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Memory Survivalby  Steven Burton
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Two men are in a loving long-term relationship. The beautiful, shared memory of their past together provides relief from the current challenges of dementia.

Genre: Gay/Lesbian
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Creepby  Dj Robbins
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A creepy man follows a young boy into a gas station, where the boy's seventeen-year-old brother confronts the man.

Genre: Horror
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Erection Night - 2028by  John Boal
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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
Forest Whispersby  Steven Blows
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A Granddaughter aids their Grandfather in listening to the hearts of trees in the hope of finding the final message from his passed wife, her Grandmother.

Genre: Fantasy
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Survivors Will Be Prosecutedby  Barry Staff
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Wanting a solemn vigil at his dying mother's bedside, a man needs to deal with a pesky insect threatening to make the situation laughable.

Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Swoliosisby  Jim Kowalski
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A gym attendant hosts an underground fitness competition to avoid losing his bankrupt gym and his crush.

Genre: Comedy
23 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
The Lost Toys of Lester Lakeby  Jason K. Allen
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Bill only wants to catch a few fish for his dinner. The old, abandoned toys underneath Lester Lake only want someone to play with. (1 location, 1 actor. Award-winning screenwriter and journalist; see IMDB for writer's credits.)

Genre: Horror
1 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
The King of Cornby  Jason K. Allen
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Hopelessly lost in a corn maze, a young couple are rescued by a mystery man who bears a striking resemblance to the king of rock'n'roll. (Comic fable. 1 location, 3 characters. Award-winning screenwriter and journalist; see IMDB for writer's credits.)

Genre: Comedy
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Sharkkinby  Tommy Garcia
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A young woman fantasizes about the shark that attacked her when she meets a man with an unusual identity crisis, and the two find only they can heal one another's trauma.

Genre: Drama
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Entitledby  Alan Barkley
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When a young College female student accuses a male student of breaking into her car, the young woman and the Dean must confront the influential father of the accused young man. The story asks two questions : did he do it? And will the entitled win the day? Mostly interior scenes.

Genre: Drama
14 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Root Causeby  Iris Mangual
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After discovering a mysterious glowing pod beneath the Atlantic Ocean, a young scientist becomes Earth's last hope when ancient celestial forces awaken to destroy the planet.

Genre: Sci-Fi
14 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Dangerous Vocationby  Kline Fishborn
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Three friends during outdoor activities witness the murder of a person by two unknown men, but the girls manage to escape. Two men who not long ago escaped from the police for murdering a married couple do not want to leave the girls alive as witnesses who saw them and start hunting them.

Genre: Action/Adventure
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Amish Countryby  Bill Freas
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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
A Second Chanceby  John Porter
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A young man spends a passionate night with a young woman, then struggles to persuade her to give him a second chance.

Genre: Romance
14 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Straight Talk with Sadie & Santaby  Jason K. Allen
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On Christmas Eve, a little girl wakes to find Santa rummaging through her fridge. After scolding him about his diet, she proceeds to grill him about reindeer, elves, bad gifts and other curiosities, and soon develops a new understanding about Christmas. Santa, meanwhile, gets a dose of reality himself - and perhaps a new friend.

Genre: Comedy
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Accidental Breakthroughby  Christine Lara
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A young and ambitious graduate, frustrated by dead-end job offers, sees his day take a disastrous turn when he's hit by a car in the middle of Paris. But fate has other plans the driver turns out to be the director of a major insurance company, and the accident might just be the opportunity of a lifetime.

Genre: Comedy
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Days of Gloryby  Jason K. Allen
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A sidewalk shoeshine man touches the life of a hopeless customer. (1 location, 2 actors.)

Genre: Drama
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Medium of Exchangeby  Steven Blows
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When money begins to talk to a frugal cashier, he discovers with extraordinary consequences that he has the power to bend its controlling influence to his will.

Genre: Comedy
17 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Hayseeds & Hipstersby  Jason K. Allen
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While eating lunch on a park bench, hayseeds Ned and Boomer spot a real-life hipster. Fascinated, they observe him and make fun of him, but they soon learn that things aren't always what they seem. (1 location, 3 characters)

Genre: Comedy
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Our Lives Are Goodby  John Porter
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A medieval romance in which the father of three sons and the father of a daughter arrange for the sons to compete for the daughter's hand in marriage.

Genre: Romance
20 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Classmatesby  Emy Dust
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When three estranged friends reunite for their 20-year class reunion, a harmless prank to steal the town's iconic statue spirals into a deadly game of deception, betrayal, and hidden agendas, forcing them to confront their darkest secrets as the night unravels their lives.

Genre: Action/Adventure
30 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Heartwarming Horrorby  Jennifer Milne
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A couple on a first date realize the premise of a heartwarming romance could just as easily be a horrifying horror movie, and get a little of both when they go back to her place.

Genre: Horror
14 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Family Timeby  Jason K. Allen
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A family of four enjoys a quiet dinner around the table. But mom seems different tonight... (1 location, 4 actors. Award-winning screenwriter and journalist; see IMDB for writer's credits.)

Genre: Horror
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Rumor Has Itby  Paul Weidknecht
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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
Woodby  Jason K. Allen
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A lonely man falls in love with a tree. But can they live happily ever after? (No dialogue, silent comedy. One location. Produced writer; see IMDB for credits.)

Genre: Romantic Comedy
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Twas the Night Before The Night Before Christmasby  Elliot Stanton
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When a wife asks her husband why he no longer likes Christmas, he explains it's due to its commercialism. However, the real reason is revealed by a simple longing glance at a beloved family photo.

Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Bloodiedby  Adam Dyer
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Newlyweds Melanie & Carl Colvey move in to their dream house in their favorite neighborhood. After discovering the house to be the scene of a grizzly murder, they must decide whether to leave immediately, or live with a horrible truth.

Genre: Horror
17 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Zoomby  Anthony Cawood
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A couple's illicit affair is forced to go virtual due to a pesky global pandemic, and if that wasn't bad enough someone else wants in on the action.

Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Conversionby  Stephanie Neroes
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In 1968, a rebellious teen is abducted to a remote ranch under the guise of salvationonly to uncover a harrowing world of abuse, resistance, and a reckoning long overdue.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
30 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Any Face Will Doby  Tim Bechen
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A man soon regrets his wife's New Year's Resolution.

Genre: Comedy
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Spoken Forby  Jim Kowalski
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Can a man with a crippling social anxiety win the woman he loves over his alter ego crutch and her cheating boyfriend?

Genre: Romance
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Thanks, Lucindaby  John Porter
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A family romance in which two thirteen-year-olds try to work up the courage to invite each other to a high school dance.

Genre: Family
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Enemy of the Christby  Charles Okika
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An army of privileged angels jettison their empyrean phalanx in pursuit of pride and self love but at a costly price.

Genre: Other
44 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Clella (Pathways Of The Heart)by  Diane Yates
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In the Ozark Mountains, a selfless woman of indomitable spirit shoulders the weight of the Great Depression, raising six children and tending the farm while her husband turns to drinking, gambling, and womanizing. When he abandons her, a mysterious guitar player arrives on the scene, and she must choose between loyalty to her past and a possible new future. (Based on a true story.)

Genre: Drama
45 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
What's Your Emergencyby  Anthony Cawood
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A mobster wakes up buried in a coffin, and that's the least of his problems.

Genre: Horror
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Coyote Medicineby  Christopher Shotwell
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When Coyote unleashes the spirit world onto his bizarre contestant show, his phantasmic antics may cost him his friendships, girlfriend, and even the show before he can prove he's no fool but a clever-hearted trickster

Genre: Animation
35 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Accidents Happenby  Steven Blows
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A man questions his responsibilities when he goes to the toilet and unexpectedly gives birth to an egg.

Genre: Comedy
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Deepstareby  Gerard Docherty
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A short film exploring mental health from the main character's POV. Main character descends into a fantasy world. Explores his invented world. Kills someone at the end. Ends up in a police cell. Multiple scenes, multiple locations, all adaptable to whatever circumstances you find yourself in. Modest length, flexible set up, few locations, relatively easy to stage. 10-15 mins duration.

Genre: Drama
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Ripplesby  Anthony Cawood
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A woman travels back in time to reshape her childhood, but her relentless drive to win leads to chilling and irreversible consequences.

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