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Accidents Happenby Steven Blows
A man questions his responsibilities when he goes to the toilet and unexpectedly gives birth to an egg.
Genre: Comedy
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
You Can Never Go Backby Lamar D. Vine
A lonely divorced introvert rekindles a forbidden affair with his unhappily married first love after 25 years apart, embarking on steamy weekend getaways filled with nostalgia and desire, but as their passionate escapes unravel into betrayal, deceit, and profound heartbreak, he must confront the painful illusion of second chances to ultimately forge a path of solitary freedom, nomadic travel, and self-reinvention abroad as a writer.
Genre: Romance
33 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Romance
33 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Blessed Belt Buckleby Frank Vespe
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
Genre: Drama
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Autumn Falls: The Beginningby Jacob Enix
A masked killer wearing a grotesque pumpkin mask emerges in the quite town of Autumn Falls, forcing a group of friends to confront a terrifying reality: the legend of Jack is real, and they are his first victims.
Genre: Horror
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Darker Side of Goodnessby John Porter
A horror/dark comedy/Halloween script based on Cheryl Pierson's short story in which a young man meets a demon who offers him the chance to see whether his wife really does love him.
Genre: Horror
23 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
23 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
A Gift from Grandmaby Shane R. Nolan
A young woman receives a gift from her late grandmother that bears damning consequences for opening.
Genre: Horror
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
House for Saleby John Porter
A mystery/dark comedy about a young family man who wants to buy a Victorian mansion from a beautiful young woman whose unfaithful husband lies dead in the master bedroom.
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Fireman From The Heartby Timothy McVeigh
Since childhood, Amber dreams of becoming a firefighter and she has a chance to prove herself as a firefighter by rescuing a woman with two children who cannot get out of a burning house, but getting to the girl's house is not so easy and calling the fire department at night becomes impossible due to the lack of network.
Genre: Drama
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Goodness Creoniaby Jason Kirman
Julia is an unremarkable girl who wants to brutally punish two girls from her school for bullying her, and she turns to the Godness Creonia for help, after the godness fulfilled her promise by killing the girls in the most brutal way. Julia learns that she must give her soul to the godness with whom she made a deal with her blood.
Genre: Fantasy
8 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Fantasy
8 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Killer Viewsby Alan Barkley
A female realtor shows a female client around a view home. But when the two women discover their paths have unhappily crossed before the business meeting descends into physical comic conflict. Single Location. *Best short screenplay nominee, 2026 Austin Revolution*
Genre: Comedy
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Mirror Manby STEVEN BLOWS
A man made from mirrors struggles to make a true human connection and find someone who sees past their own reflection in him.
Genre: Romance
9 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Romance
9 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
The Shadows Among Usby Christine Lara
A gathering among friends turns into a nightmare when strange events begin to unfold in an isolated house deep in the forest. Trapped and confronted with their own secrets, they realize that one of them is not who they claim to be.
Genre: Drama
45 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
45 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Late Night Stayby DJ Robbins
A weary businessman checks into a hotel with a history of violence, and said hotel is supposed to be extremely haunted.
Genre: Horror
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Callby William Walkerley
The accidental death of his girlfriend comes back to haunt Michael.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Pursuit of Happiness a Constitutional Rightby Fausto Politi
In 2221 happiness is a primary asset that can be achieved by whatever means, even with murder. A man gets the permission to kill his wife being in the dark that his wife had the same permission.
Genre: Fantasy
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Fantasy
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Spellmarkedby Vanessa M. Chattman
A street thief with a stolen wand accidentally opens a portal into a mirror world and faces her own twisted reflection for control of her destiny.
Genre: Fantasy
45 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Fantasy
45 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
How The Pimp Saved Christmasby Doug J Robbins
A pimp and his three prostitutes sub in for Santa Claus when the big man has a cold one Christmas Eve.
Genre: Animation
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Animation
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Maybe Tomorrowby Mary Kay LaBrie
Set against the gentle rhythms of a Florida retirement community, a daughter learns that waiting for the right moment can mean missing it entirely.
Genre: Comedy
12 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
12 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Badlandsby Pamela Schott
When a woman who sleepwalks through her entire life to being the "perfect" everything daughter, wife, mother, career professional, member of society loses her young son in a drowning accident, she must confront the truth about a brief but liberating affair that calls into question who the real father is and forces her to face an impossible decision.
Genre: Drama
14 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
14 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Red Light Traffickingby Gary A. Edwards
Red Light Traffic - Of three participants in group therapy for juvenile victims of human trafficking, which will be successfully rehabilitated and which will face further tragedy? This is a dark short graphic play about juvenile human trafficking designed to instruct young girls and boys about how to spot and prevent exploitation of children by sexual predators.
Genre: Drama
22 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
22 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Incarnationsby Bob Messinger
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
Genre: Horror
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Lunaby Jackie Bateman
An imaginative little girl won't speak, but she does have a plan, and in the course of a day shows her exhausted mum and neurotic friend what's important in the world: simple living, being themselves, and chocolate.
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Butt Crack Innby Kenneth M. Kielty
Butt Crack Bar is a script in the Bar Whore Trilogy
Set in NYC and the Florida, a middle-aged writer must visit his agent. She rips into her client's writing and strongly suggests he visit her home in Florida to do his rewrites. She mentions it is a nudist resort. The community consists of aging residents, a one breasted property manager and overly attractive bar maids.
Genre: Romantic Comedy
24 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Romantic Comedy
24 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Bloody Christmasby Ange Fassinou
Three couples have decided to spend Christmas holidays with their children in a house in the woods; but the vacation becomes bloody.
Genre: Horror
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
EXFILby Dewayne C Bricker
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
Genre: Action/Adventure
40 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Ringby Daniel Yanev
A man has seemingly lost everything, including his will to live.
Genre: Drama
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
ERA IIby Delaina M. Waldron
A naive scientist who has discovered a way to bring people back from the past, interviews infamous dictator Hitler but his German translator has different plans.
Genre: Sci-Fi
12 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Sci-Fi
12 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Indian Summer of Dry Valley Johnsonby John Porter
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
Genre: Romance
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Girl Who Rode a Wolfby Pelham Mead III
Based on folklore and true stories of the Pawnee Indians in the mid 1880s . She who rode a wolf is a Pawnee folktale of a young girl who was associated with the North Star.
Genre: Drama
23 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
23 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
The Owlby Brandon Rhiness
After a hit-and-run on a dark country road, a panicked woman is haunted by a relentless owl that seems to have witnessed her crimeonly to realize the bird is merely a herald for the vengeful spirit she left in the ditch.
Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Deadline to Deathby Elliot Stanton
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
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
31 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Special Guestby DJ Robbins
An eccentric college improv class meets on December 23rd for the last time before Christmas break.
Genre: Romantic Comedy
6 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Romantic Comedy
6 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Soldier's Bravadoby Jonathan Fear
In a bar in ancient Britannia a battle-worn deputy centurion's dark memories clash with youthful bravado of untested soldiers.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
8 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
8 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Best Manby Jim Kowalski
Is there a spinster rule when neither your fianc nor his newly found brother is the Best Man?
Genre: Romantic Comedy
16 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Romantic Comedy
16 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Bearby DeWayne Bricker
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
Genre: Action/Adventure
45 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Cimpleby Bernard Antoine Mersier
Darryl and his right hand man Ryan's lavish lifestyle from drug dealing comes apart when Darryl's girlfriend Sharice unveils something sinister neither one of them saw coming.
Genre: Drama
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
1 Step Forward, 12 Steps Backby Glenn Pollard
When a selection of misfits loses their therapy group leader, it's time for the lunatics to start running the asylum.
Genre: Comedy
20 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
20 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Death Sentenceby Brian Jackson
In a stark cell, a guilt-ridden man haunted by visions of his mother, bride, and daughter must utter the command that becomes humanity's death sentence.
Genre: Drama
5 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
5 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Beacon Streetby Doug J Robbins
Charlie finds himself on Beacon Street. He cannot remember how he got there, but all that inhabits Beacon Street are his dead Uncle Leon, a little girl named Angela, and a mysterious man.
Genre: Fantasy
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Fantasy
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Wake Upby Delaina M. Waldron
Guests at a funeral home are in for a Wake Up call, when their loving deceased BJ speaks at his own Wake.
Genre: Comedy
14 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
14 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
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