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If You Want To Eat, Then Workby  Will Jones
Date Posted: 10 Feb 2024
At an upscale restaurant serving human flesh, four employees band together and revolt against the owners. But like any revolution, the government intervenes.

Genre: Horror
14 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
You Deadass?by  Ricky Lamar Jackson
Date Posted: 10 Sep 2024
A family is in for a surprise when their loverboy family member brings a different type of meat to the cookout.

Genre: Comedy
14 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
You're Not Invitedby  Jacques
Date Posted: 03 Mar 2024
After a 2024 NYE celebrating, a man wakes up alone to a quiet world realizing all minorities have disappeared from the planet. He struggles valiantly to figure out, "Where did everyone go?"

Genre: Sci-Fi
43 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Reborn by Evilby  Grag Raymond
Date Posted: 03 Nov 2024
A girl who was burned 300 years ago by her own parents, accused of black magic, returns from hell and receives a new life and supernatural powers to do evil.

Genre: Horror
pages
Salvationby  Anthony Toni
Date Posted: 02 Oct 2024
The World is on the verge of Nuclear War. This is the story of two men who will fight to the death for their way of life to endure.

Genre: Action/Adventure
17 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
I Should Have Stayed Homeby  Michael Angelella
Date Posted: 15 Nov 2024
A desperate film director threatens to destroy all the footage of his just-completed film unless his producer gives him creative control of it. Semi Finalist 2024 Golden Script Competition; Semi Finalist 2024 Creative Screenwriting Shoot Your Short Contest.

Genre: Other
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Divorce Storyby  Vanessa Wang
Date Posted: 03 Jan 2025
After discovering that her husband has been sexually abusing her minor daughter, a troubled mother struggles to figure out what to do next.

Genre: Drama
20 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Night Outby  Victor Titimas
Date Posted: 10 Apr 2024
When enemy spies pose as innocent restaurant staff members, a secret agent's date takes a violent turn.

Genre: Action/Adventure
6 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Life is a Roller Coaster... Sometimesby  Elliot Stanton
Date Posted: 02 Nov 2023
With its ups and downs, they say life is a roller-coaster, except when you’re trapped and unable to get off one. When an engaged11 couple becomes unwitting prisoners at the apex of a broken-down roller-coaster ride, the metaphor is never more (or less) apt.

Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Eternal Optimistby  John Porter
Date Posted: 03 May 2025
A dark comedy in which a young man breaks a lamp, plugs up the toilet, gets jilted, gets fired, and so on. But, hey, tomorrow's another day, right?

Genre: Comedy
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Doomsday for Dentonby  Anthony Cawood
Date Posted: 30 Dec 2024
A wannabe street fighter tries to boost his rep by going up against a legendary brawler from the past.

Genre: Drama
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Days of Gloryby  Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 13 Jan 2025
A sidewalk shoeshine man touches the life of a hopeless customer. (1 location, 2 actors.)

Genre: Drama
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Prophetessby  Amrita Baines
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2025
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
Strychnineby  Bernard Antoine Mersier
Date Posted: 07 Jul 2024
A new strand of STD that displays no symptoms places the country in a state of emergency trying to find a cure.

Genre: Horror
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Santa Soldierby  David Lee Hooker
Date Posted: 22 Oct 2024
In a future where holiday magic meets military might, seasoned covert operative Santa Soldier embarks on a daring mission to rescue kidnapped children from a local Santa parade, blending festive spirit with combat prowess to reignite the true essence of Christmas

Genre: Family
23 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Jingle Trailsby  Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 14 Dec 2023
Two hikers encounter a mysterious backpacker with a long white beard, rosy cheeks and a penchant for milk and cookies. (Comic fable. 1 location, 4 actors.)

Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Five Yearsby  Simon Parker
Date Posted: 22 Jan 2024
After discovering he's to become a father, Mark steals a quarter of a million then gifts it to his girlfriend, but she refuses to accept it.

Genre: Drama
22 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Eugenia Clarkby  DJ Robbins
Date Posted: 04 Jun 2025
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
Ride Shareby  Marc Prey
Date Posted: 05 Feb 2025
A despondent ride-share driver picks up a female passenger who just may be his recently-deceased wife. Three characters. Most of the story takes place inside the car. Shocking twist in final moments.

Genre: Drama
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Famous Fathersby  Edward Chapman
Date Posted: 24 Jun 2024
Two wildly contrasting icons of the 20th Century share an encounter which saves them both.

Genre: Artistic
16 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Wake Up Callby  David-Matthew Barnes
Date Posted: 05 May 2024
When three unsavory people wake up in an abandoned hotel, they realize the world has ended for everyone except them.

Genre: Sci-Fi
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Something Sinisterby  Dexter Williams
Date Posted: 01 Nov 2024
A young lady gets hypnotized by a mysterious gypsy woman in order to overcome her tremendous fear of snakes.

Genre: Horror
7 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Big Digby  Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 14 Jun 2024
Pete once heard that if you dig a hole far enough you will end up in China. So one day he takes a shovel and decides to find out for himself. Several months later he emerges in a strange land that is definitely not China. (Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Dark Comedy. Award-winning screenwriter and journalist; see IMDB for writer's credits.)

Genre: Sci-Fi
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
A Stroke of Luckby  Jed Power
Date Posted: 26 Feb 2024
After suffering a debilitating stroke, a cynical, once successful, writer struggles to regain his mobility and passion for writing while finding inspiration and unlikely friendships with quirky fellow patients in a rehabilitation hospital.

Genre: Biographical
29 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Trajan's Dilemmaby  Jonathan Fear
Date Posted: 09 Jan 2025
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
Gatorsby  Linda Kampley
Date Posted: 12 Jul 2024
On a porch in the Garden District of New Orleans a woman talks with a friend about her distant cousin from Massachusetts who is visiting due to an embarrassing “emotional disturbance”. The cousin went on a tour of the swamps and became deeply fascinated by the alligators, their “burning eyes”. Now she has disappeared.

Genre: Drama
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Nasty Nightby  Simon Parker
Date Posted: 29 Jan 2025
A young woman, excited for her blind date, finds herself kidnapped by a deranged taxi driver.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Sneaky linkzby  Bernard Antoine Mersier
Date Posted: 09 Dec 2023
Confined in a decrepit motel room, Tyrell and Mike discover they have more than one thing in common that can cost them their lives.

Genre: Drama
38 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Callby  William Walkerley
Date Posted: 30 May 2025
The accidental death of his girlfriend comes back to haunt Michael.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Jane Doll, Spy Extraordinaireby  D. Greene
Date Posted: 13 Apr 2024
Barbie isn't the only doll in town. Hopelessly talented Jane Doll (a Plastic) and ravishingly awkward Plain Jane (a Real)…the stakes couldn’t be higher. The danger couldn’t be scarier. The skirts couldn’t be shorter (or longer). They’re bringing sexy (and smart) back to D.C. sleuthing – one crime at a time.

Genre: Comedy
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Crosses We Bearby  Shane Nolan
Date Posted: 01 May 2024
Stefon and Cin are aspiring "influencers," traveling the US in an effort to create content. Within their fake relationship, they partner to build wealth and fame in any way they can. One stop along the highway serves a dish of karma neither expected.

Genre: Drama
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
S'moresby  Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 03 Feb 2025
Young Eric and Molly are having the time of their lives roasting marshmallows over the campfire. Their parents, not so much... (Horror/Comedy. One location, two actors.)

Genre: Horror
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Flintby  Douglas Law
Date Posted: 10 Apr 2024
1702, Flint, a young man is looking for adventure and to make a name for himself. A fluke of an opportunity comes his way, enlist in a journey that will take him from rags, to riches or a surely a violent death.

Genre: Action/Adventure
45 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Killer Viewsby  Alan Barkley
Date Posted: 25 Feb 2025
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

Genre: Comedy
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Mirabelby  Gregory Gibson
Date Posted: 22 Jul 2024
Her psyche tainted as a child, a young woman plays out her singular form of vengeance with the help of a unique weapon.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Dangerous Cargoby  Jason Kirman
Date Posted: 10 Jul 2024
Two girls throw out the driver and his car at gunpoint, not suspecting the valuable cargo in the car, more than ten kilograms of drugs which was supposed to be delivered to New York to a local drug dealer. After a drug dealer in New York learns about the disappearance of his goods he personally wants to find and kill the girls.

Genre: Action/Adventure
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Usualby  Sarah Kennedy
Date Posted: 11 Dec 2024
A woman and her Korean church rescue a failing coffee shop owner who honors his dead mother by continuing her tradition of ruining coffee with a special ingredient. Award-winning produced screenwriter.

Genre: Romantic Comedy
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
A Gift from Grandmaby  Shane R. Nolan
Date Posted: 01 Jul 2024
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
Killer Cupidby  Janet
Date Posted: 24 Sep 2024
A serial killer in real life, proves a hard habit to break for Cupid in the after life.

Genre: Horror
20 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Bogey 3by  Jim Kowalski
Date Posted: 24 Oct 2024
Four elite Desert Storm pilots are assigned to a wasteland to find and destroy an Iraqi “Red Baron” that’s halted the U.S. campaign, but instead find something worse.

Genre: Action/Adventure
17 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
 
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