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The Three Lines of Zailaby Andrew Bowen
After they rescue and adopt a lost wolf pup, the mother of a farm family of German Shepherds tells her brood the fantastic story about how one line of wolves descended from the mythical Wolf Goddess Zaila remained wolves and another line joined with man to evolve into dogs, setting off a series of surprise events that change canine history forever!
Genre: Fantasy
37 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Fantasy
37 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Dutchess Greenby Joseph Brown
The quiet invasion began with the old "man" painting barns with alien spawn. The farm girls who figured it out were too late.
Genre: Horror
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Seven Minutesby Robert Drusetta
A trilogy of stories exploring the seven minutes after death where the brain doesn't realize the body is dead.
Genre: Horror
23 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
23 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Ol' Mean Joeby John W Welch
A legend surrounding mean children being taken on Halloween claims the one that got away years earlier.
Genre: Drama
11 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
11 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Cell Matesby Anthony Cawood
A new inmate learns her prison cell is haunted by a brutal male spirit, forcing her into a deadly struggle for survival against the unseen.
Genre: Horror
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Cutby John Porter
A dark comedy (unless you're Bill, the protagonist, who would call it a horror film) that provides a warning to any man who even thinks about doing wrong to his woman.
Genre: Comedy
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Why Cows Are Contentedby John Porter
A middle-aged cow explains why she and her sisters are contented, even though they end up as hamburger and baseball gloves.
Genre: Animation
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Animation
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Attachedby Delaina M. Waldron
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
Genre: Horror
40 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Shrouded by Shadowby Hutira Gábor
Ryu Hayashi, a skilled ninja of the Shadow Syndicate, one day he is tasked with a mission to eliminate a thief, only to discover that the thief is just a poor man who stole vegetables to feed his starving family. Rejecting the mission, Ryu is marked as a rogue and must fight for his life against his former allies, facing the consequences of his decision.
Genre: Action/Adventure
40 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Action/Adventure
40 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Playtime: Episode 1 Plasticby DJ Robbins
Eric discovers that everything in his life is made of plastic.
Genre: Artistic
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Artistic
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Treasureby John Alexander Fraser
A young native American woman must overcome her sensitivities to protect herself when a deranged killer attacks her friends for an underground culinary treasure in a remote forested area.
Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Antiques Sh**showby John Boal
A tart-tongued substitute host for the genteel Antiques Roadshow dishes caustic comments on the innocent guests which triggers not only a boost in the ratings, but also a goofy lad to make a sign dubbing the proceedings as the Antiques Shitshow. Yet when the host's Aunt comes by with the world's oldest vibrator, she dangles it as a hostage heirloom to make the host change her wicked ways by apologizing to her deceased mum.
Genre: Comedy
18 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
18 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Same Woman as a Wholeby Bernard Antoine Mersier
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
Genre: Drama
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Cracked Shellsby Mark Konik
Two lonely hearts meet via online dating. One dressed as a chicken, the other infatuated with someone else. Can Lance and Kristen find love with each other?
Genre: Comedy
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Roots of Evilby Jason K. Allen
Young Zack is terribly excited about his birthday party -- that is, until his clueless family brings out the disappointing birthday cake. (Horror/Dark Comedy. 1 location. Produced writer; see IMDB for writer's credits.)
Genre: Horror
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
They All Want The King Deadby NG
Haunted by treachery on all sides, a newly crowned king battles shadowy plots designed to murder him and plunge the kingdom into chaos.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Apartmentby Brandi Self
A couple caught up in the whirlwind of technology check into their sublet only to find they can't connect.
Genre: Sci-Fi
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Sci-Fi
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The King of Cornby Jason K. Allen
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
Genre: Comedy
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Boxing Dayby Doug J Robbins
A crazed killer, Mrs. Claus, hunts down a mother and son on Boxing Day, the day after Christmas.
Genre: Horror
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Fly Squattingby Steven Blows
A mother grieving for the loss of her daughter takes her anger out on a pesky fly that won't leave her alone.
Genre: Animation
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Animation
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
I Heart Jodyby Doug J Robbins
A serial killer gets distracted by his favorite sitcom when about to enter a potential victim's home.
Genre: Comedy
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
A Classic Western Love Storyby John Porter
A western comedy in which two young men compete for the favor of a lovely young woman.
Genre: Western
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Western
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Reality Checkby Ed Tasca
Guy painfully caught between former "love of his life" who is sending him a final goodbye via live video and his new "rebound girlfriend," whom he's promised to engage in a serious relationship and is waiting for him at her flat.
(Both women are played by the same actress.)
Genre: Horror
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Under the Bedby Dewayne
Six-year-old Ethan claims something lives beneath his bed and only moves when adults aren't watching. Hoping to prove it imaginary, his parents install lights and cameras, but the presence begins adapting, spreading beyond the bedroom as observation makes it stronger. While the house subtly changes, Ethan grows calmer, revealing he's been teaching it how to belong. By the time his parents understand the rules, the entity no longer needs the bedand neither does Ethan.
Genre: Horror
35 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
35 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Cross Wiresby Gregory Stallworth
Cross Wires is a suspenseful story of corporate executive who receives voice messages on his office phone of an international drug trafficking operation within the corporation where he is employed. Faced with a decision of staying silent to what he knows or becoming a Corporate Whistleblower and not only risk his career, however his life.
Genre: Drama
33 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
33 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Prioritiesby John Porter
A young radio talk show host must choose between solving the problems of the world and attending his son's grammar school play.
Genre: Comedy
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Midnightby DJ Robbins
At Midnight, June meets the terrifying, murderous entity known as the Midnight Woman.
Genre: Horror
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Dr. Coup De Graceby Sherrie Presson
A disgruntled husband tricks a mercy killer into killing his wife, who is recovering from plastic surgery. Produced screenwriter: https://m.imdb.com/title/tt4977524/?ref_=nm_flmg_t_1_wr
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Float Swim Dreamby Jason K. Allen
A sad and lonely goldfish dreams of escaping his fish bowl so that he can fight zombies, halt global warming and meet Justin Bieber. (Award-winning screenwriter and journalist; see IMDB for writer's credits.)
Genre: Animation
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Animation
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Afterlifeby DJ Robbins
A 26-year-old man regrets committing suicide and death shows him the ramifications of the effects his suicide had on his parents and girlfriend.
Genre: Artistic
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Artistic
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Rage Of The Butcherby Kline Fishborn
During a bank robbery bandits kill Eliza, a bank employee, while her husband a killer with the nickname "Butcher" executes an order to kill a corrupt politician. After returning he learns about the death of his wife, who did not know anything about his work. Now his task is to find and deal with all cruelty.
Genre: Action/Adventure
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Action/Adventure
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
More Than Clothby Steven Blows
The experiences of a university student's first day devoutly wearing the hijab proves to be more challenging and diverse than she first expected when friends and strangers begin to see her differently.
Genre: Drama
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Girl In The Subwayby Jason Kirman
Two policemen on patrol see a 12-year-old girl sleeping in the subway, when the policemen approached her to ask about her parents, they realized that she could not speak.
Genre: Drama
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Free Tomatoesby JT
Sometimes free has a price.
Genre: Comedy
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Night Bellby Donne Copenhaver
A doctor enters a strange pub on his last day at a psychiatric hospital, only to find himself trapped in a dreamlike world that reflects his guilt, memories, and fractured relationships. What begins as one last drink becomes a haunting descent into the inescapable weight of trauma and the fear of moving forward.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
24 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
24 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Fireman From The Heartby Timothy McVeigh
Since childhood, Amber dreams of becoming a firefighter and she has a chance to prove herself as a firefighter by rescuing a woman with two children who cannot get out of a burning house, but getting to the girl's house is not so easy and calling the fire department at night becomes impossible due to the lack of network.
Genre: Drama
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Inhospitable Takeoverby Michael Hutchinson
An odd-ball group of aliens disguised as humans are sent to the Solar System before their kind harvest and enslave the Humans, but are then forced to setup shop on Earth and prepare the planet for assimilation.
Genre: Comedy
30 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
30 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Daggersby Jason K. Allen
A man sits beside a woman on a park bench to eat his lunch, but he gradually scoots away from her. When the puzzled woman questions his actions, it leads to a series of bitter insults which arouses them both. (1 location, 2 actors)
Genre: Comedy
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
7 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
Genre: Drama
22 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Bearby DeWayne Bricker
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
Genre: Action/Adventure
45 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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