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Kicking Tiresby Tony Jerris
When a pragmatic dreamer meets an angelic stranger, he realizes that even the most skeptical hearts sometimes need to kick the tires on love.
Genre: Romantic Comedy
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Romantic Comedy
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 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
Yearbookby Charles Hall
A small-town loner begins to suspect she's a pawn in a twisted game after a charismatic new transfer student works his way into her life.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
36 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
36 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Change of a Dressby Elliot Stanton
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
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
What Day Is It?by Bill Rutkoski
A struggling actor wakes up each day to find the calendar reshuffledMondays vanish, Fridays repeat, and Saturdays won't let go. But when he witnesses the same murder three times in one looping Saturday, he must stop the crime before time skips away for good.
Genre: Other
33 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Other
33 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
From God and Manby Zach Jansen
Assigned to a desolate outpost, a young soldier must choose between his moral compass and his superior's twisted sense of divine duty when it comes the execution of questionable orders.
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 Cycleby Stephanie Neroes
Haunted by the violence of his upbringing, a boy's fateful act forces a reckoning with the ghosts of his family's pastand the chilling truth that some wounds are born, not made.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
5 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
5 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Isle of Plasticaby Drina Connors Kay
A CEO of a plastics company is kidnapped and dumped on a platform in the middle of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch where he must remain until he promises to clean up the mess.
Genre: Other
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Other
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
A Slice of Romanceby Jack Sherry
In order for a bride-to-be to drastically lower the budget for her wedding, she turns to her creative marketing boss who does not believe in marriage.
Genre: Romantic Comedy
28 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Romantic Comedy
28 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Sammiby Adam Rocke
A "dirty laundry specialist" can be a great asset at a lawsuit settlement conference.
Genre: Comedy
8 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
8 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Generous Hostby Bernard Antoine Mersier
In a twisted tale of digital deception, a loving couple's date night spirals into terror when a vengeful brother exposes the boyfriend's secret online scam exploiting his girlfriend's image, ending in a ruthless home invasion and fatal betrayals.
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Heads Upby Elliot Stanton
While waiting to be interviewed for the top job outside the outgoing headmaster's office, an arrogant traditionalist confidently belittles his rival for the jobonly to discover that the calm woman he's dismissed holds a far more powerful advantage than he ever imagined.
Genre: Comedy
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Spitball Newsby John Boal
At a new TV program called "Spitball News," Sophie Straight, a bad-ass 20s News Anchor, shreds her two male reporters with shade on their fragile egos. As the show ends, the GM bursts onto the set to fire Sophie for losing advertisers. Yet Sophie convinces her GM to save the show while he shares about the abusive males in his family and how men must learn to be caring humans first and males second.
Genre: Comedy
19 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
19 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Sunnyby Matthew Thompson
A devoted mother leads a precarious double life within the illicit massage industry, battling a predatory debt to ensure the survival of the family she hasn't seen in years.
Genre: Drama
22 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
22 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Schooled at the Poolby Tina Field Howe
A loser gets even with his 'ex-girlfriend' by exposing her creepy suitor to her many imperfections.
Genre: Comedy
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
La Fuente (The Fountain)by Marjory E. Leposky
Two children meet at a fountain.
Genre: Drama
4 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
4 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Haunted Pizzaby Doug J Robbins
Ginger orders a pizza, and all Hell breaks loose. She winds up getting possessed.
Genre: Horror
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Mindy & Martin's Meleeby Harker Jones
A bridesmaid and a best man derail a wedding when their simmering resentments and passions boil over, igniting a powder keg of accusations, declarations and revelations.
Genre: Comedy
20 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
20 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Calling Clementeby Jim B Marcus
In 1960, two young brothers forge an unlikely relationship with baseball great Roberto Clemente. Now, as adults, they rediscover the bond that shaped their lives long after the final out at Forbes Field.
Genre: Biographical
2 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Biographical
2 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
In the Wallsby Dwayne Bricker
When a cleanup crew arrives at an abandoned farmhouse, they discover signs that someone has been secretly living within the walls. As night falls, an unseen presence begins circling their truck, testing their fear before revealing itself. Trapped between the house and whatever lurks inside it, the crew must survive a sudden, violent encounteronly to realize, as they escape, that the farmhouse isn't home to just one hidden predator.
Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
No Ones to Ownby Iris Mangual
Trapped in a gilded cage of wealth and control, a young wife suffering in silence finds an unlikely ally in his chauffeur and becomes her greatest weapon as she transforms from victim to avengerusing her abuser's greed to destroy him.
Genre: Drama
27 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
27 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Taking Care of Businessby William Walkerley
Ray meets up with his old pal Mark, who turns out to be looking for someone to take the blame for murdering his benefactress.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Spider Daddyby Wayne E. Johnson
An eleven-year-old boy, fixated on horror comics and monsters, finds that his recurring nightmares become reality with devastating results for his abusive, alcoholic stepfather and, ultimately, for him.
Genre: Horror
24 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
24 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Desert Muleby Jack Lindauer
A drug deal in East Los Angeles goes terribly wrong.
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
12 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
12 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 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
The Old Man in the Skull Maskby DJ Robbins
An old masked killer stalks someone on Halloween.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Distractionsby Bob Messinger
Similar backgrounds, different visions. David's and Hannah's lives are about to be upended as he gets in her cab on a Friday evening.
Genre: Drama
39 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
39 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Last Lightby Gladman
In a ruined room filled with memories of his lost daughter, a grieving man struggles to keep a single lantern flame aliveuntil one final, impossible spark forces him to confront the moment he chooses hope over despair.
Genre: Drama
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Violinby Victor Jones
A poor musician down on his luck, pawns his only means of income, his violin. The pawnbroker discovers it's true value and tries to cheat the owner with a surprising outcome.
Genre: Drama
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
A Classic Western Love Storyby John Porter
A western comedy in which two young men compete for the favor of a lovely young woman.
Genre: Western
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Western
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Home Truthsby Richard Sloggett
A drunk man on his way home from work, stops to help a homeless person. Or is it the other way round?
Genre: Drama
14 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
14 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Maggieby RJ Daniels
A lovelorn young man has a chance encounter with a mysterious stranger who encourages him to take a risk that may transcend time itself.
Genre: Sci-Fi
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Sci-Fi
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Creepy Clown For Hireby DJ Robbins
Pamela is upset that her son is skipping his tutoring sessions, so she hires a creepy clown to scare her son into seeing his tutor.
Genre: Comedy
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Rumor Has Itby Paul Weidknecht
A phone stolen at work leads a woman to understanding her capabilities and, even, her future.
Genre: Drama
19 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
19 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Monster in the Toiletby Tim Humphries
When three partygoers discover their friend has been dragged into a possessed toilet, they're flushed into a grotesque alternate dimension ruled by a foul-mouthed turd demon and must fight their way back before the monster takes them all down the drain.
Genre: Horror
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Abortionby Doug J Robbins
Kathy heads into the clinic for an abortion and meets a woman named Mary and her adorable two-year-old son, Dylan, and rethinks whether or not she actually wants an abortion.
Genre: Artistic
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Artistic
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Implantby Dewayne C Bricker
A programmer's digital world turns sentient and steals his consciousnessforcing him to battle his own creation before the simulation takes his place.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
29 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
29 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Gift Challengeby Leandrew Baillum
A global social-networking game becomes a worldwide phenomenon, offering players million, dollar prizes and televised luxury gift draws, only to evolve into a powerful cultural movement uniting communities in a stand against gun violence.
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Standoffby Linda Gould
A filmmaker, hauled before a government tribunal and accused of making a subversive film, defends herself with the help of a loyal publicist who protects her boss by rewriting the screenplay's ending on the spot.
Genre: Drama
17 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
17 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
The Girl in the Mistby Victor Jones
A girl finds herself in an alien land. She has to survive from her basic instincts until she meets a fisherman who shares a secret with her of his visits to a misty beach where strange friends abound.
Genre: Drama
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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