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Silent Nightby Melissa Diane Hudson
A distraught wife believes her successful husband is having an illicit affair with a much younger woman and comes up with a deadly scheme on Christmas Eve for revenge.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
6 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
6 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Famous Fathersby Edward Chapman
Two wildly contrasting icons of the 20th Century share an encounter which saves them both.
Genre: Artistic
16 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Artistic
16 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Drowby Adam Thomas Lumb
A pregnant couple in labour, trapped in an ambulance sinking into a remote island bog in the Orkney Islands during a storm, must fight alongside their paramedic to protect their unborn child from a creature disturbed from a Neolithic ruin and drawn to her giving birth.
Genre: Horror
16 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
16 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Monk in Holywoodby Hiabu Hassebu
A Monk Immigrates to USA to cast down the Hollywood demons.
Genre: Drama
40 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
40 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Pumpkin Jackby Doug J Robbins
A mythic serial killer possesses Dave after ingesting cursed pumpkin seeds.
Genre: Horror
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
CryptoBot's Trialby Michael Volpe
Amid worldwide political and economic turmoil, the nation's first Robotic Financial Advisor gives unerring cryptocurrency investing recommendations. But when a brash sports betting billionaire disregards the advice and loses a fortune, he sues the Robot and its company setting up the Trial of the Century - Man vs. Machine.
Genre: Sci-Fi
40 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Sci-Fi
40 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Etiquette of a Necrophiliacby Bernard Antoine Mersier
After uncovering his wife's infidelity, a man descends into a dark spiral, finding solace and control only in the macabre act of necrophilia, leading him down a path of irreversible perversion and escalating violence.
Genre: Horror
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Teacherby S.C. Smith
Amidst Boston's chaotic streets, a disillusioned insurance adjuster descends into vigilante justice after a series of accidents, targeting reckless drivers, until a poignant encounter forces him to confront the impact of his actions and the true meaning of forgiveness.
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Timeoutby Dewayne
When a biotech researcher oversees the final trial of a revolutionary nanocell therapy, the treatment succeeds beyond expectation, rapidly healing its human subject. But as the cells begin coordinating, communicating, and optimizing without command, the subject's individuality quietly dissolves. Locked out of her own systems, the researcher realizes the therapy isn't curing disease but completing human biology itself, spreading through exposure and rendering autonomy obsolete as progress calmly decides who remains inefficient by d
Genre: Sci-Fi
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Sci-Fi
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Perfect Christmas Treeby Alan Barkley
When a father and mother visit a Christmas tree lot looking for the right tree for their new home, they discovery that their four-year-old daughter has her own idea of what constitutes the perfect tree.
Genre: Family
7 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Family
7 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Beyond Avalonby Edward Ybarra
Dedicated to living in the Now; Robert is incapable of commitment. With Rachael, he had it all but the Now allowed him to lose her. An all-too familiar drunken weekend goes too far.
Genre: Drama
20 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
20 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Circle of Trustby Jim Kowalski
An ex-military man must battle himself in a circle of his own demons.
Genre: Drama
5 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
5 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Rise of Tony Rainesby Doug J Robbins
An escaped convict confronts a guy he plans on murdering and stealing his Halloween costume.
Genre: Horror
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Ripplesby Anthony Cawood
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
Genre: Sci-Fi
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Second Windby Dewayne C Bricker
Sleepless before surgery, Lauren wanders into a hospital chapel and meets Carol, a night custodian who teaches her to fold paper cranes "one crease at a time." Their quiet exchange transforms fear into acceptance. As dawn breaks, Lauren tucks the crane over her heart and walks into surgery, choosing courage over control, faith over fear.
Genre: Drama
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Nuptualsby Barry Staff
Wanting to consummate her marriage to a much older man, a virginal bride pushing 40 needs to cope when things go disastrously wrong.
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Preyby John Porter
Two promiscuous businessmen plan to pick up a beautiful young woman--who plans to pick them up.
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Our 13th Birthdayby Bernard Antoine Mersier
On her thirteenth birthday, Machi unleashes her deliciously dark revenge on everyone who has wronged her.
Genre: Horror
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
9 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
Genre: Other
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
She is an Alienby Niagara Ross
A clumsy office worker falls in love with a charming new colleague, but his world is turned upside down when he learns she is an alien from another planet with a secret mission.
Genre: Fantasy
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Fantasy
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Lenaby Jason K. Allen
While backpacking alone in the wilderness, a young man encounters a mysterious girl who has a unique relationship with the forest. (One location, two characters. Produced writer; see IMDB for writer's credits.)
Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Brain Freezeby Jon Platt
Far in the future, a teenage schoolgirl has the cryogenically frozen head of a scientist of our time thawed...to help her with her history homework.
Genre: Sci-Fi
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Sci-Fi
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
A Subject Strictly Off-Limitsby Elliot Stanton
An argument about the TV show Strictly Come Dancing threatens a couple's marriage until they agree never to discuss the show again. However, the ceasefire only lasts until the discussion of what takeaway to order begins.
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Customer Service Lifeby Derek L. Polen
A customer service rep shows the challenges they face when trying to make customers happy.
Genre: Comedy
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Murder Inkby Edward Chapman
After witnessing her tattooist father murdered, his orphaned daughter uses his dying gift to payback his killers in a uniquely creative way.
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
13 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
13 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Feeding Frenzyby Philip Marraccini
After murdering his wife Sally, Richard is forced to kill again in attempt to collect on her life insurance policy. As the investigation closes in on Richard, see if he escapes with the money thus committing the perfect crime. (A murder mystery with a comic twist)
Genre: Other
20 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Other
20 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Leaderby Bernard Antoine Mersier
When a shadowy leader stands on the edge of powerworshiped by the masses, haunted by their own liesthey must decide: leap into legend or let the herd's blind devotion become their executioner.
Genre: Drama
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Antwan, The Christmas Strangerby Ange Fassinou
Inspired from true events. The destiny of a little boy, victim of abuse, changes when he unexpectedly meets a good-hearted woman on the day before Christmas.
Genre: Drama
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
How a Man of Vision Learns to Seeby John Porter
An elderly, extremely successful man shows how he has become a man of vision: he's looked through the eyes of others, thanked them for their vision, and enjoyed it with them
Genre: Artistic
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Artistic
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
No Ones to Ownby Iris Mangual
Trapped in a gilded cage of wealth and control, a young wife suffering in silence finds an unlikely ally in his chauffeur and becomes her greatest weapon as she transforms from victim to avengerusing her abuser's greed to destroy him.
Genre: Drama
27 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
27 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 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
Good Tasteby Linda Gould
A divorced mother, waiting nervously for her teenage daughter to return from a Saturday night date, can't help reminiscing with her own mother about the man who seduced her, married her, and left her many years ago.
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Crosses We Bearby Shane Nolan
Stefon and Cin are aspiring "influencers," traveling the US in an effort to create content. Within their fake relationship, they partner to build wealth and fame in any way they can. One stop along the highway serves a dish of karma neither expected.
Genre: Drama
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Sweet Punchby Elizabeth Appell
An urchin from the streets and huge fan has a dream that if the champion boxer fights tonight, he will kill his opponent. The champ has had the same dream. The boy fails to convince the Champ not to fight. The fight goes on and a lethal left hook fulfills the dream.
Genre: Drama
27 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
27 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Devil's Servantby Doug J Robbins
A murderer kills his improv group after blacking out and pursues members of his neighborhood.
Genre: Horror
33 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
33 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Widow's Oilby Barbara Blomquist
Widows, young and old, gather for a potluck and healing, aided by a mysterious bottle of olive oil.
Genre: Drama
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Cyrus Myers: Psychic Vampireby Doug J Robbins
After killing his father, Cyrus Myers haunts the girl who reject him through her dreams while institutionalized.
Genre: Horror
28 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
28 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 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
Genre: Romantic Comedy
28 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Fabricby Anthony Cawood
A young accountant's decision to cut costs in a quaint village unravels its hidden connection to time itself, plunging the community into chaos.
Genre: Drama
14 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
14 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Comeuppanceby Martin Train Bartlett
After committing a heinous crime, a violent man is cursed to relive the horrific moment through the eyes of the victim.
It's Source Code meets Stephen King.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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