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Open Windowby Usman Haider
When a cat goes missing, two opposing neighboring families are brought together in an unexpected way and dark secrets are revealed with grave consequences.
Genre: Horror
14 pages
Genre: Horror
14 pages
Choicesby Chris Ossman
In his search for God, a young man finds something unexpected.
Genre: Horror
20 pages
Genre: Horror
20 pages
The Forever Curseby John Witcher
A love sick vampire seeks an end to his life when he finds his true love cannot be embraced. One location and four characters.
Genre: Drama
8 pages
Genre: Drama
8 pages
Rock! Scissors! Zombie!by Skip Schwink
Two zombies roshambo for the brains of a helpless female human, but unbeknownst to the walking dead they are the ones being hunted.
Genre: Horror
4 pages
Genre: Horror
4 pages
Shadow Playby Jonathan Clancy
A geeky schoolboy, whose cocky shadow has a life of it’s own, must rise to the occasion to impress the girl of his dreams.
Genre: Animation
4 pages
Genre: Animation
4 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
Journal of A Teen Sqatch, My Years Among Humansby Ana Antlitz
An animated comedy about a young orphaned male Bigfoot, who is found by a local farmer, is forced to live among humans in civil society. The young Bigfoot documents his discoveries and life lessons which eventually leads him to an old but new way of life.
Genre: Animation
45 pages
Genre: Animation
45 pages
Night Drivingby Tom Bragg
While a criminal is on the run from ruthless drug dealers he finds an escape in the form of a kooky taxi driver who will gladly take him to his destination, somewhere on the other side.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
7 pages
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
7 pages
Mid Evil Servants 3Dby Nathan Bowles
To escape enslavement and religious persecution, a group of men move to Romania to fight in an eventual death match at a casino style mid evil fight bar, but their rise to freedom is challenged when the bar owner forces one of the newly freed slaves to kill his gambling traitor.
Genre: Action/Adventure
43 pages
Genre: Action/Adventure
43 pages
Immaculate Deceptionby Haldon Richardson
Mississipian Maria is impregnated by a man who calls himself "The Lord", and her pastor soon has the entire world buzzing about the second coming of the Lord.
Genre: Comedy
26 pages
Genre: Comedy
26 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
Genre: Drama
16 pages
Tatyanaby Matias Caruso
The line between fiction and reality starts to blur for a novelist as he writes the end of his latest piece. NOTE: Writer is repped at Caliber Media and made the 2013 Hit List.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
6 pages
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
6 pages
Friends and Enemiesby Ange Fassinou
Two women, best friends, grow up together and become enemies. One is the head of police and the other, criminal and author of heist.
Genre: Action/Adventure
27 pages
Genre: Action/Adventure
27 pages
Celesteby Tim Hammersley
An exiled angel imprisoned on earth is forced to confront her keepers when she falls in love with a young man.
Genre: Horror
28 pages
Genre: Horror
28 pages
Don't Worry About Meby Tom Deiker
"Don't Worry About Me" - Comedy. Klutzy emergency rescuers almost kill their patient when they try to rescue a handicapped person who fell down an elevator shaft. 1-scene (hallway elevator), 7 pages. Cast of 2, with off-stage voice-overs. General audience. ©PAu3494658
Stageplay version performed at The Subjective Theatre, Des Moines, Iowa.
Genre: Comedy
7 pages
Genre: Comedy
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
A Day at the Officeby Mary Krell-Oishi
An overweight woman in love with her boss fantasizes about a romantic liason.
Genre: Romantic Comedy
3 pages
Genre: Romantic Comedy
3 pages
Static!!by Bryan Carrier
The first night in a Newlywed's house turns horrifically wrong as another world opens up to them through their mirror.
Genre: Sci-Fi
14 pages
Genre: Sci-Fi
14 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
Genre: Sci-Fi
10 pages
The Clean Up Crewby Darren J Seeley
In an unoccupied room, three present day hotel employees have to follow a strict set of rules and a ticking clock as they clean up a tub filled with blood, under the supervision of a phantom detective who died in the 1940's
Genre: Horror
13 pages
Genre: Horror
13 pages
Gina's Veilby Kevin Silva
A lonely, facially scarred woman discovers that a charming writer has been sneaking into an idyllic place on her farm.
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Marble Townby Alex Sarris
A fun game turns out to be more than student Billy Carder bargained for.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
9 pages
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
9 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
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
Genre: Comedy
7 pages
A Midnight Dipby Thomas J. Herring
Two sex starved couples are caught naked in a tree in the park after the boyfriend's car is ripped off with all of their belongings while skinny dipping in a lake at night.
Genre: Comedy
15 pages
Genre: Comedy
15 pages
The Kindness of Strangersby Tom Dwyer
A feisty woman in her late sixties lies in bed reading a book. She's in a hospital for a week due to her weak heart. The door to her room opens and in walks a scrubby teenager with a Mohawk dyed red. He has been sent there by the police for loitering, and will do service at the hospital. At that moment two lonely people learn to help each other.
Genre: Comedy
5 pages
Genre: Comedy
5 pages
The Fame and the Furyby Felix Guadalupe
A cynical, video game clerk, must babysit a crazy Hollywood couple, in order to unlock a briefcase, that contains one million dollars.
Genre: Comedy
25 pages
Genre: Comedy
25 pages
Hotel Heartbreakby G. Isringhaus
A young man's girlfriend kicks him out and he ends up in a strange hotel.
Genre: Horror
5 pages
Genre: Horror
5 pages
Who Stole My Talit?by Diane Liberman
A devoutly Jewish man overflows with suspicion at his temple when his soiled talit (prayer shawl) goes missing at the dry cleaner.
Genre: Comedy
8 pages
Genre: Comedy
8 pages
Eagerly Eelsby David Serra
A young eel helps a lobster daredevil with an escape trick that turns critical.
Genre: Animation
5 pages
Genre: Animation
5 pages
Queen of the Nerdsby Bill Wood
Keith left Trenton and became an underground punk legend. A gig forces him to visit his hometown after deliberately avoiding it for years. Once there, he finally has the opportunity to tell his high school crush how he felt about her. Unfortunately, she has not changed at all since high school and that completely turns him off.
Genre: Romantic Comedy
30 pages
Genre: Romantic Comedy
30 pages
Zombie Loveby Cynthia Mehta
A zombie reject wins a trip to Earth on Halloween to find true love when he loses on a dating game show to a cooler, more hip zombie. He must prove to his world he's not a loser by finding, then convincing his date to return to his comet with him and marry him on national television -- all while evading evil aliens, the military, a Ufologist, and his date's zombie-hunting son!
Genre: Comedy
33 pages
Genre: Comedy
33 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
Escapeby Michael Francis
After years of captivity, three missing and exploited children risk their lives attempting to escape the clutches of their smiley faced captor.
Genre:
10 pages
Genre:
10 pages
Help From The Happy Guyby James A. Hernandez
A loveless bachelor seeking the heart of his dream woman succumbs to his unstable friend's plan that entails hiring the office gay guy to help seal the deal.
Genre: Romantic Comedy
32 pages
Genre: Romantic Comedy
32 pages
V is for Versatileby Timothy Casto
Two men discover the joy of versatility during a romp in the bedroom.
Genre: Gay/Lesbian
13 pages
Genre: Gay/Lesbian
13 pages
Undecidedby R. Allen Giles
A chance encounter in a bridal shop -- years after dumping her fickle alpha male college boyfriend -- finds a naive former cheerleader listening to him proclaim that he's a changed man, though his actions (and thoughts) prove otherwise.
Genre: Romantic Comedy
6.5 pages
Genre: Romantic Comedy
6.5 pages
Open Admissionsby Alan Barkley
The Director of Admissions at prestigious MIT must contend with candidates who have unusual expectations. Top 10 shorts, LA Comedy Shorts Festival.
Genre: Comedy
5 pages
Genre: Comedy
5 pages
The Lions Racingby Fassinou Ange
A group of prisoners are selected to fight at the Lions Racing... a motorbike race where there will be only one survivor.
Genre: Action/Adventure
40 pages
Genre: Action/Adventure
40 pages
The Oneby Nick Yeh
An innocent-looking taxi driver finds himself caught in a battle between two gangs after he comes to the rescue of one of the gangsters and comes out as the only one surviving the underground war with lots of take-home trophies and bonuses.
Genre: Action/Adventure
14 pages
Genre: Action/Adventure
14 pages
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