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The Mind of Godby Elisa Pasquali
What if God were an 8 year-old girl?
Genre: Artistic
8 pages
Genre: Artistic
8 pages
The Glamourous Spellby Dexter E. Williams
A shy office worker gets hypnotized by a sexy and mysterious woman into gaining the confidence to stand up to her mean-spirited boss.
Genre: Comedy
11 pages
Genre: Comedy
11 pages
Resting Placeby Janet Goodman-Clarke
A couple hide out at an abandoned farm, when their kidnapping plan goes horribly wrong. A 'haunting' tale of country justice...
Genre: Horror
10 pages
Genre: Horror
10 pages
Ida's Beansby Michael Fawcett
In the 1930s, a young white girl from a northern city struggles to befriend an old black woman folk healer and stoner who owns a cafà in the rural south.
Genre: Other
10 pages
Genre: Other
10 pages
The Guestby Ryan "Mad" Matheny
On her first night in a swank, surprisingly cheap apartment, a young woman is visited by a murderous, horrifying spirit who claims that he will be there, too, and he will eventually get close enough to kill her.
Genre: Horror
15 pages
Genre: Horror
15 pages
Bustedby Stephen W. Lincoln
A serial killer, a broken freezer, naive teens and circumstantial chaos create a day of hell for a desperate, unsuspecting suburbanite father.
Genre: Comedy
26 pages
Genre: Comedy
26 pages
Not An Inkling (SG SERIES)by Ramona Baillie
Mindy and Shari find that trying to be trendsetters can be very painful.
Genre: Comedy
8 pages
Genre: Comedy
8 pages
The Purchaseby Kenneth Lemm
Seemingly insignificant purchases have major impacts on the lives of five New Yorkers.
Genre: Drama
17 pages
Genre: Drama
17 pages
The House With Wi-Fiby Ronald Fordham
The House With Wi-Fi is a screenplay that features three characters, is set in few locations, and is about a couple who park in the yard of an abandoned house to use the house's wi-fi and see a ghost-like old woman through one of the house's windows.
Genre: Horror
8 pages
Genre: Horror
8 pages
Lost Kitesby Kevin Silva
A grief-stricken agnostic is pressured into joining his embittered ex-wife in a prayer after their son’s funeral.
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Ian Mechby Aatish Thakerar
On his routine paper round one morning, a young boy isfaced with flashes from a past he cannot remember.
Genre: Other
10 pages
Genre: Other
10 pages
Retrievalby Darren J Seeley
A smuggler kidnaps a newlywed to assist him in recovering his loot, which is guarded by a rogue shark.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
11 pages
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
11 pages
Ever Eveby Jill Sachs
Lovely Evelyn prepares to be the belle of the ball, but when she glances in the mirror she finds the shocking reflection of an old woman.
Genre: Drama
3 pages
Genre: Drama
3 pages
The Burden of Angelsby Steve Weissman
God warns goofy Humphrey, he's on the verge of failing Angel School when an elite class of angels head to earth to help major catastrophes, yet poor Humphrey plans to aid just one man who lost a piece of paper.
Genre: Fantasy
10 pages
Genre: Fantasy
10 pages
When the Leaves Start to Fallby kathleen stevens
A student is sent to fight in Burma during the Second World War, but the night before leaving, he has a nightmare when he is smothered by falling leaves, so beginning a year when, fighting in the jungle, he recovers from Malaria, has a fling with his nurse, is captured by the Japanese, survives, only to then face an arduous hike back to freedom, returning home just as the leaves start to fall.
Genre: Action/Adventure
33 pages
Genre: Action/Adventure
33 pages
Mother's Dayby Bill Hoversten-Davis
As John's 80-year-old mother starts to lose her memory, the time they share together on Mother's Day becomes bittersweet.
Genre: Family
8 pages
Genre: Family
8 pages
S&M Dateby Marqus Bobesich
A recovering sado-masochist tries to hide his dark side while on a dinner date with an innocent young woman.
Genre: Comedy
4 pages
Genre: Comedy
4 pages
Love is in the air.by Bruce Marrow
Love is in the air
"First-class romance " Coach kinda day"
On a quick run to drop a buddy off at the airport, a man finds out that love arrives on its own schedule.
[Happy Madison type humor]
Genre: Comedy
15 pages
Genre: Comedy
15 pages
Santa and the Vetby William J. Frey-Mclean
When one of Santa's reindeer becomes sick on Christmas eve he visits a veterinarian in the hopes of persuading him to come to his help, the vet has trouble believing he is not seeing a robbery and Santa must convince the skeptic who he actually is before the police are called which would ruin Christmas for children all over the world. Santa is desperate, there is much at stake, yet so little time.
Genre: Comedy
12 pages
Genre: Comedy
12 pages
Chemistry of Lifeby David DeBord
Ten-year-old Timmy's older brother was buried yesterday. Timmy's mother is a junkie, her live-in boyfriend is a dealer, and Timmy's only friend is a dead gerbil. Maybe Timmy's brilliance can fix the horrors of his life, right after he re-animates the gerbil.
Genre: Sci-Fi
5 pages
Genre: Sci-Fi
5 pages
TWO FOR THE MONEYby Frank Hayslip
The hit would have been easy until this happened.
(two actors - two locations - 10 pages)
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
10 pages
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
10 pages
We'll Meet Againby Kevin Silva
A teen searching for his missing girlfriend at a remote beach discovers a beautiful ghost has been waiting for him.
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
22 pages
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
22 pages
Say It Wiselyby alex porc
Musician tells his wife he fell in love with a man, she gets angry but then she finds out more about it.
Genre:
6 pages
Genre:
6 pages
Deadly Gamesby Cheryll Ganzel
A young man learns that carnival games aren't always fun. Sometimes, they're downright deadly.
Genre: Horror
5 pages
Genre: Horror
5 pages
Muffinsby Wendy Memoli
A pregnant executive escapes the city heat by staying at a country Bed and Breakfast and goes home with the bored resident ghost.
Genre: Other
7 pages
Genre: Other
7 pages
The Magicianby Aatish Thakerar
After being intercepted by an old adversary, a street magician receives help from an unlikely source.
Genre: Artistic
10 pages
Genre: Artistic
10 pages
By Godby CJ Walley
Both handcuffed to a bag of explosives following a bloody shootout, a white supremacist girl and Arab man debate their potential afterlife.
Genre: Artistic
6 pages
Genre: Artistic
6 pages
Steepleby David DeBord
Frail, elderly Emily asks the Navy Officer to help her to the top of a church steeple after the recently DNA-confirmed remains of her twin brother, lost in World War II, are buried in the adjacent family cemetery. The climb up the steep steps brings a flood of memories back through her childhood adventures with her brother. (Story told in reverse chronological order.)
Genre: Drama
5 pages
Genre: Drama
5 pages
Homeby Ronald Fordham
A strange, two-location screenplay about a woman who keeps hearing loud noises from within her house at 3:14 A.M.
Genre: Horror
30 pages
Genre: Horror
30 pages
Expectingby John Keckhaver
Before James Williams can become the kind of father he longs to be, he must rid himself of the phantom of the man who abandoned him years ago.
Genre: Drama
14 pages
Genre: Drama
14 pages
Hard Boiledby Matthew Biggin
A detective hunts down the mobster responsible for murdering his wife.
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
20 pages
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
20 pages
The Good Lifeby Chris Ossman
A man finds himself in a self made prison when the masses realize the damage his greed has caused humanity.
Genre: Sci-Fi
7 pages
Genre: Sci-Fi
7 pages
Monsters Under My Bedby Tom Deiker
œMonsters Under My Bed -- Comedy. Two kids take on the monsters under their bed. 1-scene (bedroom), 9 pages. Cast of 2 + voice overs, sex and age optional, no CGI/FX. ©WG1636320
Stageplay version performed by Producers Club, New York; and Huff Theatre, Ankeny, Iowa
Genre: Family
9 pages
Genre: Family
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
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Lucky Legsby Bill Haworth
A hungry tramp is refused food but when he slips on some dog mess and performs a wild, eccentric impromptu dance he is rewarded for his performance.
Finalist in Waterford Film Festival 2011 as 'Busking It'.
Genre: Comedy
5 pages
Genre: Comedy
5 pages
10 Minutesby Catherine Hardin
A lawyer has ten minutes to find out the location of a serial killers last victim before he is executed.
Genre: Drama
8 pages
Genre: Drama
8 pages
Old Friendsby Tom Deiker
"Old Friends" - Drama. An aging prostitute's next customer is the man who abandoned her as a pregnant teenager. 1-scene, 11 pages. Cast of 2: middle-aged woman, older man. Simple scene (bedroom), no CGI/SFX, no costumes. ©PAu3494658
Genre: Drama
11 pages
Genre: Drama
11 pages
You Need Itby Sandra Bolton
A funky female misfit and an angry displaced businessman surrounded by unpredictable circumstances need to turn their lives around under desparate shabby circumstances.
Genre: Romantic Comedy
22 pages
Genre: Romantic Comedy
22 pages
On Lineby Steven Burton
A small group awaits a bus trip in an urban station behind a fantasy situation.
Genre: Fantasy
9 pages
Genre: Fantasy
9 pages
War Gamesby Wayne E. Johnson
A Vietnam-era GI, toiling away in his personnel office under the scorching Texas sun trying to please his nervous,
ineffective lieutenant while keeping a fire-snorting master sergeant at bay, learns the true meaning of œThe Lord helps those who help themselves.
Genre: Comedy
27 pages
Genre: Comedy
27 pages
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