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Aunt Lillian's Lipby John W Welch

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What happens when what we thought were true turns out to be an incorrect memory.

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

Implantby Dewayne C Bricker

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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

The Openingby Jon McDonald

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At an erotic art opening, the patrons react, amusingly, to the sexy art. The Ice Queen gallery owner, Laura, ignored by her flirting husband, is approached by one of her young and sexy artists. He offers her the gift of exotic perfume, making clear he is seeking more. She evades him, but the perfume and the art open her up to new possibilities.

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

Mindy & Martin's Meleeby Harker Jones

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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

The Black Rainbowby Vijay Kumar Dammalapati

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A neglected boy finds solace in his nanny's love and decades later returns as a doctor to heal the woman who raised him, and himself.

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

Troubadour's Last Noteby Michael J Volpe

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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

Badlandsby Pamela Schott

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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

Veronicaby Aranit Alia

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VERONICA- A cold, methodical London hitman disguises himself as a high class escort to assassinate an crime boss, but his brutal efficiency hides a secret :the fortune he earns in blood is quietly donated to orphans under the name "Veronica. "

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
15 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles

Back On The Couchby Elliot Stanton

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Tables are turned, and seating arrangements are swapped when a patient sneakily becomes the psychiatrist.

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

Real Heroesby Tina Field Howe

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Convinced they're the good guys, brother and sister drug dealers dispose of the competition to 'save' their neighborhood.

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

The Lady In The Wallby Renata Vaughn

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After the devastating loss of her infant, a grieving woman battling undiagnosed postpartum depression spirals into a psychological nightmare as her husband's infidelity blurs the line between reality, paranoia, and a dangerous search for the truth.

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

The First & Only Kissby Michael Avishai

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After a long-anticipated date fizzles, a shy college student finds unexpected connection on a crowded dance floor, proving that sometimes chemistry matters more than compatibility.

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

Carrie, Walter, and Garboby Steven Burton

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A man sits alone in an empty theatre to wait for a Greta Garbo film to begin, and then a female stranger, sits next to him. Confrontation ignites; technical problems delay the screening, humor, and then this couple share surprise revelations.

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

Portrait of a Girlby Niagara Ross

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A group of teenagers, exploring an abandoned house on the outskirts of town, find an old portrait of a mysterious girl. But the more they learn about her past, the more nightmarish visions and dangerous phenomena begin to haunt them.

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

Black Egoby Ali noun

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A former investigator, shattered by the death of his family, hunts their killer - to discover that the chasing has been himself all along.

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

Taking Care of Businessby William Walkerley

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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

A Night on Walden Pondby Thomas Mercer

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Henry David Thoreau has a brief romance with Mary Russel while he is living his experience of solitude at Walden Pond. Most of the dialog is Thoreau's actual words.

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

Higher Educationby Candy Fox

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A college professor tries everything - including an exaggerated strip club dance - to get her zoned out, laptop focused students to pay attention, but to no avail.

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

Train of Thoughtby Elliot Stanton

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Overthinking can seriously damage your health. An annoying stranger leaves his fellow train passenger with a very bitter taste in his mouth.

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

Teapartylandiaby Gary A. Edwards

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TeaPartyLandia - is a short dramedy about a family looking at a residential compound in an isolated area of North Idaho who fantasize about living free of governmental tyranny but flee when confronted with the reality of experiencing this "utopia."

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

She Curses Like a Sailorby Micheline Birger

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A thought-provoking view of women and cursing is entertained at this art opening in New York. Two twenty-something artistes and a fifty-something writer explore various facets of whether it is 'ladylike' to curse - or not - in public - a philosophical comedy - of sorts. Are we too brash as a society? Too crass? Maybe - maybe not. You decide! Is America off the hook ? (Copyright Wash. DC) A play/ teleplay.

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

Princess Samby Rebecca Ayers

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When Sam, a burned-out waitress, becomes convinced by her sick grannie that they are really British royals, Sam channels Princess Diana which inspires her to a higher purpose at Sloppy's Bar-B-Q.

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

Coming Soonby Bari K. Willerford

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Affectionate spoof of coming attraction previews. Movie trailers with a wink and a smile. I can smell the popcorn.

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

A Tale of Two Sistersby Robert Evans

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Twin sisters both adopted at birth by different families meet for the first time in their early 70's, one inherits a British title and the other becomes president, both are a bit nutty.

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

The Shiftby Gladman

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A manipulative therapist accused of murdering his patient uses his final interrogation to expose evidence of a deeper conspiracyforcing his unseen interrogators to confront the possibility that he may be the key witness, not the killer.

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

The Trombone or Modern Romanceby Linda Kampley

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Two college students meet in a cafe, don't really know how to talk to one another, and yet fall in love.

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

A Real Page Turnerby Phyllis C. Corley

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A Hispanic horror novelist hunkers down in her manager's secluded getaway cottage to finish her manuscript and experiences some of the same perils as the story's heroine with a charming local.

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

Hookmanby Cassandra Wells

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Based on a famous urban legend. Confined to their dorm during a storm-related blackout, four coeds resort to telling scary stories to amuse themselves, unaware that doing so will give rise to the notorious Hookmanthe hook-for-a-hand maniac of urban legend famewho, it turns out, isn't just a legend after all.

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

Crossroads Waiting Roomby Michael J Volpe

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In a mysterious waiting room outside of time, two strangers confront alternate versions of themselves and must make life-defining choices on where they work, who they marry and whether they have children.

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

Cubicle Jockeysby Brandi Self

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An anxious employee organizes a strike after a series of stress-related deaths take out his co-workers, and his boss pees on his shoe.

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

Lucky Strikeby Chris Fell

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The most fortunate event will take down your relationship in an instant.

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

The Spirit Upwellingby Linda Boroff

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Cynical young college girl accompanies her new boyfriend, an aspiring law student, to his decaying San Joaquin Valley home town for his alcoholic mother's birthday dinner and is pulled into family conflicts and secrets dating back a hundred years. Despite her skepticism, she finds love and acceptance within the dilapidated house. Adapted from a prizewinning, anthologized short story. https://www.piltdownreview.com/2018/10/home-like-a-shadow.html Eric Hoffer Competitioni finalist among 2000+ entries and anthologized in Best New

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

Willpowerby John Porter

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A young black woman and a middle-aged white man love each other, but their friends tell them they must separate--and they can if they only fight with their willpower.

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

You Get What You Deserveby Jane Tumminello

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A self-centered young guy suffers the consequences when he cruelly breaks up with his girlfriend over the phone.

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

Returningby Susie Schecter

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After the tragic accidental death of her four-year-old child, a grieving mother is given an unexpected miracle when her daughter mysteriously returns from the dead, but struggles to understand and cope with the supernatural gift.

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

Voidby John McCarney

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A seemingly routine curbside pickup turns into a quiet collision of two liveslinked by what they don't say. A two-page micro-short about mental health and unseen scars.

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

Necessary Evilby Adam Rocke

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A child must commit an horrific crime to prevent a much greater atrocity from occurring.

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

Boomerangby John Alexander Fraser

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A man in search of a shave and new start in life, following a traumatic event, enters a city side street that leads him to the heart of darkness and a reckoning with his past.

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

Destinyby Pelham Mead III

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A robot ship named Venturi Probe 5000 is sent into space in search of a planet to plant its 100 samples of sperm and eggs to establish a future generation. A meteor storm throws the space ship off course into a worm hole and is sent back to Earth to arrive hundreds of years earlier. Its prime directive less it to change history.

Genre: Sci-Fi
45 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles

The Accuser's Pantsby Danny King

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Accused of another's faults, a man stays silent, knowing that false blame is loud, temporary, and that real character, and the guilty, always reveal themselves.

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