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A Little Learningby Cassandra Wells

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In rural Alabama in 1941 as America enters World War II, a patriotic disabled school teacher undertakes teaching an illiterate farmer to read only to discover that the man's illiteracy was what was keeping him safe and alive.

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

4th of Julyby Katoya S Lowe

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In the dark era of circus slavery, an albino woman forms a bond with a captive elephant to launch a devastating revenge against the cruel owners who murdered her twin brother, executing a bloody reckoning on the 4th of July.

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

Faith (The Sanctuary Siege)by Dewayne C Bricker

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During a chaotic hostage standoff, Pastor Jonas stays behind to talk down a wounded veteran demanding proof that God still listens. Their tense exchange strips away ritual and pride, revealing two broken men searching for grace. When SWAT breaches the doors, Jonas shields the gunman and prays aloud for them bothchoosing compassion over fear in the moment that decides their souls.

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

The Perfect Neighborhoodby Melissa Catena

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After suburban mom, Gretchen, disappears, her neighbor, Anna, gathers a group of women to launch a neighborhood watch. As Anna gets to know them better, she discovers Gretchen's disappearance may be tied to the secretive spiritual circle Gretchen and the other women belong to. Anna befriends them so she can uncover the truth, but as she gets pulled in deeper, she begins to question her own safety.

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

Me and That Treeby Marie Etzler

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A small girl must conquer a monster tree on a big bike to feel free enough and strong enough to face her most important challenge, her distant mother.

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

It's Now or Neverby Elliot Stanton

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In a world where Elvis lives, a suburban man's golden ticket to see The King goes missing down the back of the bath sparking a hilarious battle between nostalgia, plumbing, and domestic survival.

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

White Feathers - A Supernatural Dramaby Susie Schecter

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Months after her four-year-old daughter dies tragically, a grieving mother believes a miracle has occurred when the child returns from the dead. But when only she and the family dog can see her, the mother's determination to prove her daughter's existence drives a wedge into her marriage and sends her on a heartbreaking search for the truth.

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

Influencerby Tom Miller

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A hopeful influencer moves to Hollywood to find success, but winds up in a battle royale.

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

Close Enoughby Steven Burton

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The boundaries of the long-term platonic friendship between Larry, a straight man, and Gary, a gay man, are challenged as they deal with other life issues.

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

Three Is an Odd Numberby jonathan riikonen

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Due to a rental office error, three very different guys with different interests end up living together wondered by their female neighbor, and added by a big and sloppy apartment house complex office lady.

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

The Deliveryby Dwayne Bricker

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Homesick in her cramped apartment, Lena orders no-contact deliveryjust soup and comfort food. When the app says her driver has "arrived," a safety alert claims he's "concerned for her wellbeing" and needs her to respond. Outside her door, the driver's polite voice turns invasive as he cites her heart rate, moods, and habits pulled from apps and devices, exposing an obsession that won't end when this order is marked "completed."

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

Awfully Wedded Wifeby Elliot Stanton

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Love is... a suspicious mind, making the threat of castration a genuine possibility.

Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles

The Last Mottoby Dwayne Bricker

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When a young nun's exorcism reveals a hidden system controlling papal succession, a skeptical priest teams with a Vatican archivist to uncover a centuries-old conspiracy rewriting the Church's history. As powerful forces move to contain the truth, he must decide whether exposing it will free the Churchor destroy the very institution billions depend on.

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

Alien Dreamby Steven Burton

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A teenage girl has a dream about instantly becoming a teenage boy caused by an accidental Alien invasion.

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

Out of Timeby Deanne Gittens

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A young woman struggles to understand why she keeps waking up in the middle of the night to a ringing cell phone and mysterious voices just outside her window.

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

Writing Wrongsby Richard Sloggett

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Who does a person have to shoot to get their script shot?

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

The Pendantby Tina Gandhi

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Ten-year-old Catherine invokes her lineage of witchery and her penchant for chemistry to defy the death of her Nana, but her plans are thwarted, and she is suddenly transported to the ethers of afterlife.

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

The Revverby Michael Hanson

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At wit's end with a motorhead neighbor always revving his big truck, a distressed artist takes drastic measures to finish her masterwork for the event of a lifetime before deadline.

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

Late Doorsby Barry Staff

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Three 'remainers' congregate in a deserted pub and there contemplate whether the news that a meteorite will shortly destroy Earth is a hoax, but also to undertake their final acts in case it's true.

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

Spider Daddyby Wayne E. Johnson

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An eleven-year-old boy, fixated on horror comics and monsters, finds that his recurring nightmares become reality with devastating results for his abusive, alcoholic stepfather and, ultimately, for him.

Genre: Horror
24 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 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

The Artifactby Steve Kennison

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Set in the mid-19th century, HENRY STANTON is a struggling museum manager. DAVID KENNISON is an alleged centenarian Revolutionary War veteran. They collaborate and make David the museum's living exhibit. The story explores David's unbelievable experiences, history, survival, and the challenge of proving one's identity and legacy.

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

Out With the Oldby Sarah Kennedy

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An older woman's transition to assisted living exposes the callous nature of her son whose obsession with finding a large sum of hidden cash threatens not only his marriage but also his sanity. An award-winning short.

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

Sinbad and the Last Centaurby Jaime Velez

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SINBAD is trapped in Tritonia, the fabled land of the Centaurs, where he battles a league of evil necromancers in their quest for the Sword of Largunia and the Black Lotus that will yield immense power and immortality. The Prophesy of the Last Centaur.

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

Exit Stage Leftby Elliot Stanton

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Even off-stage, the show must go on. An experienced old actor rues missed opportunities and reveals a hidden illness to a young, caring colleague who attempts to open his eyes to the bigger and brighter picture.

Genre: Drama
16 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 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

Laura Leeby Ron Micci

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On her summer teaching break, a divorced woman in an antiques store becomes romantically involved with a divorced man who owns a summer home on a nearby lake. Though she kids him about her name's resemblance to Lorelei, over time it becomes evident that she is troubled by her son's suicide, and the intensity of this sadness lures them both on the rocks.

Genre: Romance
13 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

Who Said Penis?by Adam Rocke

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Thanksgiving dinner at a swanky Bel Air mansion comes with roast turkey and all the trimmings, plus an anatomy lesson from a 7-year-old.

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

A Raunchy Children's Story (Don't Curl My Toes)by Larry E Coleman

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Before his first scooter date, a father tells his 13-year-old son how he met his mother at a bar and goes into way too much detail.

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

Death of Lazarus (Eye of the Triangle)by Jamal A Clemons

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A bloody internal mutiny fractures an ex-Special Forces heist crew on the eve of their largest strike, forcing them to regroup when intelligence reveals their multi-billion-dollar target is housed inside a mobile shadow vessel cutting through international waters.

Genre: Other
44 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

Portrait of a Girlby Niagara Ross

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A group of teenagers, exploring an abandoned house on the outskirts of town, find an old portrait of a mysterious girl. But the more they learn about her past, the more nightmarish visions and dangerous phenomena begin to haunt them.

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

A Blue Moon Over Corriganvilleby Mark Laing

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A group of rockabillies, convinced by an aging barfly to take him to an old movie ranch to reunite with his childhood love, find themselves on a magical journey.

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

Perennialsby Donald Lewis

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Paranoia takes root when a White suburban woman repeatedly receives business cards from a Mexican landscaper through her front door mail slot, sending her on a frantic mission to stop the invasion of her home.

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

Halloween Massacre 2by Doug J Robbins

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One year after the Halloween Massacre, Cyrus returns to torment Danny once again.

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

The Horned Toadby Loren Davis

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When five advanced AI language models gather to dissect a western screenplay, their debate is upended by the silent presence of a horned toad lizard on the windowsill, forcing them to confront the limits of consciousness, meaning, and their own existence as the world outside quietly decays.

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

Green Eyed Monsterby Doug J Robbins

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Max kills his mom and gets paroled years later and goes on the hunt, and his father is a sheriff and hunts his son down like a dog.

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

The Narcissistby DJ Robbins

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A Couple of childhood tragedies have turned a man into a narcissist until a health scare leads to a near-death experience where he has a heart-to-heart with his dead mother.

Genre: Drama
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 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

Tangled Rootsby Deogratias Nyakiki

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In a quaint town, Mia, a botanist grappling with her family's hidden history, partners with Ethan, a free-spirited artist, to restore a neglected community garden. As they navigate their growing bond and unearth long-buried secrets, Mia's quest for identity forces her to confront her fears and embrace vulnerability. Their distinct personalitiesher analytical precision clashing with his creative chaosforge a connection that leads to both personal growth and the revitalization of their community, all against a backdrop of both h

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

Directive 541by Eric John Seidel

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A grieving intelligence agent orders his AI assistant to arrange his assassination without telling him when it will happen. Waiting in a neighborhood park, he spirals into paranoid dark comedy, mistaking strangers, hot dogs, and harmless accidents for the incoming hituntil an unexpected encounter makes him question whether he truly wants the order carried out.

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