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Keep Scrollingby  Jerrod D. Brito
When a college kid surfs the web at the time of night when creepy people post creepy things, he unwittingly falls victim to the latest creepypasta legend.

Genre: Horror
8 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
An emotionally troubled woman becomes fascinated by 'gators.

Genre: Drama
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Policeman No Leaves Tracesby  Jason Kirman
A policeman at night kidnaps and kills people who sell drugs and dissolves their bodies in an abandoned warehouse so as not to leave traces of his crime.

Genre: Action/Adventure
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Black Queen: Birth Of A Queen Warriorby  Ange Fassinou
In a land of witches and beasts, a young woman, kidnapped for an Amazon Army, battles to get back to her tribe and lead her warrior sisters to the truth.

Genre: Fantasy
45 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
When an unemployed deaf man takes a job as a pool boy, he finds himself caught in a game of manipulation and seduction.

Genre: Drama
19 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Usualby  Sarah Kennedy
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
Mark has been having dreams that are coming true. His psychiatrist may or may not be a killer. He starts to hear a voice which turns out to be his future self who is trying to warn him of impending danger.

Genre: Comedy
22 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Hell: A Rescue Missionby  Patrice Sarath
When Trudi's best friend Jenna is on her deathbed, she tells Trudi she's afraid of dying and going to hell. After her death, Trudi gets some disturbing signals that Jenna is right. With the help of a mysterious nurse, Trudi follows her to hell, and discovers that love has its limits.

Genre: Horror
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Deputyby  Alan Barkley
His deputy shot, a lone frontier sheriff must use his wits and local know-how to subdue a dangerous thug. Single location.

Genre: Western
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
A widow and a widower meet for the first time in a public park. Their date hits choppy waters until they discover a connection. Exterior location. Two characters. (Finalist in the 2025 Woods Hole Screenplay competition). *Best short screenplay nominee, 2026 Austin Revolution*

Genre: Romance
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Cop Killerby  D J Robbins
A vengeful spirit hunts down the cops who gunned him down a decade ago.

Genre: Horror
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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
Love Attackby  Jackie Bateman
A cardiologist falls for a heart attack patient, who turns out to be an anxious man who has accidentally swallowed the diamond ring intended for his high maintenance girlfriend.

Genre: Romantic Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
A bullying ex-con taunts his elderly uncle as they wrap up a night of frog gigging, even boasting about having sex with the uncle's young granddaughter. A fugitive arrives on the scene, tries to steal their truck, and inadvertently enables the old manwith his granddaughter's help--to get the revenge he'd planned.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
We Won't Actby  Hiabu Hassebu
On a stage actors refuse not to act behind the curtain. Unexpectedly, an unexperienced man from the audience saves the day.

Genre: Fantasy
14 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Model Citizenby  Shelly Paino
Under pressure to find male models, a talent scout recruits a cat-calling construction worker, giving him a taste of what it's like to be objectified.

Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Beauty in the Ringby  Jessica Taylor
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
Alien Dreamby  Steven Burton
A teenage girl has a dream about instantly becoming a teenage boy caused by an accidental Alien invasion.

Genre: Fantasy
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Kitchen Tableby  John W Welch
How much emotional abuse can one woman endure before the truth comes out?

Genre: Drama
5 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 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
Baby Farts A Lotby  Doug J Robbins
A babydoll that farts creates an awkward moment when Dan blames the doll when someone breaks wind at dinner. Update

Genre: Comedy
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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
When an exhausted serial killer on a cross-country spree stops at a secluded motel he is told by his supernatural boss, the entity known as fate, that he must experience "true love" before being granted the rest that he so desires.

Genre: Horror
25 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Love & Mayhemby  STEVEN BLOWS
Battle begins when a man on a date with his new boyfriend to a paintball centre bumps into his handsome Ex in a healthy relationship with the woman he left him for.

Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Erection Night - 2028by  John Boal
On a girls' night out at the St. Christopher Tavern in Columbus, OH, three women dish on men and the polarization that's fracturing our society as we head into the 2028 Presidential Election. Mollie McGuire, a 40s divorcee, devises a strategy to end the divisiveness by placing an ad on an AI dating app called "The Hack" where she entices a US Senator to break from the herd for two months of epic bliss.

Genre: Comedy
21 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
When a lonely old man visits his beloved wife's grave for the first time, he encounters a charming little girl who lifts him out of his doldrums and fills him with hope. (Produced writer; see IMDB for credits.)

Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Teacher's Petby  Mark Wakely
A young student's affair with his teacher makes him an outcast at his middle school.

Genre: Drama
8 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Willpowerby  John Porter
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
Raven Pointby  Jason K. Allen
Hoping to soothe his troubled soul, Lucas embarks on a backpacking trip to a remote wilderness area. But his plans to be alone are thwarted when he encounters a free-spirited girl who's on an unusual mission. (1 location, 2 actors. Produced writer; see IMDB for writer's credits.)

Genre: Drama
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Running Moneyby  Dewayne C Bricker
When a broke single mother discovers stolen bank cash hidden inside her apartment wall, she and her little girl go on the runpursued by the violent ex-con who buried it there and will stop at nothing to reclaim what he thinks is still his.

Genre: Drama
34 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Time Marches Onby  Elliot Stanton
Time is relative and can be used in positive or negative ways. However, the time spent learning a vital life lesson is time well spent. Some valuable advice offered by an older woman to a young female protester in the back of a police van provokes the younger woman to re-evaluate her life.

Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Hearse from Beyondby  Jason K. Allen
On Halloween night, young trick-or-treater Daniel Taylor catches a glimpse of the town's sinister old undertaker -- and turns out to be the last person to see him alive. (In the vein of the original Twilight Zone series. Award-winning screenwriter and journalist; see IMDB for writer's credits.)

Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Shadows Among Usby  Christine Lara
A gathering among friends turns into a nightmare when strange events begin to unfold in an isolated house deep in the forest. Trapped and confronted with their own secrets, they realize that one of them is not who they claim to be.

Genre: Drama
45 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
The commander of a nuclear submarine must come to terms with a developing threat, while protecting his crew and future with his family as the cold war turns hot.

Genre: Action/Adventure
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
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
Amish Countryby  Bill Freas
After a young Amish man leaves his aggressive order, the menacing clan hunts him down at an abandoned farm property, along with two innocent bystanders caught in the middle.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Tide Flashby  Steven Burton
A man has writer's block, a rip tide threatens his life, and then he discovers inspiration from a teen who shares a story.

Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Pain & Sympathyby  Dale Easterling
A dysfunctional married couple seeks therapy, where the psychiatrist hypnotizes them into feeling each other's pleasure and pain - literally.

Genre: Romantic Comedy
45 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Carrie, Walter, and Garboby  Steven Burton
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
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
 
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