, a man who will turn out to be an android dealer negotiates with a wealthy hotelier determined to replace his entire staff.

Genre: Sci-Fi
36 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Sheltered Collapseby  Stephanie Neroes
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Haunted by loss and consumed by anxiety, a reclusive woman clings to her routines in a post-pandemic world that has left her behind, until the measures meant to keep her safe lead to tragedy.

Genre: Other
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
It's Not A Bear! It Has A Bigger Foot!by  Casey Newel
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College students battle turmoil in filming their student film project and the urge to film a terrifying creature they encounter in the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Genre: Horror
19 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Magic of Misfitsby  Bill Freas
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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
My Angel Friendsby  Pelham Mead III
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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
Fun Sizeby  Jason K. Allen
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A young trick-or-treater is angry after receiving a "fun size" candy bar. (Comedy/horror. 1 location, 2 actors.)

Genre: Comedy
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Blessed Belt Buckleby  Frank Vespe
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A Vietnamese belt buckle maker comes to terms with the effects of Agent Orange on his disabled son, fifty years after he fought in the jungles of Vietnam and how he struggles with the biggest decision of his life.

Genre: Drama
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Peeperby  Delaina M. Waldron
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A Peeping Tom witnesses a woman's murder and it is up to him to decide on whether he will save the new occupant or just watch.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
18 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Baby Farts A Lot 2by  Doug J Robbins
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Emily take Baby Farts A Lot to show and tell and it creates quite a stink in the classroom.

Genre: Comedy
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Rewardby  Wayne E. Johnson
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A homeless man decides to put his life in order by learning accounting and getting a job, but when ordered to perform illegal operations by his employer, he becomes a whistle blower and learns that honesty and integrity sometimes come with a heavy price.

Genre: Drama
6 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 Seventh Seal Experimentby  Jeffrey Stackhouse
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A drink, a game, a bet, and Death, entirely in rhyme.

Genre: Animation
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Alien Invadedby  Dexter Williams
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A young lady visits an eccentric New Age hypnotherapist in order to get to the root of her recurring nightmares of being abducted by aliens.

Genre: Sci-Fi
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Doorby  Carlos Alex Ceni
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While strolling late at night, an ordinary man is surprised to see three open doorways in a hundred-meter stretch of the same sidewalk. His first impulse is to continue on his way, but curiosity makes him turn back.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Change of a Dressby  Elliot Stanton
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When two ladies fortuitously meet in a clothes shop fitting room, their taste in clothes is not the only thing they have in common. The discovery that they share something very personal becomes the catalyst for what may become a firm friendship.

Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
No Nailsby  John Ravitz
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A grieving police detective who serves as a Eucharist Minister identifies a mob hitman while serving Holy Communion and must tread the line between the sacred and the need to stop a killer before he kills again.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
36 pages
Cast Size: 7+ 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
A Killer Partyby  Dwayne Bricker
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On Halloween night, three friends follow a mysterious invitation to an isolated mansion expecting a partybut find themselves trapped inside a surveillance nightmare. As unseen forces manipulate sound, space, and fear itself, paranoia turns deadly and each girl is pushed to her breaking point. When the final survivor realizes the horror is being watched for entertainment, she must fight to keep control of her mindor become the final act in a twisted performance.

Genre: Horror
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Mother's Gavelby  Jesus Gonzalez
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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
Davids and Goliathsby  Spartak Proda
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Imagine for one second that tomorrow you wake up 50% heavier. Earth has changed its gravity, and you and I are facing the fate of the dinosaurs. Governments are aware and have created a survival plan for the species with the "Davids and Goliaths" project. An assassin uncovers everything. Secret biogenetic experiments. The Goliaths and the Davids, are at war. The introduction of heavy metals into Earth's core is bringing forth a new order.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Missing Girlsby  Yura Shevchuk
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Arriving in a small town, two girls fall into sexual slavery with the local sheriff and his assistant.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 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
Another Time, Another Placeby  Bob Messinger
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Past and present collide in the world of a young White House staffer.

Genre: Drama
30 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Report Just In...by  Elliot Stanton
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A schoolboy's ill-thought-out plan backfires when his mother uncovers his subterfuge when his school report is received by post. However, his fears of a damning report appear unfounded - for a time, anyway.

Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Low-Maintenance Organismsby  Gerard Docherty
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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
Lila Monroeby  Lucy Versallies
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A missing persons case takes a sinister turn when a detective realizes the victim's family has been lying about the timelinemasking a disturbing secret that keeps the girl closer than anyone suspects.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
6 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Beside meby  Bernard Antoine Mersier
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When Ethan shares an innocent drink with his unsuspecting friend Conner about the corruption in their drug business, he hints around the reason why he really invited Conner over for drinks, with a deadly ultimatum.

Genre: Drama
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Dutchess Greenby  Joseph Brown
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The quiet invasion began with the old "man" painting barns with alien spawn. The farm girls who figured it out were too late.

Genre: Horror
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Heelsby  Steven Pony Hill
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The copilot of SouthJet 242 bound for Atlanta is forced to land a crippled plane, but not before she deals with a passenger manifest of the undead. A 2 location, 30 minute short with a strong FEMALE lead.

Genre: Horror
31 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Real Heroesby  Tina Field Howe
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Convinced they're the good guys, brother and sister drug dealers dispose of the competition to 'save' their neighborhood.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Spiral Stairsby  Alex M. Garnett
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A retired seamstress struggles to remain of value to the young college students she lives among in a studio apartment building with a macabre past.

Genre: Horror
20 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Group Chatby  Dwayne Craig Bricker
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After an unremovable number joins their group chat, five friends receive photos from inside their homesand a countdown demanding they confess what happened at the lake.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
18 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Echoes of Eternityby  Hamdeyatu Seidu
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A brilliant physicist's groundbreaking experiment in spiritual time travel unravels the fabric of reality,forcing him to confront the ultimate paradox: can he exist if his past self never did?

Genre: Sci-Fi
43 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
 
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