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Intelligent Designby Janet Goodman-Clarke
Two scientists review the results of their latest project...and discuss the sacrifices needed to make it a success.
Genre: Sci-Fi
7 pages
Genre: Sci-Fi
7 pages
Raptorby Mike Trentacosti
The residents of a new apartment complex discover that something has moved in, leaving behind a trail of mysterious attacks.
Genre: Horror
25 pages
Genre: Horror
25 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
Property Tycoonby Alex Sarris
A lighthearted story of Scott, a homeless man who lives in a tin shed and moves across the spectrum to becomes a home owner and a business man (with a twist) in an exclusive suburb overnight.
Genre: Family
12 pages
Genre: Family
12 pages
Haunted Dreamsby Shannon Clements
Margaret makes fast friends with Amy when she moves into a new town only to later find out that Amy is a ghost.
Genre: Horror
25 pages
Genre: Horror
25 pages
i Love You Foreverby Natalie Aydin
Sophie, a coffee barista with an unknown past that she wants to forget--is romanced by Max, an emotionally intense, sweet, and quixotic customer who sweeps her off her feet with his protestations of love and affection, even though they just met. Max coaxes Sophie into being able to trust him with his solid, indomitable sense of self which helps him to achieve this and help her let him love her in two riveting scenes.
Genre: Romance
4 pages
Genre: Romance
4 pages
Two Shots of Tres Generaciones.by Marie Farina
Satirical shout out to: Language barriers and œwham, bam, thank you,man
Log line: A forty-something gets picked up, then shortly thereafter dumped by a twenty-year old from Milan on the Upper East Side.
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Double Crossby anthony cacchillo
A young woman in the Federal Government's Witness Protection
Program is given a position in a hospital far away from her home. She is tracked down by an assassin hired by her jailed ex-husband whom she had testified against. But the male hired killer, after seeing and talking with her, finds himself falling in love, and his mission becomes compromised.
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Pity the Poor Cowboyby John Porter
With a song, two cowboys mourn one of their own.
Genre: Western
5 pages
Genre: Western
5 pages
Rumpled: The True Story of Rumpelstiltskinby Mark Littleton
The Prez needs money and Sawanna can weave straw into gold through Rumpelstiltskin but when she offers her first baby to him, things go haywire. Funny, with 9 more bizarre fairy tales to follow.
Genre: Animation
10 pages
Genre: Animation
10 pages
Specterby Ellen Zepp
Unable to escape when her younger sister visits, a woman relives a nightmare to avoid facing a painful truth.
Genre: Drama
5 pages
Genre: Drama
5 pages
Guitar Dancesby Steven Burton
Beverly, a choreographer, observes Joe as a stranger with a walking disability along with his guitar on a city sidewalk. Then, she discovers his musical talent which leads to mutual inspiration.
Genre: Drama
9 pages
Genre: Drama
9 pages
My Struggleby Alex Sarris
Acknowledgment for years of hard work may be only a chair away.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
5 pages
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
5 pages
Karmacideby Dena McKinnon
A hit and run driver, consumed with guilt, starts to exhibit the same injuries as his victim.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
7 pages
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
7 pages
So Many Optionsby George & Tammy Klembith
A Hit man offers his victims options -
A Hemingway Special
The Sylvia Plath
Heath Ledger Cocktail
So many choices, but you're still gonna die!
Genre: Comedy
5 pages
Genre: Comedy
5 pages
Jefe: The Boss of Vengeanceby Jeff Ardoin
Like the second one before him, the third Jefe unleashes revenge upon his enemy, and the enemies of the innocent as Mexico City's "Vigilante Angel" returns.
Genre: Action/Adventure
46 pages
Genre: Action/Adventure
46 pages
Killing Targetby Fassinou Ange
The story follows a hitman who uses subliminal messages to bait innocent people to do the killings for him, leaving the innocent people to take the blame while he is allowed to walk free. With LA Detectives clued on to what is actually happening, they race against the clock before the hitman kills again.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
45 pages
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
45 pages
Ghost Danceby D. Heath Cowden
When the conflict heats up on the front lines, a battle rages in the hospital tent where a medical team fights with everything they have to save lives despite dwindling supplies and impossible odds.
Genre: Drama
7 pages
Genre: Drama
7 pages
Niagara 1952by Alan Barkley
In summer 1952 in Niagara Falls where Marilyn Monroe is filming the movie, "Niagara," Marilyn encounters a young English WW II war bride considering leaving her Idaho farmer husband. The two spend the afternoon together, bond, trade identities briefly, and Marilyn offers the woman marital advice that changes her romantic future. No exteriors of Niagara Falls. Waterfall Sound f/x only requirement. Contained drama - woman’s restroom. Performed on stage, England 2013. 16 minutes.
Genre: Drama
19 pages
Genre: Drama
19 pages
Ben Marksby Kimberly Jobe
A super summer shoe sale convinces a man on the verge of suicide that life is worth living, at least until he needs a new pair of shoes.
Genre: Other
9 pages
Genre: Other
9 pages
Willard's Gnomeby Michael O'Connor
Willard, an aging clockmaker, is tormented by illusions of his beloved clocks turning on him when he takes in a mysterious lawn Gnome as a good luck charm.
Minimum locations (2-3), small cast. 'Twilight Zone' type sci-fi/ suspense plot.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
14 pages
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
14 pages
Dupedby Chris Ossman
A man creates and interesting waste removal problem when he clones himself for financial and personal gain.
Genre: Sci-Fi
4 pages
Genre: Sci-Fi
4 pages
Hospitalityby John Porter
A bad guest makes a good host feel great about himself.
Genre: Comedy
5 pages
Genre: Comedy
5 pages
Dating A Man With Two Penisesby George Klembith
Two men discuss the risks of dating a woman who has a "V-Snapper". Rumor has it that if you don't sexually satisfy her, the V Snapper snaps off your manhood. Worth the risk... I think not,
Genre: Comedy
4 pages
Genre: Comedy
4 pages
A Postmodernist's Midsummer Nightmareby Gil F. Cobos
Disaster abounds when an amateur video documentarian and fledgling theatre director attempt to stage the great Shakespearean comedy.
Genre: Comedy
25 pages
Genre: Comedy
25 pages
Divine Interventionby Anita Louis
An angry young woman who has lost her faith receives an email from God, then finds herself struggling for her path in life - and indeed, for life itself!
Genre: Drama
31 pages
Genre: Drama
31 pages
All the Time in the Worldby Mark Steven Weller
At the threshold of discovering time travel, Dr. Silvers and Dr. Rodrigues suddenly have their lab visited by a series of tourists, law enforcement officers and other strangers.
Genre: Sci-Fi
10 pages
Genre: Sci-Fi
10 pages
Doctor Zout Is In -- Episode 3.by Tom Deiker
Vaudeville Parody. Lecherous physician and her hunk nurse take on the medical scourges of sneezing and sunburn. 1-scene (doctor's office). 10 pages. Cast of 3: 2 women, 1 man. SNo CGI/SFX. Adult language. ©WG1636320
--Stageplay version performed at The Producers Club, New York.
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Soul Searchingby Donna Carbone
Contrary to the commonly held belief that God and Satan are enemies, they are actually Gates/Jobs type frenemies and their business is the acquisition of souls. Their alliance, though uneasy, serves a greater good¦ or evil as the case may be.
Genre: Comedy
19 pages
Genre: Comedy
19 pages
The Masochistby Tamara Hart
A reporter meets with a man after the death of his Submissive wife.
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
9 pages
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
9 pages
Prisoner Of Warby Aaron Dobson
Adam Cross, a second Lieutenant suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder, attempts to take down a safe-house of insurgents responsible for killing half of his battalion.
Genre: Action/Adventure
5 pages
Genre: Action/Adventure
5 pages
Mirgby Russell Bush
An alien lands in Vegas by accident thinking planet Earth is one big playground but then learns the unfortunate truth.
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Boundedby Becky Ellis
A young, vagrant woman in a future world defies the sexual dominance of the men around her to find love.
Genre: Fantasy
10 pages
Genre: Fantasy
10 pages
Cosmic Justiceby Linda Bosso
An American doctor, searching for his Scottish kinsmen, is sidetracked by a cosmic connection.
Genre: Other
25 pages
Genre: Other
25 pages
Destiny Deliversby Mindy Goldhammer
You can choose your friends but you can't choose your family. Ben does not have that option. He is bullied by his mother to marry the girl of her choice. He becomes outraged and searches for sanctuary. Destiny follows him and manifests a stunning transformation in his life.
Genre: Romance
6 pages
Genre: Romance
6 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
Genre: Comedy
18 pages
Be Safeby Christine Whitlock
(4) 1-page animated or live action filler short scripts for children. At home and outside, children are instructed how to deal with situations and objects in a safe way.
Genre: Family
4 pages
Genre: Family
4 pages
Details Emergeby Tom See
A motorist, stuck in traffic, watches a man walking through a rain storm and gets lost in creating a story for him, imagining him a man trying to get away with murder, as the motorist himself prepares to carry out his own act of violence.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
6 pages
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
6 pages
The Red Velvet Ropesby Susan Hahn
A woman, wandering on an empty, moonlit urban street, sees the ropes of an apparent nightclub. She enters a club that is out of the ordinary as and meets her fate.
Genre: Fantasy
11 pages
Genre: Fantasy
11 pages
The Joy of Chocolateby Loressa Clisby
An aging chocolatier is visited by his aunt, but she is strangely younger than he remembers, but he soon finds out the horrible truth when his chocolate goes missing.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
17 pages
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
17 pages
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