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A castaway desperate to leave an island falls under the enchantment of Maris, a sea siren with a tragic past.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Her Faceby  Marc Prey
Set in an alternative reality in which no one is permitted to show their face (masks are required from birth), one teenage boy begins to question the way things are after meeting a rebellious teenage girl.

Genre: Fantasy
12 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
It's Not A Bear! It Has A Bigger Foot!by  Casey Newel
College students battle turmoil in filming their student film project and the urge to film a terrifying creature they encounter in the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Genre: Horror
19 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
New Flamesby  Chelita Hagan
A meek young woman sets out to start a new after being thrown out.

Genre: Drama
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Circle of Lifeby  Iris Mangual
In her final moments aboard a New York subway, an elderly woman's memories weave with the lives of strangers, showing that the end of one journey is merely the beginning of anotherthe eternal circle of life.

Genre: Drama
17 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Take My Truck, Please!by  Mary Barrett
When his wife demands Joe not to come home until he sells his gas guzzling truck, he is directed by the used car salesmen to the bad side of town where he meets up with other guys waiting for their trucks to be stolen.

Genre: Comedy
8 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Bob and Jackby  Doug J Robbins
Bob and Jack need money, and Bob obtains it through humorous means.

Genre: Comedy
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Lost Happinessby  Marc-Olivier louveau
Chanthou is not running away from the war; she has a much more important mission. But besides the Kmer regime, the only thing that could stop her is her husband.

Genre: Action/Adventure
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Only If You Dareby  Philip C. Sedgwick
When a journalist and a consultant for brothels meet to discuss upcoming sex worker legislation, the world around them challenges their sensibilities and desires.

Genre: Drama
13 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Just No Beyondby  Roberta M Roy
Environmentalist interior designer Alyssa May struggles with the looming question of plastic in her life, taking one small step despite recognizing there is no beyond.

Genre: Family
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Antwan: The Christmas Strangerby  NG
Feature Length Version Available. On the eve of Christmas, the life of a lonely young boy takes a miraculous turn when he crosses paths with a compassionate woman, unknowingly setting off a battle for his survival, his freedom, and his last chance at hope.

Genre: Other
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Western Approachesby  Barry Staff
Wanting to get rat-arsed after an unavoidable job offer, an English 'cowboy' on a bicycle needs to outwit a zero-hours-contract barmaid foiling his plan.

Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Between Voicesby  Danny King
A bullied young man begins to reclaim his confidence during a therapy session, but when the session ends, he realizes he was alone the entire time.

Genre: Drama
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Two guys get their karma back and have to face the consequences of drunk driving.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Higher Educationby  Candy Fox
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
A Naughty Weekendby  Terry Hague
A Naughty Weekend seen through the eyes of a MALE and a FEMALE suitcase. (No actors are seen)

Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Trick or treaters think a scarecrow is just a Halloween Decoration, until they find out that its machete really can cut 'em up.

Genre: Horror
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Something Sinisterby  Dexter Williams
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
A Man's Manby  Art D'Alessandro
Jake,15, readies for his first date, and good ol' dad is right in his corner, with tips on just how to handle a woman, but after Jake rides his scooter over to Sasha's house we find out more about their relationship, and how Jake's Pop got it all wrong.

Genre: Gay/Lesbian
12 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
After a yacht capsizes during a sudden storm, a lone survivor records her final hours aboard a half-sunken vessel, sending video logs to anyone who might find them. As night falls, she notices distant lights beneath the wavesmoving in patterns too deliberate to be natural. With her oxygen fading and rescue signals unanswered, she realizes she isn't alone on the oceanand that what's watching her is waiting for her to drown.

Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Serving Caesarby  Pelham Mead III
Marcos Cassius Scaeva was perhaps one of the greatest Centurians to serve Proconsul Caesar in Britain, the Rine, and in Greece agains Pompey. In Greece Scaeva took 400 arrows to his shield, an arrow to his eye and his knee without saying. Caesar made him Primus Pilus.

Genre: Non-Fiction/History
40 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
A working man confesses to his best friend that his frustrating years of depending on the lottery to bring him fortune are over.

Genre: Drama
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Monster Mansionby  Jason K. Allen
On the last day of the carnival, young Billy Slater enters a haunted house and never returns.

Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
It Was Only Yesterdayby  Nathan M. Scrivens
A boy attempts to get his mother to smile again after her father's passing.

Genre: Action/Adventure
11 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
A Sentinel from another dimension watches over humans in a diner and at a skate park as it averts danger and seeks to understand the human race.

Genre: Sci-Fi
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
This blood-soaked satirical commercial pushes the new Christian spirit board, which not only boasts direct communication with God Almighty, but also spells out who must be sacrificed in order for its user to become blessed.

Genre: Horror
14 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Sheltered Collapseby  Stephanie Neroes
Haunted by loss and consumed by anxiety, a reclusive woman clings to her routines in a post-pandemic world that has left her behind, until the measures meant to keep her safe lead to tragedy.

Genre: Other
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Groomerby  Bob Messinger
Can one person bring down a professional child trafficker simply by getting into his head? This brutally honest, day-in-the-life story of a "groomer" challenges us to see the depths of his depravity and feel the pain of those he leaves behind.

Genre: Drama
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
No Job for Tenderfootsby  Jason K. Allen
Four notorious hit men show up at the same place, brought together by a mysterious cowboy who gives them an unusual mission. (Drama/Comedy/Crime. Award-winning screenwriter and journalist; see IMDB for writer's credits.)

Genre: Drama
18 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Eternal Optimistby  John Porter
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
Revelation/Armageddonby  Darryl N. Layne
When a newly elected president is revealed to be the prophesied Beast, his step brother must confront demonic forces, global chaos,and a world torn between faith and fear, racing against time to stop the rise of evil and restore good before all is lost to satin.

Genre: Horror
30 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Cherry Street Hauntingby  DJ Robbins
June and her sister, Delilah, recount the story of the haunting they encountered on Cherry Street.

Genre: Horror
37 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 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
Red Light Traffickingby  Gary A. Edwards
Red Light Traffic - Of three participants in group therapy for juvenile victims of human trafficking, which will be successfully rehabilitated and which will face further tragedy? This is a dark short graphic play about juvenile human trafficking designed to instruct young girls and boys about how to spot and prevent exploitation of children by sexual predators.

Genre: Drama
22 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
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
A lonely boy finds solace by visiting the woods where his little sister died. (1 location, 2 characters. Award-winning screenwriter; see IMDB for writer's credits.)

Genre: Horror
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
A legendary serial killer with an affinity for carving up faces like Jack o'Lanterns for Halloween visits the home of Jack and Meg.

Genre: Horror
2 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
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
A concerned young woman and her friends go to a desolate area to pick up her sick brother only to discover in their selfies somethings attached to them.

Genre: Horror
40 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
 
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