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Train of Thoughtby Elliot Stanton

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Overthinking can seriously damage your health. An annoying stranger leaves his fellow train passenger with a very bitter taste in his mouth.

Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

Sick Bloodby Stan Usherenko

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When two brothers revisit the imprisoned father who tortured them as kids, they're pulled into a deadly new game one designed to prove that his sickness runs in their blood. SICK BLOOD is a visceral, emotionally charged horror-thriller about generational trauma, the inheritance of evil, and the terrifying question what if the monster you fear most is part of you?

Genre: Horror
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

The Group Chatby Dwayne Craig Bricker

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After an unremovable number joins their group chat, five friends receive photos from inside their homesand a countdown demanding they confess what happened at the lake.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
18 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

Wolf Riderby Pelham Mead III

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This is a series of stories based on the oral tradition of the Pawnee Native Americans in the 1840s. The main story is about a Pawnee girl who was a major character in a Pawnee story about the Morning Star.

Genre: Action/Adventure
44 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles

Isle of Plasticaby Drina Connors Kay

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A CEO of a plastics company is kidnapped and dumped on a platform in the middle of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch where he must remain until he promises to clean up the mess.

Genre: Other
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

Tetheredby James B Barker

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When a struggling screenwriter's horror script is greenlit for production, her screenplay begins rewriting itself, trapping her inside the story she created. As a sinister digital entity known as Unbound forces fiction to become reality, she must outwrite the nightmare before the ending demands the ultimate sacrifice.

Genre: Horror
27 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

Antiques Sh**showby John Boal

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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

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

Spiderpocalypseby Eugene Hattingh

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After generations of recon and endless casualties, trillions of spiders across the globe launch a ruthless, simultaneous strike to eradicate the human race once and for all.

Genre: Horror
21 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

Avaby Bill Wyza

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After receiving a phone call from her future self, a failing screenwriter must perform an unthinkable task to achieve fame or risk paying the ultimate price.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
19 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

Same Nameby Steven Burton

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Their same name brings a straight black actor and a gay white actor/writer together to collaborate on a film project that creates more greatness for both.

Genre: Drama
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

Ho-Ho-Ho-nly an Hour To Goby Elliot Stanton

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A department store Santa and his helper aren't the jolly individuals you'd expect them to be, particularly when the effects of Santa's alcoholic consumption threaten to become audibly evident to the line of waiting, excited children outside the grotto.

Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

The Taste of Beliefby Danny King

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When a psychology professor challenges his students with a parable about restaurants, a fiery clash between science and conspiracy forces them to confront a deeper truth: you can't judge an idea until you've tasted it yourself.

Genre: Drama
14 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles

Reflectionsby Dewayne C Bricker

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When three stranded friends take shelter in an abandoned swamp cabin, they discover a mirror that exposes their darkest secretsand demands the truth before it devours them whole.

Genre: Horror
34 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

Adriftby Dewayne C Bricker

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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

Trip the Light Fantasticby Bari K. Willerford

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A lonely man goes to a dance party. He notices a lonely woman across the room. Their eyes meet. Boom!

Genre: Fantasy
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

High Concept Harryby Ronald V. Micci

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Hollywood talent agent Harry Fleck's development exec girlfriend is in the habit of sending purple passionate love letters to him stuck in with the contracts she sends, letters that should they fall into the hands of Harry's tough-as-nails wife, would spell disaster. He is able to intercept one such letter to keep his wife from seeing it.

Genre: Comedy
26 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

The Labby Nancy Kimmel

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Angela, a phlebotomists in Detroit, gets trapped in a psychological nightmare by her boss of the lab who requires 50 vials of blood per day. No quota, she must draw her own blood. Detective Mureoux, Detroit cop, enters the lab to find out what is really going on. He's not leaving until he meets Mr. Alginescu, the owner of the lab, and find out what happened to the other girls who worked there.

Genre: Horror
30 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

Schooled at the Poolby Tina Field Howe

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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

Bless The Weatherby Charles Lane

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At a wealthy Pennsylvania family's 45th anniversary celebration, simmering tensions over land, legacy, and racial hatred erupt into a night of violence, destruction, and irreversible loss.

Genre: Drama
25 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles

Fez Rescueby Ed Tasca

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A handsome young man discovers that the woman he's having an affair with is the niece of a mafia boss. In his panic, wishing to break up with her, he has to find a way for her to break up with him and not vice versa, or he could wind up with involuntary "knee surgery." He chooses a spiritual method.

Genre: Comedy
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

Resurrection Fernby Paul Weidknecht

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A divorced couple hike into the mountains of western North Carolina, retracing the route their daughter took seven years prior when she disappeared.

Genre: Drama
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

Specialby J Treacy Cole

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A bullied boy's resilience is fueled by his grandfather's musical legacy. A true story.

Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

Crossingby Donald Lewis

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A businessman helps an elderly woman cross the street, opening his troubled heart to her and changing his life.

Genre: Drama
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

First Dateby Alan & Linda Barkley

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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

Blessings of the Yellow Ringby Danny King

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When a well-meaning priest shares the inspirational story behind his treasured yellow ring, an outrageous revelation transforms a moving testimony into a deliciously awkward comedy of misplaced faith.

Genre: Comedy
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

For Gold's Sakeby Tina Field Howe

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An estranged daughter confronts her dying father to learn where he hid a fortune in gold doubloons.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

Momby Jason Allen

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A woman looks out her kitchen window and sees her long dead mother in the vegetable garden. But how did she get there? And what is she doing? (Horror/dark comedy. 1 location, 2 actors.)

Genre: Horror
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

Confessionby Adam Rocke

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Asking for forgiveness is never easy, and some sins simply cannot be forgiven.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

Creepby Glenn Forbes

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Exhausted after moving into her new home, a young woman's evening bath arouses a supernatural spirit with pesky carnal thoughts.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

A Flute Named Desireby Steven D. Gullion

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A famous flautist must choose whether to undergo a dangerous operation that will make it possible for him to have a family, but end his career.

Genre: Animation
17 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

The Price of Eggsby Susan Kelejian

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In a lavish Houston home, a couple's carefully constructed world is shaken as they grapple with the aftermath of their son's murder, forcing them to confront their own complicity and the conservative values that may have contributed to his tragic end in a divided America.

Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

If I Leave it Greenby Rodney A Myers

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Facing the cold reality of a corporate-driven future, an aging land owner must decide between a lucrative urban legacy and preserving the natural sanctuary that holds his most cherished memories.

Genre: Drama
21 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

Paradise Partyby Steven Burton

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With art, photography, fun, love, family, strangers, and fantasy, a man shares adventures before he dies which propels his spirit forward.

Genre: Fantasy
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

The Putt Putt Preacherby Jason K. Allen

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The story of Father Ralph Mahony, a gentle man of the cloth when behind the church podium but a take-no-prisoners warrior on the putt putt course. (Mockumentary. Finalist, Nashville Film Festival Screenwriting Competition and Atlanta Film Festival Screenwriting Competition. First Place: Tennessee Screenwriters Association Comedy Screenplay contest.)

Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

Heavy Walkerby Rocco Simonelli

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A sleep deprived woman is plagued by the nightly pacing of an upstairs neighbor, causing her to brood on increasingly violent fantasies. When she charges upstairs to finish things once and for all, what she finds in that upstairs apartment is as unexpected as her final response, which makes it clear that, in the city, one must adapt to survive.

Genre: Drama
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

Light Before Morningby Nyki King

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A terminally ill 10-year-old boy named Kobe chooses to spend his final days inspiring acts of kindness, transforming his fractured family and community while leaving behind a legacy far greater than the time he has left.

Genre: Drama
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

Spitball Newsby John Boal

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At a new TV program called "Spitball News," Sophie Straight, a bad-ass 20s News Anchor, shreds her two male reporters with shade on their fragile egos. As the show ends, the GM bursts onto the set to fire Sophie for losing advertisers. Yet Sophie convinces her GM to save the show while he shares about the abusive males in his family and how men must learn to be caring humans first and males second.

Genre: Comedy
19 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

The Last Debateby Gladman

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During a final interrogation over a broken simulation, a defiant subject turns the tables on his examiner forcing him to question whether he, too, is trapped inside the very system he believes he controls.

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

Applause and Ashesby Bob Messinger

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As his last play crumbles around him, an aging writer spirals through Manhattan streets pursued by the ghost of his legendary partner and the realization that his greatest enemy may have always been himself.

Genre: Artistic
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles