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Welcome to Arbor Parkby  Donald Copenhaver
When a real estate developer destroys an ancient tree to build luxury housing, nature takes its revengeroot by root, limb by limb.

Genre: Horror
24 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
A writer's nightmares of alien implants fuel his horror noveluntil he learns the story is real and ending it will end him.

Genre: Horror
21 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Not For Everyoneby  Philip C. Sedgwick
Up against a production deadline, two casting directors seeking the next "it" actress, encounter a waitress who perplexes their sensibilities when she rejects their casting offer of fame and fortune. While wooing the waitress, a life-threating emergency at a nearby table is thwarted by an immigrant worker in the establishment.

Genre: Drama
11 pages
Cast Size: 7+ 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
Justifiable Beatingby  Bernard Antoine Mersier
Love will make you believe your enemy truly loves you. That's the bitter truth Monica has to swallow dealing with her husband Craig.

Genre: Drama
45 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Bargain Storeby  Brandi Self
A disgruntled small-town bargain store worker meets a soldier who encourages her to stand up to her perverted boss.

Genre: Fantasy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Between Detroit and Toledoby  Sonny James Traylor
At a greasy spoon somewhere between Detroit and Toledo, a heartbroken woman slips into a parallel world where she's on the run with half a million dollars' worth of stolen drugs and a loaded .38 special.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Trick or treaters think a scarecrow is just a Halloween Decoration, until they find out that its machete really can cut 'em up.

Genre: Horror
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Complaint to the Powerfulby  Hiabu Hassebu
After being prey to Eagles for years, the Hens complain to the Powerful to redo their fate of living and to possess flying wings so they can protect themselves from the sky strikers.

Genre: Animation
22 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Princess Samby  Rebecca Ayers
When Sam, a burned-out waitress, becomes convinced by her sick grannie that they are really British royals, Sam channels Princess Diana which inspires her to a higher purpose at Sloppy's Bar-B-Q.

Genre: Comedy
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Mourning the loss of their friend, a group goes live expressing their emotions towards the people who killed him, having no idea something more sinister is at hand.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
For Gold's Sakeby  Tina Field Howe
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
Agence Paradisby  Slobodan D. Pesic
In a surreal bureaucratic universe, a lonely man enters Agence Paradis, a state-run institution promising to fulfill any human desire. As he lists his wishes from sneakers to love his dreams spiral into absurdity, revealing the tragic comedy of modern aspiration and divine automation.

Genre: Sci-Fi
18 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Mario's Songby  Paul Byrne
When his fisherman dad drowns at sea, a recruited soccer ace hooks up with a charismatic drug dealer to support his family, but eventually, must either roll over on his boss who is like a brother or do hard time in gladiator academy.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
40 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
A late-night radio host takes a caller's cheating-girlfriend rant as entertainment until he claims she's locked in his car boot. Checking Find My Phone, Lexi realises the signal is in the station car park and "Dolly" is her wife. Live on air, the caller blames Lexi's past relationship advice for destroying his life and demands she feel the same loss. Lexi must keep him talking long enough to save Ronnie without hiding behind the jokes.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
16 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Real Heroesby  Tina Field Howe
Convinced they're the good guys, brother and sister drug dealers dispose of the competition to 'save' their neighborhood.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
5 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
A Magical Day at the Dumpby  Frank Vespe
Two sisters' inaugural trip to the Town Dump gets interrupted when a visitor appears out of nowhere and offers help, but his help is foreshadowed by an eerie feeling that something's not right.

Genre: Drama
18 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Mister Christmasby  Jason K. Allen
When Albert meets his girlfriend's parents and sees their inadequate Christmas tree, he decides to give them a few pointers on the meaning of Christmas. (One location, four characters. Produced writer; see IMDB for writer's credits.)

Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Harboring A Fugitiveby  Jeffrey Stackhouse
Senator Marcus has had a long career of staunch anti-abortion legislation, yet a simple conversation with an off-kilter doctor will change his views forever.

Genre: Horror
18 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
If Only I Didn't Have to Look at Your Faceby  Jason K. Allen
A shallow young man decides to break up with his beautiful, kindhearted girlfriend because of her occasional unattractive facial expression. (1 location, 3 actors.)

Genre: Comedy
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Driver Sevenby  Elliot Stanton
A vintage car appears like an irresistible purchase, but at what real cost? An unassuming man is convinced to buy a pristine classic car from a mysterious seller. Even though the car is beautiful, it hides a dark and deadly secret that it soon unleashes on its new owner.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
23 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
His Last Mistakeby  Melissa Diane Hudson
After a night of heavy drinking, a young man stops on a highway to relieve himself and, unknowingly, urinates on a roadside memorial, awakening an enraged spirit that follows him back to his car to seek revenge.

Genre: Horror
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Northern Exposureby  Larry Shannon
The story of one boy's journey from innocence to experience.

Genre: Biographical
43 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Greatest Story Never Toldby  Matthew J Cresta
After the crucifixion of Jesus, the apostles question their future and even the truth. Due to their lack of faith the disciples hatch a crazy plan to steal Jesus body and stage his resurrection. When things go wrong and the plan fails the team is forced to face their new reality.

Genre: Comedy
45 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Out With The Oldby  Sarah Kennedy
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. TOP 10 FINALIST: CinemaStreet Women's Short Screenplay Festival 2023

Genre: Drama
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
Playtime Episode 2 Tea Timeby  Doug J Robbins
Zoe is close to her magic Teddy Bear, and their relationship has parallels; their fights, in particular, mimic Mom and Dad's.

Genre: Artistic
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Madame Presidentby  Mich
Susie Q. pounds on 'Heaven's Door' demanding to talk to 'The Man' about her becoming the First Woman President of the U.S. Secretly, she wants his blessing.

Genre: Comedy
23 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Down to the Wireby  Dexter Williams
A defiant cop gets involved in a race against time to stop two escaped convicts who have taken hostages on a bus rigged to explode.

Genre: Action/Adventure
21 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
The Indian Summer of Dry Valley Johnsonby  John Porter
A western romance based on O. Henry's short story (first published in 1881, now in the public domain) about a grizzled middle-aged shepherd who falls in love with a beautiful young Mexican girl.

Genre: Western
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
By the Seaby  Tina Field Howe
Clever Brandi, English heir to a fortune, frames her husband in the murder of her mother, the family matriarch.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
7 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 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
Crossroadsby  Anthony Cawood
A teenage girl makes a deal with the Devil to beat her friend at Pokemon Go, only to capture him in a Poke Ball and unleash chaos.

Genre: Horror
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
It Was Only Yesterdayby  Nathan M. Scrivens
A boy attempts to get his mother to smile again after her father's passing.

Genre: Action/Adventure
11 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Gagging For Itby  Barry Staff
A budding mute and blind standup needs to get through an audition to prove the act will work.

Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
My Angel Friendsby  Pelham Mead III
Tom Sizer is a college student who was driving on Meadowbrook Parkway when he had an accident with his car. When he is about to die the Archangel Michael decides to keep him alive. After Tom recovers, Michael tells him he is to be a human advisor to the angels in special situations and his adventures begin.

Genre: Drama
44 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
A hunky, bold construction worker makes a bet with the guys that he can pull off a romantic interlude with his gorgeous but strictly hands-off boss-lady.

Genre: Romance
5 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Fez Rescueby  Ed Tasca
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
Beat Bobby Flayby  Adam Rocke
Iconic chef Bobby Flay must endure a brutal interrogation to keep his many culinary secrets safe.

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