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A married man bored with monogamy talks his wife into having a tryst with two swingers that ends in disaster.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Shapes and Coloursby  Craig Ford
After a stolen moment of tenderness, a gay concentration-camp prisoner must either shut down and survive or risk death by holding onto love inside a system designed to erase him.

Genre: Drama
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Dunkirk Spiritby  Elliot Stanton
Two strangers meet on the deck of a cross-channel ferry. One makes the other a business proposal, and with a little financial incentive, they agree on a deal. However, the chance meeting is not as random as it initially seemed for one of the pair.

Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
While backpacking alone in the wilderness, a young man encounters a mysterious girl who has a unique relationship with the forest. (One location, two characters. Produced writer; see IMDB for writer's credits.)

Genre: Horror
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
A Man Possessedby  Donald Copenhaver
After being passed over for promotion, a bitter office worker's online rage transforms into something physical, consuming him and everyone around him.

Genre: Horror
22 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
After surviving a life-altering heart attack and reinventing himself as an expat writer in Bangkok, a jaded retiree must embrace an unexpected romance with a young Korean caregiver haunted by her mother's recent death, or risk dying alone without discovering true intimacy amid his terminal pancreatic cancer diagnosis.

Genre: Romance
23 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
A couple's roadside rescue of a mysterious woman spirals into a nightmarish encounter with her vengeful, murderous boyfriend, revealing her own dark past.

Genre: Horror
16 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Wish You Were Hereby  Steffany Sommers
A pair of boardwalk souvenir sunglasses takes a leap of faith to find adventure off the rack.

Genre: Animation
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
A battle‑scarred warrior in a storm‑torn medieval world finally confronts the two‑headed dragon that symbolizes his greatest failure, rescuing the woman he once abandoned and inspiring a terrified village to step out from behind locked doors. When the camera pulls back to reveal the adventure as a video game played by two modern boys, the story becomes a meta fable about fear, courage, and the everyday "dragons" we choose to faceor avoid.

Genre: Fantasy
14 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Return to Nam, Behind Memoriesby  Muresan Marta
Decades after the Vietnam War, a former idealist named Lee returns to the country where he lost his innocenceuncovering ghosts of the past, confronting guilt and trauma, and searching for reconciliation in a journey that bridges generations.

Genre: Non-Fiction/History
38 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Next Voiceby  Charles Hall
Against her mistrustful daughter's advice, a divorcee hires a dubious paranormal expert to investigate a strange disturbance in their new home.

Genre: Horror
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Trials and Tribulations of Awkward Peopleby  Judah Ray
Two socially awkward misfits find themselves caught in a series of hilarious and embarrassing mishaps at a dinner party, ultimately bringing them closer together in an unexpected way.

Genre: Comedy
8 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
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
Prioritiesby  John Porter
A young radio talk show host must choose between solving the problems of the world and attending his son's grammar school play.

Genre: Comedy
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Proof of Serviceby  Lantie Foster
Two neighbors in corporate housing share a home service robot. When one woman misses a payment, the building's "care" protocols activate, and the apartment begins asserting ownership over everything, including her.

Genre: Sci-Fi
29 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Chocolate, Moose, and Titsby  Larry E. Coleman
A man who wants to come clean with a secret he's been hiding from his girlfriend, gets advice from three versions of himself from alternative universes.

Genre: Animation
18 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Frank Sinatra's Hatby  John McWilliams
A war-wounded janitor finds Frank Sinatra's favorite fedora and must decide whether to return it or use it to pay off a bookie threatening his life.

Genre: Drama
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Doc's Bar is a script in the Bar Whores Trilogy Two young men who were childhood friends make plans to meet up in a midtown NYC bar. One friend is Jewish, in his third-year residency, and broke. His friend is an antisemitic Wall Street broker who is rich. The young doctor sets his buddy up with a Russian doctor who is studying for her medical license. Both need money and the stockbroker the solution!

Genre: Romantic Comedy
24 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Red Pumpkinby  Doug J Robbins
The spirit of Zozo, the Ouija board demon, possesses whoever carves the pumpkin from Mr. Jenkins' pumpkin patch.

Genre: Horror
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
A young undocumented immigrant fights to save the life of his unborn child when his teenage girlfriend's parents force her to get an abortion.

Genre: Drama
13 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Static Roomby  Dwayne Bricker
A cynical podcast host who prides himself on debunking the supernatural receives a mysterious package of cassette tapes that begin predicting his actions with unsettling accuracy. As he follows their instructions, reality distorts, leading him into a motel room that shouldn't existone that reshapes itself based on his attention. Trapped inside a loop of his own voice, he realizes escape may depend on confronting the connection he's spent his life avoiding.

Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Nightmare Clownsby  Doug J Robbins
Nightmares of an evil clown haunt a woman, and he might just be real.

Genre: Horror
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
If I Leave it Greenby  Rodney A Myers
Facing the cold reality of a corporate-driven future, an aging land owner must decide between a lucrative urban legacy and preserving the natural sanctuary that holds his most cherished memories.

Genre: Drama
21 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Trouble blooms when a bad anti-gay law has Ugandans in an uproar. Over their governments decision to parse out life imprisonment sentences to their citizens for being gay.

Genre: Drama
11 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Steven Seagal: Psychic Warriorby  Adam Rocke
The aging and highly controversial action star pitches his psychic assassination services to the CIA.

Genre: Comedy
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Out On A Limbby  Jeffrey Stackhouse
An amputee Vet has volunteered for a program that promises her hope. But the new tech has opened up more than just hope, and the creatures that can now see her have already eaten her phantom limbs and hunger for more.

Genre: Horror
26 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Home Like a Shadowby  Linda Boroff
Adapted from award-winning, anthologized short story https://www.piltdownreview.com/2018/10/home-like-a-shadow.html Worldly, cynical college girl accompanies her new boyfriend to his alcoholic mother's birthday party in a "Grapes of Wrath" town in the baking San Joaquin Valley and finds herself drawn into family conflicts and memories dating back a hundred years and more. To her surprise she finds belonging and acceptance amidst the drinking, gambling, and a violent 2 a.m. free-for-all.

Genre: Drama
30 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Screens of the Damnedby  Anton Ballard
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
After buying his dream car, a struggling wedding photographer is haunted by a mysterious radio that forces him to obey terrifying supernatural commands, uncovering a deadly curse where every photograph brings him closer to becoming its next victim.

Genre: Horror
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Echoes of Nothingby  Lamar D. Vine
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
Troubadour's Last Noteby  Michael J Volpe
After the death of his beloved cat, a wandering musician reconnects with the woman he once loved and lostproving that sometimes, it takes heartbreak to reconnect with love.

Genre: Romance
20 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Yoo-foesby  John Porter
A young journalist tries to discover whether UFOs and space aliens really do exist.

Genre: Sci-Fi
5 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Eugenia Clarkby  DJ Robbins
Pink Obsessed Eugenia Clark meets a tired Santa Claus and teaches him the value of asking for help, and reminds him that breaking with tradition isn't always necessarily a bad thing.

Genre: Family
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Ho-Ho-Ho-nly an Hour To Goby  Elliot Stanton
A department store Santa and his helper aren't the jolly individuals you'd expect them to be, particularly when the effects of Santa's alcoholic consumption threaten to become audibly evident to the line of waiting, excited children outside the grotto.

Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Lamentby  Sarah Kennedy
A guitarist becomes an anomaly in a bleak and inhospitable future world where music is conjured and customized in the mind. Single location from an award-winning screenwriter.

Genre: Sci-Fi
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Anonymous Heroby  Jose Luis Azcarreta
"Anonymous hero" is a 4-page short script with no dialogue in which a nobody is the laughing stock of his office mates despite saving humanity from an alien attack.

Genre: Sci-Fi
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
In 1968, a rebellious teen is abducted to a remote ranch under the guise of salvationonly to uncover a harrowing world of abuse, resistance, and a reckoning long overdue.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
30 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Silver Starby  Leonard Varasano
Haunted by the death of a young child during his watch, a police officer contemplates vengeance against the suspect he holds responsible.

Genre: Drama
40 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Whisteling Manby  Dwayne Bricker
After the death of his wife, a grieving father and his young daughter hear a familiar whistle coming from the woods outside their isolated farmhouse during a violent storm. When the dead woman's voice begins pleading to be let inside, the father discovers a supernatural entity that mimics lost loved ones to prey upon grieving families.

Genre: Horror
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
A biographical drama of Petar Mrkalj, who reported on ethnic cleansing that occurred in Croatia or former Yugoslavia in the 1990s. Croatia historically aligned with axis WWII where ethnic cleansing also occurred. His work helped to get war generals convicted of war crimes, which were subsequently overturned. He also helped many families reunite and receive closure about what happened to their loved ones. Petar died prematurely. His family believes his own government murdered him.

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