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Welcome to Arbor Parkby  Donald Copenhaver
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When a real estate developer destroys an ancient tree to build luxury housing, nature takes its revengeroot by root, limb by limb.

Genre: Horror
24 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Brown Bottle Fluby  Brandi Self
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A frustrated writer struggles to work while being belittled by a belligerent drunk woman who wants to relive the past.

Genre: Fantasy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Detective and the Priestby  Jan Clinton Chilson
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The Lead Detective of a police department, at the directions of the Chief, is assigned a priest, in assist in successfully solving crimes.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
43 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Affirmative Actionby  Michael Celender
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After alienating his family and the love of his life, a celebrity-look-a-like YouTube prankster fakes his ethnicity and experience to climb South Africa's corporate ladder. But the job he lands comes with surprises nobody planned for. A proof of concept-style short.

Genre: Comedy
32 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Ride Shareby  Marc Prey
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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
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
The Big Treeby  Paolo Galli
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On a scorching summer afternoon, a homeless man finds shelter beneath a great tree and comfort in an old photograph. With a simple yet profound gesture writing poems in exchange for coins he sows beauty in the silence of the city. Years later, on his wedding day, a man discovers that a small note he received as a child shaped his destiny. A tale about the power of quiet gestures and invisible legacies.

Genre: Drama
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Love Never Grows Oldby  Don Mezei
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A guru like figure MAIN enters (stage left) while a group of young people celebrate the day. He provides a contrast to their joie de vivre, tells them his story and listens to their narrative. LNGO is a search for deeper meaning, a feel good musical about spiritual themes, told through song. Hear some of the music at https://barbarji.wixsite.com/lovenevergrowsold

Genre: Musical
13 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Seeing Redby  Warren Lane
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In this dark comedy a wannabe serial killer who faints at the sight of blood gets advice from his three equally pathetic buds during their weekly zoom session.

Genre: Comedy
8 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Bearby  DeWayne Bricker
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When a rogue bear terrorizes the Alaskan Wilderness, a stranded doctor and his Yupik friend and their twin loyal huskies must survive the night where man and predator share the same hunger.

Genre: Action/Adventure
45 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
Marriage Made in Heavenby  Daniel J. Broderick
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Til death do us part. But what about after that? Do you reunite in heaven? What if you remarried after your first spouse's death? Do you have to reside for an eternity with your pain-in-the butt mother or ungrateful kids?

Genre: Comedy
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Gatorsby  Linda Kampley
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An emotionally troubled woman becomes fascinated by 'gators.

Genre: Drama
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
What Is In Front Of Youby  Adrian Milnes
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Two gangsters have a decision to make when they are ordered to guard a wounded boss who has a bounty on his head.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Stay Warmby  Steven Burton
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A man with his young son, offer comfort to a homeless man which also provides a break from their grief for the recent death of Mary, a beloved wife and mother.

Genre: Drama
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 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
Mirrors of Betrayalby  Melissa Diane Hudson
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A determined mother uncovers disturbing secrets about her daughter's new husband, igniting a dangerous game of deception and betrayal that threatens to destroy their family and reveals that evil never truly dies.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Mythical Swordby  Grag Raymond
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The legend tells about a mythical sword that gives supernatural power to its owner. Archeologist Adam Prisson and his assistant Leonora have been searching for it for several years, but not only he, but also people who want to use it for evil purposes.

Genre: Fantasy
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Clown of Sienna Fallsby  Doug J Robbins
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A crazed clown stalks the people of Sienna Falls.

Genre: Horror
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Farther's Debtby  Fahad Joyfield
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When a former hitman's daughter is kidnapped, he must confront his past and make an impossible choice: protect the girl he loves or make amends for his sins by giving her back to her rightful family.

Genre: Action/Adventure
34 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
A Labor of Loveby  John Porter
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A young woman teases her fianc until she discovers he's willing to do almost anything to make her happy.

Genre: Romance
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
I Like Wearing Blueby  Alicia Renee Norman
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In a future where conformity is survival, a defiant girl dared to stand up and stand out--even if it cost her the ultimate price.

Genre: Horror
1 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
In Loving Memoryby  Anthony Cawood
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After her unfaithful husband's death, a vengeful widow uses advanced funerary technology to trap his consciousnessforcing him to confront his sins for eternity.

Genre: Sci-Fi
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Girl on the Elevatorby  Charles Webb
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An awkward late-night encounter on an elevator.

Genre: Comedy
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Trifling Heiferby  Melissa Diane Hudson
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When a dangerous woman sets her sights on her best friend's NFL star husband, she'll stop at nothing to steal him, even if it means destroying his career and marriage in the process.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Virgin Brideby  Perk Perkins
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After a drunken, groom-to-be receives a graphic photo of his fiance with another man, he mails the scandalous pic with all the wedding invites, but discovers the picture was a prank from his best man, leading to a blood-soaked chain reaction.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Guantanamo Galaby  Robert Ingraham
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After Musk's DOGE team's preps the opening of the prisonadding efficiencies to the electric chair to reduce personnelTrump invites his bff billionaires down for a grand opening celebration. The party is held in the only room with electricitythe one with the electric chair. What happens next is... well, electrifying.

Genre: Comedy
6 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Sundays with Ethelby  Jason K. Allen
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An elderly man and woman cross paths while visiting the graves of their departed spouses. Sparks don't exactly fly, but sometimes a simple connection is enough. (1 location, 2 actors. Award-winning screenwriter and journalist; see IMDB for writer's credits.)

Genre: Drama
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Late Night Stayby  DJ Robbins
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A weary businessman checks into a hotel with a history of violence, and said hotel is supposed to be extremely haunted.

Genre: Horror
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
W.I.N.N.E.R Spells Loserby  Elliot Stanton
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The prize for winning is the realisation of what losing is all about. Two elderly care home residents play Scrabble, but the value of their words doesn't just score points on the board.

Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
A long Road Aheadby  Bernhard Riedhammer
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A trailblazing transgender woman, stranded in the middle of nowhere, must hitch a ride with an opinionated retiree in order to stop her ex from leaving the country with their son.

Genre: Drama
22 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Beauty in the Ringby  Jessica Taylor
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An injured MMA fighter on the brink of losing everything crosses paths with a broken ballet dancer recovering from a violent assault. Together they discover strength, redemption, and love as she trains to fight in the ring and he learns how to fight for her heart.

Genre: Drama
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Sink Holeby  Sherrie Presson
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When a sinkhole opens up inside a married couple's Florida home, a horrifying secret is uncovered as they fight to hang on until they are rescued. What Angie finds within the walls gives the black, hellish hole a whole new, sinister meaning. Produced screenwriter: https://m.imdb.com/title/tt4977524/?ref_=nm_flmg_t_1_wr

Genre: Horror
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Shotgunby  Jessica Lynn Bruce
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Hoping for a peaceful retirement, a former Marine takes to the Alaskan highways as a trucker, but when ruthless gun men target his rig, he must use every ounce of his training to survive a high-octane chase across a frozen mountain.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
14 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Same Woman as a Wholeby  Bernard Antoine Mersier
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Down on her knuckles on a broken road, the energy of life explains why women should bond together as one and uplift each other. 

Genre: Drama
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Cowardly Lyonsby  Patrice Sarath
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The squabbling Lyon family comes together to protect their matriarch when she's haunted by a disapproving spirit.

Genre: Comedy
12 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
When I'm Lying In My Bedby  Jared Kelly
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Six year old Aaron is very fearful of what lurks underneath his bed - and he has good reason to be scared. Told in ryhyming voice over by Aaron, this creepy one-pager will have your skin crawling and your toes curling. "Sometimes when I'm in my bed, I hear the noise I really dread..."

Genre: Horror
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Dark Snowby  Ron Micci
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A sexually repressed woman in her 30s overcomes her inhibitions when she meets a man at an office Christmas party, then races north to her maiden aunt's cabin in the woods to share the joyous news, only to encounter bitterness and jealousy and a poignant parting of the ways.

Genre: Drama
16 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Roadsideby  Brian Wallace
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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
Not the Brightest Guy in the Worldby  John Porter
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A hard-working, middled-aged plumber admits that he's not the brightest guy in the world, then struggles to understand why his middle-aged lady is happy one minute, sad the next, and mad the next

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