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A Whiskey Glass . . .by John Porter
A young cowboy learns an old lesson about love and liquor.
Genre: Western
7 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Western
7 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
ERA IIby Delaina M. Waldron
A naive scientist who has discovered a way to bring people back from the past, interviews infamous dictator Hitler but his German translator has different plans.
Genre: Sci-Fi
12 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Sci-Fi
12 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Reflectionsby Dewayne C Bricker
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
Genre: Horror
34 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Goodness Creoniaby Jason Kirman
Julia is an unremarkable girl who wants to brutally punish two girls from her school for bullying her, and she turns to the Godness Creonia for help, after the godness fulfilled her promise by killing the girls in the most brutal way. Julia learns that she must give her soul to the godness with whom she made a deal with her blood.
Genre: Fantasy
8 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Fantasy
8 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Blessedby Warren Lane
This blood-soaked satirical commercial pushes the new Christian spirit board, which not only boasts direct communication with God Almighty, but also spells out who must be sacrificed in order for its user to become blessed.
Genre: Horror
14 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
14 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Betty and Booby Patrice Sarath
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
Genre: Comedy
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 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
Genre: Comedy
45 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Age Of Tyrannyby Apostolos P. Kouroumalis
When a newly wed couple are invited to two separate bachelor and bachelorette parties, things go awry sparking a perfect union in this drama/comedy.
Genre: Drama
14 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
14 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Nuptualsby Barry Staff
Wanting to consummate her marriage to a much older man, a virginal bride pushing 40 needs to cope when things go disastrously wrong.
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Soul Collectorby Madison Smith
Two ghost hunters travel to Salem MA in order to search for ancient witch artifact. Along the process, they uncover history between pirates and witches, which they mistakenly unlock ghosts from the past to collect souls to sacrifice.
Genre: Horror
20 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
20 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 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
Genre: Biographical
43 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Creepby Dj Robbins
A creepy man follows a young boy into a gas station, where the boy's seventeen-year-old brother confronts the man.
Genre: Horror
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Junkie's Flawby Jeffrey Stackhouse
An arrogant heiress's hellish bargain with a demon gives her everything she wants... and takes it all away. -- WINNER Best Short Screenplay
Genre: Horror
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Screamby STEVEN BLOWS
On a cold night, a woman goes to an abandoned field to release her emotions in a primal scream. On a cold night, her scream comes back to haunt her.
Genre: Horror
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Night Before Christmasby Jared Kelly
It's Christmas Eve. The house is silent, everyone asleep. Except for 7-year-old Jake. Too excited to sleep, Jake needs to know if Santa has visited yet. Jake creeps downstairs into the lounge, over to the fireplace where his parents left some snacks for Santa. The snacks are untouched. No presents yet. Then Jake hears a noise from the fireplace, a faint scraping from inside the chimney... Yes! Could this be Santa bringing his presents?
Genre: Horror
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Spices with Vicesby Debbie Castanha
A privileged pair of Ray Bans becomes lost in a drawer of bickering spices, and must hatch an escape plan before she's replaced.
Genre: Animation
14 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Animation
14 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Good Tasteby Linda Gould
A divorced mother, waiting nervously for her teenage daughter to return from a Saturday night date, can't help reminiscing with her own mother about the man who seduced her, married her, and left her many years ago.
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Mike The Robot and The Red Wizardby Alexandru Albacan
A humanoid robot travels in time, lands in a thirteenth-century English village, and saves the villagers from an evil wizard.
Genre: Animation
12 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Animation
12 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Dennisby Doug J Robbins
A living doll babysits a baby and protects it during a burglary.
Genre: Artistic
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Artistic
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Hearts & Algorithmsby Dewayne C Bricker
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
Genre: Romantic Comedy
35 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Devil's Servantby Doug J Robbins
A murderer kills his improv group after blacking out and pursues members of his neighborhood.
Genre: Horror
33 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
33 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Halloween Massacreby Doug J Robbins
When Danny is followed home by a strange man in a mask, he thinks it's a harmless Halloween prank, but he soon finds out that the man has sinister intentions.
Genre: Horror
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Nightingale in Burkaby Abhilash Mohan
Subaida, a spirited 10-year-old Afghan girl, dreams of music in a world that's trying to silence her. This poignant drama set in Kabul follows Subaida's journey as she discovers her passion for the rubab, a traditional Afghan musical instrument, against the backdrop of a society teetering on the edge of radical change.
Genre: Animation
14 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Animation
14 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
A Second Chanceby John Porter
A young man spends a passionate night with a young woman, then struggles to persuade her to give him a second chance.
Genre: Romance
14 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Romance
14 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Cringeby Warren Lane
When an exhausted serial killer on a cross-country spree stops at a secluded motel he is told by his supernatural boss, the entity known as fate, that he must experience "true love" before being granted the rest that he so desires.
Genre: Horror
25 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
25 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Brown Bottle Fluby Brandi Self
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
Genre: Fantasy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Teapartylandiaby Gary A. Edwards
TeaPartyLandia - is a short dramedy about a family looking at a residential compound in an isolated area of North Idaho who fantasize about living free of governmental tyranny but flee when confronted with the reality of experiencing this "utopia."
Genre: Drama
17 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
17 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Bloody Mouseby Sergey Dobrine
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
Genre: Action/Adventure
14 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
The Fingerby Brian Jackson
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
Genre: Drama
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Family Abuseby Bernard Antoine Mersier
It takes for Carl to lose his family to realize his addictions are more important than them, but even after reclaiming his wife and daughter...is he able to stay on the straight and narrow?
Genre: Drama
33 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
33 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Snowbound Secretsby Christine LARA
A man on the run after a desperate bank robbery finds himself trapped in a small isolated motel during a snowstorm. But he quickly discovers that the other motel guests also have secrets to hide, and they are all willing to do whatever it takes to keep them concealed.
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Blood, White, And Blueby Antoine Mizel
Set in a future where the families of murder victims are legally sanctioned to face those convicted in a 3-minute death match, an apprehensive, yet determined couple, faces off with their daughter's killer.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
5 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
5 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Only If You Dareby Philip C. Sedgwick
When a journalist and a consultant for brothels meet to discuss upcoming sex worker legislation, the world around them challenges their sensibilities and desires.
Genre: Drama
13 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
13 pages
Cast Size: 7+ 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
Genre: Horror
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Vengeance Appby Edward Chapman
Desperate for retribution against her bullies, a tormented teen obtains a sinister app allowing her to execute a revenge of her choosing upon them but soon discovers it comes with chilling consequences as her actions begin to consume her own life.
Genre: Horror
13 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
13 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Imageby Ange Fassinou
A lonely man creates a world from his imagination where he lives a perfect happiness.
Genre: Comedy
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Housewarmingby Bill Freas
For a heartbroken woman starting over in a new home, a mysterious collection of vinyl records left behind connects her to the house's love-scorned former owner, who took his own life there years ago.
Genre: Drama
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Hierarchyby Charles Hall
An off-campus meeting between a senior professor and an enigmatic student turns hostile when a chilling assertion is made.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Gina's Veilby Kevin Silva
A lonely, facially scarred woman discovers that a charming writer has been sneaking into a private spot on her farm to complete his novel.
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
1 Step Forward, 12 Steps Backby Glenn Pollard
When a selection of misfits loses their therapy group leader, it's time for the lunatics to start running the asylum.
Genre: Comedy
20 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
20 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
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