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Make Haste Slowlyby John Porter

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Doc Holliday shares some wisdom with the outlaw Dave Rudabaugh--then meets Wyatt Earp.

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

The Fingerby Brian Jackson

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After a severed finger appears on a grimy coffee table, three mismatched roommates spiral into suspicion that ends in a fatal misfireonly for an interrogation to reveal the cruelest joke of all.

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

Dead Copby Ange Fassinou

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A cop decides to avenge his wife killed by four young men.

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

Blade of Betrayalby Christine LARA

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After the tragic death of his mother, Ken Deluisart moves to Japan, immersing himself in its culture and martial arts. When he returns to France for his father's funeral, he's plunged into a treacherous web of family deceit. Targeted for his inheritance, Ken must confront his cousin's betrayal and unearth the truth behind his father's death before it's too late.

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

Bump in the Nightby Anthony Cawood

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When a desperate young thief breaks into the wrong house, he discovers the elderly homeowners are far more dangerousand sinisterthan he could have ever imagined.

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

Have a Hella Christmasby Lawrence Riggins

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Lucifer crashes the announcer's booth at a Christmas Parade insisting that HIS float from the Netherworld partake in the festivities -- and win a trophy, or else...! Irreverent, wacky, obscene. Three performers.

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

Xanadu Shoresby Jay Loish

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Two ex-pilots become embroiled in a kidnapping and gold heist, after an employer's scheme escalates from theft to kidnapping. Needing help, our hero leaves clues unaware of a capricious agent and his comely accomplice are following his friends by land, air, and sea. The unscrupulous authorities are seeking the loot, confronting the criminals, culminating explosively with the sun rising on XANADU SHORES. It's about desire and duty to friends. A lively yarn encapsulated by adventure.

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

Incarnationsby Bob Messinger

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A young man fears for his sanity and love relationship as disturbing episodes from his youth come back to haunt him.

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

Okay, Honeyby Frank Vespe

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All his life, he hoped he'd hear two endearing words, but when he finally did, it was too late.

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

Take My Handby Jay Hodgkins

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A serial killer seeks a cure for loneliness when he develops a special relationship with the severed hand of one of his victims, only to discover it points him in the direction of true love.

Genre: Horror
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 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

Deadly Wormsby Kline Fishborn

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A company that is developing a secret weapon for the US military, but something goes wrong, the experimental worms break free and start killing innocent people.

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

Brown Bottle Fluby Brandi Self

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A frustrated writer struggles to work while being belittled by a belligerent drunk woman who wants to relive the past.

Genre: Fantasy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 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

Personal Demonsby Brandon Rhiness

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After being fired for his reckless lifestyle, a narcissistic corporate climber visits a psychic to "exorcize" his personal demons (drinking and womanizing) only to have them manifest as physical entities that refuse to let him stop partying.

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

The Freebornby Shane Harbinson

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When a young girl with extraordinary mental abilities catches the attention of a totalitarian regime seeking to exploit her gifts, her working-class cyborg father must survive an interrogation in a desperate attempt to buy time for his daughter's escape and protect the essence of their humanity. 'Coverfly top 1% genre'

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

Good Griefby Duane Kellogg

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As pressure mounts to deliver a breakthrough script, a screenwriter working remotely with his wife (who's also his writing partner) begins to unravel, caught between ambition, loyalty, and a deepening divide caused by technology (ai) that threatens both his career and the partnership he's built his life around.

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

The Last Broadcastby Noureddine Hifad

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In a remote Antarctic research station, a lone radio host continues daily broadcasts after a global communications blackout until strange voices begin hijacking her signal, hinting that something nonhuman has already arrived.

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

The Watchersby Dewayne C Bricker

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When a rescue chopper can't reach her, Ranger Elena records her final night in a forest where strange lights stalk the trees. As unseen figures circle, whispering her own words back at her, she discovers the forest itself is copying life to survive the cold. With dawn hours away, Elena must choose between burning the cabin or becoming one of them.

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

All the News That's Fitby Ian Patrick Williams

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In the near future, a rising young newscaster hired by a corporate-controlled TV station finds to her horror that anyone can be replaced...literally

Genre: Sci-Fi
18 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles

Mister Christmasby Jason K. Allen

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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

No Nailsby John Ravitz

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A grieving police detective who serves as a Eucharist Minister identifies a mob hitman while serving Holy Communion and must tread the line between the sacred and the need to stop a killer before he kills again.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
36 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles

Voicelessby Janice Foster

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A woman, who can dream herself into crimes, becomes involved in the murder of a schizophrenic assassin.

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

Parliamentary Privilegeby Elliot Stanton

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In an off-air conversation, a loose-tongued government minister's bravado towards a television interviewer who was once a friend seals his political death warrant.

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

Gagging For Itby Barry Staff

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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

Full Marxby Barry Staff

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Re-materialising today in mutual haunt Soho, London, Groucho Marx and Karl Marx find both want capitalism finally laughed into oblivion, but as they conflict over methods to use, they try to locate the one place where Karl was listened to before.

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

Mercy Dashby Anthony Cawood

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A Soccer Mom undertakes a midnight mercy dash when she gets an unexpected call, but things aren't quite what they seem.

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

Betty and Booby Patrice Sarath

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When the human Boo discovers the cockroach Betty in her bedroom, all-out war ensues as she seeks to destroy the pest, but in the end, her humanity gets the best of her and they both learn to live and let live.

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

Hearts & Algorithmsby Dewayne C Bricker

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When an obsessive AI engineer builds two comic digital souls inspired by history's greatest comedians, their mischief forces him out of isolationand into an unexpected romance with the neighbor who's been trying to reach his heart all along.

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

Bad Moonshineby Warren Lane

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In this Southern gothic noir a moonshine guzzling sheriff is on the case to find his missing wife, but all he finds is the werewolf that plagues his dry little county.

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

Pity the Poor Cowboyby John Porter

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A Western musical in which two cowboys mourn the passing of one of their own

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

Valentine Promiseby Philip Marraccini

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Love That Triumphs Over Tragedy. Rena Patel, from India, navigates the pressures of a medical career and the complexities of unspoken love. After a devastating cycling accident leaves his close friend Jenna paralyzed, Rena is torn between his professional duty and his growing personal feelings for Jenna who faces physical loss and heartbreak, Rena must to control his emotional boundaries with his hopes for her recovery.

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

Beauty Beholdby Steven Burton

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A beautiful young woman changes her focus from outer to inner beauty after a natural disaster accident.

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

Postmanby Ange Fassinou

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Victim of a murder, a postman is brought back to life by a cursed Indian Talisman who gives him the power to fight criminals.

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

The Burning Manby Jack Halliday

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A private detective investigates the murder of a teen as a friend of the grieving family, and becomes judge, jury and executioner in this noir, hardboiled short script. 1st place award-winner, Indie Gathering Film Festival.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
24 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

Smoking loveby Dimitris Sokolakis

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A group of teenagers in the 90s are sitting in a park while smoking and discussing about their not so promising future. One of them has different worries. The love of his life is about to leave and he hasn't managed yet to reveal his love towards her. Her coming to the park is his last chance to make a move, will he grab it?

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

Bloody Mouseby Sergey Dobrine

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During the family vacation in the mountains an IT specialist got into financial trouble and started delivering pizza to be able to return home. Bigfoot was on the list.

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

I Should Have Stayed Homeby Michael Angelella

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A desperate film director threatens to destroy all the footage of his just-completed film unless his producer gives him creative control of it. Semi Finalist 2024 Golden Script Competition; Semi Finalist 2024 Creative Screenwriting Shoot Your Short Contest.

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

A War Storyby Ron Brawer

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When a dying Holocaust survivor describes her harrowing escape from Nazi Germany, she reveals a dark family secret to her two adult sons--and encounters angry disbelief.

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

Tommyby Anthony Cawood

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A young graffiti artist decides to tag a war memorial and finds his lack of respect has surprising consequences.

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