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Shopping Cartby  Steve Burton
Jan Clinton, an affluent elderly woman demands the return of a fold able shopping cart from a male stranger assuming he took it from under her porch. After Jan discovers her mistake, she takes off on a quest to return the cart to this man.

Genre: Family
25 pages
The Three Cartsby  Charles Webb
A grocery cart thief teaches 15 year old Amy the truth about the real world of work.

Genre: Comedy
11 pages
Happy Anniversaryby  michael ferrari
Two unhappily married people flirt and contemplate an affair while shopping for anniversary cards for their spouses.

Genre: Romance
6 pages
Thin Wallsby  Jerome Gilden
A men who searches for a reason behind his incarceration develops a friendship with a mysterious prisoner on the other side of his wall.

Genre: Drama
16 pages
Deep and Subtle Darknessby  Andre T. Hibler
A mediocre detective conducts an inept investigation that falsely incarcerates a well respected, Christian financial officer while the real culprit goes virtually unnoticed. Meanwhile, the accountant's son, as a result of this debacle, may loss his well deserved scholarship to Dallas Seminary.

Genre: Drama
40 pages
Breakfast with Youby  Matt Heacock
A one-location comedy about love, loss, and boobs.

Genre: Comedy
6 pages
Dr. Zout Is In -- Episode 1by  Tom Deiker
Vaudeville Parody. Lecherous physician and her hunk nurse take on the mentally-, visually-, and the intestinally-impaired. 1-scene (doctor's office). 11 pages. Cast of 3: 1 woman, 2 young men. No CGI/SFX. General audience. ©WG1636320

Genre: Comedy
11 pages
Halloween. Two young girls find a mysterious cape. When its power to enchant ruins their fun, they know its just what's needed to take revenge on a deceitful older brother.

Genre: Family
30 pages
Customer Disserviceby  Zack Van Eyck
CUSTOMER DISSERVICE -- A customer driven insane by his bank's ridiculous policies and its clerks' incessant salesmanship tries to get even by robbing it. But can his stick-up message get past the corporate red tape or will he simply open a new account? Male lead, female lead, any age, several supporting roles/extras. Interior and exterior of small bank branch. Writer has produced feature credits.

Genre: Comedy
7 pages
Acts of Terrorby  Jagdish R. Singh
A disenchanted diplomat, unable to get the United Nations to yield to his complaints, becomes vindictive and forms a terrorist organization aimed at destroying UN offices worldwide. His daughter, an active member of the group, complicate matters when she declares that she is in love and pregnant by a man he distrusts.

Genre: Drama
46 pages
Dan is your ordinary clinical psychiatrist, except that he has 13 personalities. When Dan counsels Lacey, a client with the same mental disorder, he instantly falls in love. Dan, and his twelve selves, will stop at nothing to win the affections of Lacey, despite the fact that she is married.

Genre: Drama
16 pages
Dreaming Peter Weaverby  John Keckhaver
A boy genius finds enough revenge, pleasure and room to create in his dreams to help him through the drudgery and malevolence of the real world around him.

Genre: Drama
12 pages
A man gets his heart mended to help him get over the lose of his unborn child and girlfriend leaving him. It doesn't work out as planned and he needs emergency surgery to have his heart put back in. Which is a problem since it was stolen.

Genre: Sci-Fi
13 pages
Dreaming Peter Weaverby  John Keckhaver
A boy genius finds enough revenge, pleasure and room to create in his dreams to help him through the drudgery and malevolence of the real world around him.

Genre: Fantasy
12 pages
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NY 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
The Zombie Who Liked Fred Astaireby  Jason K. Allen
A zombie desires to dance like his hero, Fred Astaire. (Produced writer; previous short won Best Screenplay at 2014 San Diego Film Awards. See my IMDB profile for credits.)

Genre: Comedy
9 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: Drama
27 pages
Evanescenceby  Dena McKinnon
Sometimes loss is so traumatic it binds us until reality becomes a blur.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
5 pages
You're Only As Youngby  Ramona Baillie
A teen influences an old woman's life when she gives her an ipod.

Genre: Comedy
5 pages
Red, White, and You!by  Bryan Carrier
A Vietnam vet returns to his home town for his daughter's wedding only to re-unite with his high school sweetheart.

Genre: Drama
13 pages
The Day Obama Won The Nobel Peace Prizeby  Michel Corbeil
THE DAY OBAMA WON THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE. An upper-middle-class white teenage boy finds himself homeless when his parents lose their lucrative jobs. But when an African-American couple offers him food and shelter, he has to choose between staying homeless with his parents or accepting the African-American couple's offer of security. Low budget. Small cast. One location: the action is set in a parking lot for homeless people sleeping in their cars.

Genre: Drama
13 pages
BUBBY -- A young woman in love with her Teddy Bear, "Bubby," struggles in her relationships with men - until she meets a man who, unbeknownst to her, is also in love with a Teddy Bear. Can they find true love with someone who isn't stuffed with fluff? The answer is revealed in this hilarious comedic romp. Male and female lead. Female supporting role. Scenes in city, park, river, apartment. By produced screenwriter.

Genre: Comedy
15 pages
Lone Star Runner Hunniesby  CJ Walley
Fleeing a drug deal gone wrong, four girls held up in a lonely Texas diner face the dilemma of capture vs saving a mortally wounded friend.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
7 pages
Bethany (Beth) Harris' takes a trip down memory lane as she flees from a chanced encounter with an old flame.

Genre: Drama
7 pages
Office Assby  Jared Wynn
A mild mannered office drone with a shy bladder learns that his disability isn't really the shortcoming he thought it was. (In the vein of a "Whitest Kids You Know" sketch.)

Genre: Comedy
4 pages
Cash Offers Onlyby  Karla K. McNeese
When a young woman puts an ad on Craigslist to sell her ex-boyfriend’s leather jacket, she must deal with her sadness and overcome rejection in order to find love again.

Genre: Drama
9 pages
Never Judge a Book by its Coverby  James Collins
Pugnacious gent chastises a young woman whom he believes to be a œBig Issue vendor, but in a surreal twist of fate her true vocation comes back to bite him in the backside.

Genre: Other
3 pages
Shattered by devastating news, a mother must accept the consequences for her son’s irresponsible actions.

Genre: Drama
5 pages
G.O.D. (Game Of Death)by  Ange Fassinou
An ex marine and martial art instructor is obliged to fight in a dangerous game to save his wife and his son.

Genre: Action/Adventure
40 pages
Undying Love Triangleby  Darren J Seeley
When two vampires have an affair, a murder plot unfolds. But the over-the-hill wife isn't that easy to kill.

Genre: Horror
8 pages
Tall, Dark and Handsomeby  Ann McDowell
Straight women and gay men want the same thing - the perfect man and the perfect pair of shoes. 4 locations: 2 apartments and a hallway between them and an office.

Genre: Gay/Lesbian
16 pages
Haunting For A Bargainby  Kelvin Wong
A short psychological suspense/thriller/horror in the tradition of Hitchcock and The Twilight Zone. A young, first-time home-buyer couple is lured into buying a bargain-of-a-house when a resident spirit begins to torment their infant baby and drive the couple apart. Optioned in 2013 but since expired, this single-location script is once again available.

Genre:
20 pages
Two Guinea Pigs Plus One Moreby  Chris Cookson
Two guinea pigs open their home to a new roommate who is quiet and refuses to join in on their antics to take over the refrigerator.

Genre: Comedy
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
There's No Audition For Deathby  Marla J. Hayes
When a couple rehearses a death scene before a big audition, it ends unexpectedly... and badly. Note: this script was a FINALIST in the 2013 Extreme Screenwriting Short Script Contest.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
2 pages
Wylder's Handby  Eleanor Stadnyk
Mark Wylder’s engagement to a beautiful heiress results in his murder, but the strange ring on his hand promises that he will rise up to obtain revenge. Sheridan LeFanu, the nineteenth century author of WYLDER’S HAND, was such a master in the art of writing ghost tales that he influenced Bram Stoker!

Genre: Horror
10 pages
Back Homeby  Fassinou Ange
After many years, a man decides to come back home, but he finds out that he missed a lot of things.

Genre: Family
3 pages
A Pleasant Smellby  Tom Deiker
œPleasant Smell, A -- Religious Satire. Temple pigeon merchant tries to pawn a dead crow on Mary of Nazareth. 1-scene screenplay, 8 pages. Cast of 2: 1 woman, 1 man. Simple scene (courtyard), recorded music (animal sounds), biblical costumes, optional CGI (temple background). General audience. ©WG1636320 Stageplay version performed at The Producers Club, New York.

Genre: Comedy
7 pages
Quest of the Ancientsby  Warren Fast
A Dark Age warrior embarks on a journey to recover an ancient magic foretold to protect his people from all enemies only to find that it may be too powerful to control.

Genre: Action/Adventure
11 pages
Phil Lamerde Discovers Karmaby  Sherrill Wark
Much to his surprise"and ultimate regret"a compulsive liar’s bull shit comes true.

Genre: Horror
10 pages
 
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