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Just No Beyondby Roberta M Roy

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Environmentalist interior designer Alyssa May struggles with the looming question of plastic in her life, taking one small step despite recognizing there is no beyond.

Genre: Family
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

Implantby Dewayne C Bricker

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A writer's nightmares of alien implants fuel his horror noveluntil he learns the story is real and ending it will end him.

Genre: Horror
21 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

Truth or Deathby Edward Chapman

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A murdered student returns to the scene of her death to play a final game of truth or dare with the party in her old college room and unleashes her killer to strike again.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

Morning Walk With the Killerby Grag Raymond

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Emma meets a man during a morning run, eventually she learns about his terrible crimes against his ex-women who are found dead.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

A Fine Haunted Tuneby Vanessa M. Chattman

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A violinist obsessed with perfection replaces her fingers with those of deceased prodigies, playing music that drives listeners mad.

Genre: Horror
42 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

Patrice & Mr. Williamsby Cherie Maxey

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Patrice & Mr. Williams tells the story of Patrice a girl at high school and the hilarious exploits of her teacher Mr. Williams. Very funny and hilarious. If you are interested in this story, please let me know and i will send you a copy of the script Patrice & Mr. Williams.

Genre: Comedy
41 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

Trajan's Dilemmaby Jonathan Fear

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A General persuades the Roman Emperor that the moral cost of sacrificing justice to preserve his legacy is worth unleashing a violent beast of the field.

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

A Raunchy Children's Story (Don't Curl My Toes)by Larry E Coleman

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Before his first scooter date, a father tells his 13-year-old son how he met his mother at a bar and goes into way too much detail.

Genre: Comedy
8 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

Growing with Albertby John Witcher

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After being adopted by his Uncle Albert, Mickey comes of age in a small Midwestern town.

Genre: Family
25 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

There's Something Wrong with Mariah Janeby Bill Freas

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After two preteen sisters come upon an unsettling find in the attic of their new home, the younger girl grows ill as her family enters the most terrifying night of their lives.

Genre: Horror
13 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

Candy, Girl Reporterby Linda Gould

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Candy, a young journalist, is interviewed on a talk show to promote a book she wrote about a campus rock band. She'd fallen in love with the lead guitarist, Preston, but suffered heartbreak when her flaky roommate, Josephine, lured him away. She has taken revenge by implicating Josephine in a campus bombing and exposing her and Preston as liars.

Genre: Drama
13 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles

Down to the Wireby Dexter Williams

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A defiant cop gets involved in a race against time to stop two escaped convicts who have taken hostages on a bus rigged to explode.

Genre: Action/Adventure
21 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles

Truth or Dieby James D. Tuverson III

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Two teenagers find themselves on a steep cliff overlooking the mountainside. They play a game, Truth or Lie, to determine the circumstances that brought both to the precipice. As the truth is revealed, the games changes from Truth or Lie... to Truth or Die. This short was a QUARTERFINALIST in the 2025 HollyShorts Film Festival.

Genre: Drama
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

Agence Paradisby Slobodan D. Pesic

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A timid man visits a futuristic government agency where every human desire can be fulfilled. What begins as a simple request for a pair of sneakers spirals into an absurd chain of wishes exposing the fragile machinery of modern happiness and the divine comedy of human ambition.

Genre: Artistic
18 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

Mirabelby Gregory Gibson

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Her psyche tainted as a child, a young woman plays out her singular form of vengeance with the help of a unique weapon.

Genre: Horror
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

Santa Tyroneby Doug J Robbins

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A mall Santa targets three families on Christmas Eve and has murderous plans for each family.

Genre: Horror
36 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

Yell'n'Tellby Roberta M Roy

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Recalling how his cousin pinches him and denies doing so and having witnessed a girl being bullied, a brave five-year-old uses his wise mother's practical but inventive advice to help solve his bullying dilemma. *2024 Best Unproduced Script Brightside Tavern Film Festival; Brightside Festival; Semi Finalist 2023 Dallas Shorts Note: Yell'n'Tell also in French and Spanish - Grita y Dilo*

Genre: Family
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

Wolf Riderby Pelham Mead III

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This is a series of stories based on the oral tradition of the Pawnee Native Americans in the 1840s. The main story is about a Pawnee girl who was a major character in a Pawnee story about the Morning Star.

Genre: Action/Adventure
44 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles

Just Take a Breathby Roberta M Roy

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New to the newsroom a happily married young woman, struggles to avoid risking her marriage when she experiences an unexpectedly strong attraction to a just met co-worker with whom she will be working regularly. * 2023: Semi Finalist: Dallas Shorts; Nashville Independent Filmmakers Festival; Sydney Indie Shorts Festival; Dallas Movie Awards Festival*

Genre: Romance
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

Perspectivesby Anthony Cawood

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Two lovers plot a violent act of revenge to escape their abuser, but their shared trauma complicates their path to freedom.

Genre: Drama
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

The Best Manby Jim Kowalski

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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

The Meno that Pausedby LaKesa Cox

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A woman in her 40s has a pregnancy scare only to find out through a meeting with Mother Nature that she's about to start menopause.

Genre: Comedy
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

Close Enoughby Steven Burton

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The boundaries of the long-term platonic friendship between Larry, a straight man, and Gary, a gay man, are challenged as they deal with other life issues.

Genre: Gay/Lesbian
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

The Fall and Rise of Luciferby Delaina M. Waldron

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The story of Lucifer the first angel created by God; Lucifer's fall from the heavens and his reason for his rise to becoming the Devil.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
14 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles

CryptoBot's Trialby Michael Volpe

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Amid worldwide political and economic turmoil, the nation's first Robotic Financial Advisor gives unerring cryptocurrency investing recommendations. But when a brash sports betting billionaire disregards the advice and loses a fortune, he sues the Robot and its company setting up the Trial of the Century - Man vs. Machine.

Genre: Sci-Fi
40 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

It's Now or Neverby Elliot Stanton

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In a world where Elvis lives, a suburban man's golden ticket to see The King goes missing down the back of the bath sparking a hilarious battle between nostalgia, plumbing, and domestic survival.

Genre: Comedy
19 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

Look! It's Joe Pesci!by Larry E Coleman

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A Joe Pesci fan gets taught a powerful lesson when she tries to impress him by doing his lines from the movie "Goodfellas."

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

Dr. Coup De Graceby Sherrie Presson

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A disgruntled husband tricks a mercy killer into killing his wife, who is recovering from plastic surgery. Produced screenwriter: https://m.imdb.com/title/tt4977524/?ref_=nm_flmg_t_1_wr

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

Unwelcomeby Bill Freas

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An ex-con is hired to pack and move the belongings of his sister and her family after they abandon their house, following the sudden death of her teenage daughter, but the man encounters paranormal activity there that urges him to uncover a dark secret about the girl's death.

Genre: Horror
22 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

Ethan Watkinsby Peter

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Ethan Watkins has fallen for Patty Hobbs, but two things stand in the way to true love: 1. Terry Hobbs, Patty's abusive husband. 2. plus the overriding fact that Ethan is dead, but little things like this won't stand in Ethan's way.

Genre: Romantic Comedy
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

Grandma's Secret Ingredientby Elliot Stanton

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A long-held secret family gravy recipe is passed down to another generation when an older woman believes the time is right for her granddaughter to learn the 'killer' secret ingredient.

Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

By the Seaby Tina Field Howe

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Clever Brandi, English heir to a fortune, frames her husband in the murder of her mother, the family matriarch.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
7 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

Advice Bitesby Conor William Powell

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A late-night radio host takes a caller's cheating-girlfriend rant as entertainment until he claims she's locked in his car boot. Checking Find My Phone, Lexi realises the signal is in the station car park and "Dolly" is her wife. Live on air, the caller blames Lexi's past relationship advice for destroying his life and demands she feel the same loss. Lexi must keep him talking long enough to save Ronnie without hiding behind the jokes.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
16 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

A Gift from Grandmaby Shane R. Nolan

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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

The Trouble with Bermudaby PAUL BYRNE

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Vacationing in Bermuda, an American woman is seduced by a dashing, dry-witted con artist who takes her on a run-for-your-life swindle of a narco-paramilitary general.

Genre: Comedy
40 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles

Ghomeedaby Aya Mheidly

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In their quest for safety as undocumented refugees, Wissam, Hadi, and Jamil find refuge in an apartment. Wissam uses the game of hide and seek to protect Hadi's innocence while teaching vital evasion skills. But when ICE agents intrude, their bond is tested. Despite the turmoil, they hold onto hope, showing the strength of the human spirit

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

Family Timeby Jason K. Allen

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A family of four enjoys a quiet dinner around the table. But mom seems different tonight... (1 location, 4 actors. Award-winning screenwriter and journalist; see IMDB for writer's credits.)

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

Monsters of 1935: A Newsreel Farceby Paul Joseph Mulbrecht

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Two buffoonish 'researchers' have convinced the German government that the Loch Ness Monster is actually a mythological Germanic beast (dubbed "The Fat Flounder"). Now they've been given a grant to find the evidence. But their search will fail because of a conspiracy - one between their Loch Ness innkeeper, their guide... and Nessie herself.

Genre: Comedy
28 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

Midnightby DJ Robbins

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At Midnight, June meets the terrifying, murderous entity known as the Midnight Woman.

Genre: Horror
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

Singularityby Peter Donald Skagen

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A tech-bro's wife who discovers he secretly chipped her brain giving her unusual abilities has to fight to survive when agents of the 'company' come to delete her.

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