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Mending Heartsby Inky Egwuenu
After disowning his daughter for siding with her mother after their divorce, a father faces a health crisis that brings her back into his life, igniting a journey of revelations, healing, and ultimate redemption.
Genre: Drama
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Erection Night - 2028by John Boal
On a girls' night out at the St. Christopher Tavern in Columbus, OH, three women dish on men and the polarization that's fracturing our society as we head into the 2028 Presidential Election. Mollie McGuire, a 40s divorcee, devises a strategy to end the divisiveness by placing an ad on an AI dating app called "The Hack" where she entices a US Senator to break from the herd for two months of epic bliss.
Genre: Comedy
21 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
21 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Glass Signalby Gladman
After witnessing her own future emergency call, a woman realizes the horrific car crash she described hasn't happened yetforcing her to decide whether the warning she just heard from herself can be trusted.
Genre: Sci-Fi
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Sci-Fi
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Behind the 8 Ballby John Porter
A young man must either make a billiard shot or lose his beautiful young wife to an evil old man.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Isle of Plasticaby Drina Connors Kay
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
Genre: Other
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Old Fashionedby Jose Villanueva
A mysterious woman with a hidden agenda seduces an unsuspecting bartender, luring him into a conversation where each revealed secret tightens the noose around their necks and turns flirtation into a ticking countdown to bloody murder.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
12 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
12 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Pyrisousby Allen Mummert
A writer's reality unravels into a disturbing virtual labyrinth, forcing him to confront the fabricated nature of his existence before he's permanently consumed by the digital abyss.
Genre: Sci-Fi
19 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Sci-Fi
19 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Desert Muleby Jack Lindauer
A drug deal in East Los Angeles goes terribly wrong.
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
12 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
12 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Spunk!by Harker Jones
Amid a rash of kidnappings, two gay college students embark on a romance via a hook-up app called Spunk!
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
13 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
13 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
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
Marilyn Comes To Niagara Fallsby Alan Barkley
A WWII war bride, about to leave her GI husband has a life-changing encounter with Marilyn Monroe filming on location.
Genre: Romantic Comedy
21 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Romantic Comedy
21 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Elevatorby John F Daly
5 people get on an elevator in the present day and get brought back in time to 1943, where they become stranded.
Genre: Fantasy
18 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Fantasy
18 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Last Debateby Gladman
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
Genre: Sci-Fi
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Midnightby DJ Robbins
At Midnight, June meets the terrifying, murderous entity known as the Midnight Woman.
Genre: Horror
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Love to Goby Bernhard Riedhammer
A lonely retiree mourning his late wife tries to find new connections and turns to a dating website called "Love to Go".
Genre: Romance
16 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Romance
16 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Bloodiedby Adam Dyer
Newlyweds Melanie & Carl Colvey move in to their dream house in their favorite neighborhood. After discovering the house to be the scene of a grizzly murder, they must decide whether to leave immediately, or live with a horrible truth.
Genre: Horror
17 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
17 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Woodcutterby Raymond Reboulet
A young man believes and an old man remembers the reasons behind the ways of old which the village has forgotten. A child in danger awakens the town and renews its purpose.
Genre: Family
29 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Family
29 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Trappedby Adrian Milnes
Three armed robbers and their hostage take refuge in an abandoned house after a failed robbery, but they're not alone.
Genre: Horror
13 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
13 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Close Enoughby Steven Burton
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
Genre: Gay/Lesbian
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Leiheiby Inky Egwuenu
When the grandson of a ruthless assassin leader is killed in a U.S. raid, he invokes an ancient blood feud, targeting the President's family while evading a worldwide manhunt.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
21 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
21 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Hell: A Rescue Missionby Patrice Sarath
When Trudi's best friend Jenna is on her deathbed, she tells Trudi she's afraid of dying and going to hell. After her death, Trudi gets some disturbing signals that Jenna is right. With the help of a mysterious nurse, Trudi follows her to hell, and discovers that love has its limits.
Genre: Horror
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Slow Burnby S.C. Smith
A man reflects on his slow-burning relationship with a former neighbor turned best friend, as they navigate the fading romance, shared history, and quiet realization that it's time to move on from each other, despite their deep emotional bond.
Genre: Drama
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Early Bird Catches the Planeby Elliot Stanton
An excruciatingly long and dull wait for a flight is suddenly made far more interesting when a long-suffering wife notices an old flame - an old flame she discovers is holidaying at the same hotel she and her husband are staying in.
Genre: Drama
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Toilet Whispererby John Alexander Fraser
An airport handyman is put in a position of unthinkable jeopardy as a blocked W.C. threatens, 'blowback'
Genre: Action/Adventure
3 pages
Genre: Action/Adventure
3 pages
Green Horn Planetby Dimitris Sokolakis
A 22 year old young and beautiful lady is balancing between a bad incident happening in her real world and a parallel incident happening in the unreal world of her favorite movie called 'Green Horn Planet'.
Genre: Drama
6 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
6 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Perspectivesby Anthony Cawood
Two lovers plot a violent act of revenge to escape their abuser, but their shared trauma complicates their path to freedom.
Genre: Drama
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Madam Lucindaby Jason K. Allen
A man visits a psychic seeking knowledge about his love life and his favorite fishing hole. Unfortunately, he is Madam Lucinda's first ever customer and things don't go quite as planned. (Comedy/horror. 1 location, 2 characters.)
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
A Rare Gem (Vertical)by Paul Henry Landry
A young woman, abused by her mother, is drawn to a motherly real estate agent, but becomes trapped alone during an open house with a serial killer client and unleashes her veiled rage.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
43 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
43 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Alone with Himselfby Anastasiia Borisova
What if an ordinary little kid is left alone without any support? Do you know what a little person experiences when he has to cope with difficulties alone? Perhaps each of us has experienced this, but do you remember how scary it was?
Genre: Horror
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 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
Genre: Western
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Badlandsby Pamela Schott
When a woman who sleepwalks through her entire life being the "perfect" everything daughter, wife, mother, career professional, member of society loses her young son in a drowning accident, she must confront the truth about a brief but liberating affair that calls into question who the real father is and forces her to make an impossible decision.
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
In Lineby Steven Burton
A small diverse group waits in an urban bus depot line to experience role reversals when the bus arrives.
Genre: Sci-Fi
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Sci-Fi
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Clownby DJ Robbins
A weird clown hands Steve a balloon at a campus Halloween carnival, and he and his friends find themselves stalked by the creepy clown.
Genre: Horror
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Missingby Darryl N. Layne
Two scientists on the verge of a breakthrough in creating a space fuel must confront their hidden origins and humanity's fate when mysterious extraterrestrial visitors arrive, offering a choice between saving Earth or joining a cosmic mission that will change everything.
Genre: Sci-Fi
36 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Sci-Fi
36 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Cimpleby Bernard Antoine Mersier
Darryl and his right hand man Ryan's lavish lifestyle from drug dealing comes apart when Darryl's girlfriend Sharice unveils something sinister neither one of them saw coming.
Genre: Drama
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Straight Talk with Sadie & Santaby Jason K. Allen
On Christmas Eve, a little girl wakes to find Santa rummaging through her fridge. After scolding him about his diet, she proceeds to grill him about reindeer, elves, bad gifts and other curiosities, and soon develops a new understanding about Christmas. Santa, meanwhile, gets a dose of reality himself - and perhaps a new friend.
Genre: Comedy
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Sunday Bestby STEVEN BLOWS
A resident of a retirement home who dresses in costumes to bring joy into the daily life of all residents must come to terms with the degrading health of his sidekick and best friend.
Genre: Drama
14 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
14 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Group Chatby Dwayne Craig Bricker
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
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
18 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Lunaby Jackie Bateman
An imaginative little girl won't speak, but she does have a plan, and in the course of a day shows her exhausted mum and neurotic friend what's important in the world: simple living, being themselves, and chocolate.
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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