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The Duluth Mysteryby  Haralabos Prassakos
Two enslaved adults whose existence is unknown to the outside world are forced into a life of crime.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
4 pages
This Is What They Sawby  Jason K. Allen
An old man finds a videotape which shows shocking images filmed by zombies. (Produced writer; previous short won Best Screenplay at 2014 San Diego Film Awards. See my IMDB profile for credits.)

Genre: Horror
8 pages
Ciaran De Bergeracby  Anthony Cawood
Ciaran has a first date - but no confidence. Will a mobile phone, a best friend and a cunning plan be enough to overcome his nerves and win through?

Genre: Drama
10 pages
When three amateur crooks kidnap the five-year-old heir to a software fortune, they soon discover the reason why his parents refuse to pay his ransom.

Genre: Horror
8 pages
A Tell-Tale Heartby  Stephen M. Hunt
A madman embarks on the murder of his lover simply as a test of his willpower. (Based on The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe).

Genre: Gay/Lesbian
10 pages
If You Go Thereby  Stacy Alynn
A German doctor and his Jewish wife spice up their marriage with kinky sex, but have trouble keeping it a secret.

Genre: Comedy
37 pages
We Need a New Refrigeratorby  John Porter
An irritable middle-aged housewife is sick and tired of almost everything, and her sympathetic husband knows why.

Genre: Drama
5 pages
Memory Lineby  Aatish Thakerar
In a future where memory line software allows users to revisit old memories, the technology's billionaire founder returns home after a twenty year absence. Writing reviewed by Wendy Mitchell (Editor of Screen International) as "snappily written, with a great pace about it...dialogue also well written."

Genre: Other
16 pages
Killer Hindsightby  L. C. Cruell
Killer Hindsight (New, Dark Comedy) The most notorious killers find out the hard way that the sweet taste of revenge, can be even sweeter from beyond the grave. (3 pages, 1 Ext location, large number of extras)

Genre: Horror
3 pages
Everything is Realby  Chris Ossman
A new homeowner discovers a box containing what looks to be a million tiny parts and a set of assembly instructions in his new garage. While attempting to put it together, an old man (his new neighbor) is passing by and knows what the mysterious machine is and what it can do.

Genre: Fantasy
5 pages
Life Expectanciesby  Tom Deiker
Elder lady is visited by her dead husband "- as a lustful young man. 1-scene (bedroom), 9 pages. Cast of 2 (1 elderly woman, 1 adult man). No CGI/SFX. Adult language. ©PAu3353779 ¢ Staged reading at 4th Street Theatre, Des Moines, Iowa.

Genre: Fantasy
9 pages
Roadkillby  Warren Fast
Two cold blooded killers, one male, one female, meet on the open road, each targeting the other as the next victim, both unaware of the other's intentions.

Genre: Drama
21 pages
Be Heardby  Allan J Love
A teenage girl is drugged and raped by a wealth entertainment magnet, she faces a defence lawyer who tears her apart and concludes that the hennas crime was of her own making.

Genre: Drama
4 pages
Hallowalienby  Geoffrey Uhl
On Halloween night, a kid-sized alien monster shows up for some trick or eating (mostly eating) but gets more than he's bargained for from a kid with a home-made costume that looks exactly like him.

Genre: Horror
9 pages
Bon Voyage, Mr. Hickeyby  Stuart Creque
Mr. Hickey crossed the Mob. Now he's at his 'Bon Voyage' party... in a peepshow booth. (Nudity, sexual situations.)

Genre: Comedy
10 pages
More Sexby  Josh James
SNL-type skit: spoof of those late night female sex drive pill commercials.

Genre: Comedy
3 pages
I BEFOUR E Episode Threeby  Justine Goff
Part three. Mockumentary about three subjects from an Adult Dyslexia Learning Group. Despite ban, Aaron is on a mission to use the Job Centre's photocopier and studies hard for the Spelling Bee. Christopher's new agent can only find him work in hospital radio where his dyslexic spirit guide's mixed messages leaves him with a lot to apologise for and Freda resorts to blackmail in order to appear in the Spelling Bee.

Genre: Comedy
30 pages
Intermittentby  K. Nicole Williams
After falling in love with an abused woman in jail, a successful business woman is forced on the run with her lover when their plans for a new life together backfire with tragic consequences.

Genre: Drama
27 pages
Friends For Lifeby  Paul J. Williams
A family’s move to a new neighborhood brings change they weren’t looking for. *3rd Place, MoviePoet Short-script Contest*

Genre: Drama
5 pages
Guests at a funeral home are in for a Wake Up call, when their loving deceased BJ speaks at his own Wake...

Genre: Comedy
15 pages
Mirage Of Mecca's Meadowby  Kevin Silva
A dissolute farmer is forced by a mysterious old flame to return with her to a haunted campsite.

Genre: Other
23 pages
Destiny Deliversby  Mindy Goldhammer
Destiny Delivers You can choose your friends but you can't choose your family. Ben is bullied by his mother to marry a girl of her choice. He becomes outraged and searches for sanctuary. Destiny follows him and manifests a stunning transformation in his life.

Genre: Romance
4 pages
Christmas Memoriesby  Eric Harbak
A families' Christmas celebration is interrupted by a mysterious visitor from one of their pasts.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
17 pages
Spitting Nailsby  Charles Hall
Lowlife carpenter and fading rugby player Rusty Carson confronts his dark sexual past when a former hookup he wronged seeks retribution.

Genre: Gay/Lesbian
9 pages
A washed up, recluse, super hero is offered a job by a recruiter representing a city in need of a hero, giving him one last chance to prove who he was.

Genre: Action/Adventure
30 pages
The Zombie Pitchby  Mark Saunders
Co-owners of a struggling ad agency give their all when pitching an unusual customer for new business.

Genre: Comedy
10 pages
A greedy trick-or-treater learns to not tempt the Grimlock. Produced writer.

Genre: Horror
5 pages
A Wonderful Day at Billy Boyby  Charles Webb
Billy Boy is a new concept in boy dolls. Its success could change the world by helping boys develop their "feminine" side. To idealistic call center supervisor Agneta, this is a dream job. Unfortunately, it is a dream she is about to be awaken from by members of Pod 13.

Genre: Comedy
45 pages
Memory Lineby  Aatish Thakerar
In a future where memory line software allows users to revisit old memories, the technology's billionaire founder returns home after a twenty year absence. Writing reviewed by Wendy Mitchell (Editor of Screen International) as "snappily written, with a great pace about it...dialogue also well written."

Genre: Drama
16 pages
Voices in the Darknessby  John Witcher
A young drug addict is diagnosed with schizophrenia. After years of exasperation, he beats the odds. Based on a true story.

Genre: Family
27 pages
A Goldfish Contemplates Lifeby  Jason K. Allen
A sad goldfish dreams of escaping his fish bowl so he can fight zombies, stop global warming, and meet Justin Bieber. (Produced writer; previous short won Best Screenplay at 2014 San Diego Film Awards. See my IMDB profile for credits.)

Genre: Animation
5 pages
A Woman Scornedby  Marnie Mitchell-Lister
In an attempt to save his troubled marriage, a vice cop requests for a transfer but gets pulled back in when a prostitute begins murdering her clients.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
7 pages
Upstairs at Ted'sby  Paul Prendergast
When Millie is awoken at 3am by blaring 1970s music coming from the apartment above, she angrily storms up the stairs. The only problem of course is there's a reason the apartment upstairs has been closed off and vacant for the last 30 years and its charming former occupant seems to have returned.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
20 pages
Left Knowingby  Travis Opgenorth
Would you rather know who your soul mate is and never connect, or never know who your soul mate is? When four friends have dinner, two of those friends have opposing answers to that question, and one of them is left knowing.

Genre: Drama
5 pages
Thanks for the Handsby  James McCormick
An idealistic surgeon gives a mutilated prisoner a new set of cybernetic hands but soon wishes he hadn't when he learns of the man's macabre compulsion.

Genre: Sci-Fi
10 pages
Panphobiaby  Kevin Bui
A woman suffers from anxiety, goes into panic mode, fearing everything in sight.

Genre:
5 pages
Two young Hungarians talk about disappointments, fears, and possibilities.

Genre: Romance
4 pages
Lost and Foundby  Sharon Perkins
A woman returns home from work to find her dog is missing. She suspects her strange, old neighbor may be involved. But lacking proof, she places a newspaper ad in the Lost Dog column. But instead of finding her dog, she finds a very crazy woman with ulterior motives.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
18 pages
Hellth Careby  Rick Markus
Getting on the Homeland Security 'no-fly' list means air travel is no longer an option. Getting on the Obamacare 'end-of-life' list means breathing is no longer an option.

Genre: Comedy
18 pages
A gifted star ship pilot risks her reputation and her life for one final run to get the drug that enhances her.

Genre: Sci-Fi
12 pages
 
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