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Modern Loveby Marlyn Bandieo
A married couple uses modern technology to stay connected with each other during a vacation.
Top Finalist in: Four Stories, A Short Screenplay Competition (sponsored by Intel, W Hotel and Roman Coppola)
Genre: Romance
10 pages
Genre: Romance
10 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
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
7 pages
Casualty of Warby Janet Goodman-Clarke
On a routine drug bust, Officer Janice Mitchell kills her first suspect. A simple case of self-defense...but then she gets to know him. An exploration into the political justification for the War on Drugs - with a supernatural twist.
Genre: Horror
23 pages
Genre: Horror
23 pages
Blockheadby Frank Edward Kelly
A prudish children's book author, struggling with writer's block, wakes one morning to find his foul-mouthed, twin, human head growing out of his floor with an indecent idea for his next book.
Genre: Comedy
24 pages
Genre: Comedy
24 pages
Spi Momsby T.L. Lewis
Spi Moms
A breast cancer survivor decides to follow her dream of being a grown up version of Nancy Drew. She and her partner have daily PI adventures more akin to Lucy and Ethyl escapades and are successful because no one ever suspects these two 40 year olds are Spi Moms.
Genre: Comedy
23 pages
Genre: Comedy
23 pages
Haven't We Met Before?by Kevin Silva
A bewildered director preparing for his latest beach party movie discovers that female characters from the script are haunting him.
3rd Place - 9th American Gem Literary Festival - 2012
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
24 pages
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
24 pages
An Auld, Auld Taylby Tom Deiker
City Mayor tells his friend and lawyer about his latest public indiscretion. 12 pages. 1-Scene (Bar). Cast: 2 men. No CGI/SFX. Adult language. ©WG1636320
Genre: Comedy
12 pages
Genre: Comedy
12 pages
Vilifyby Taylor Albertson
A 20 year old single mother with a rough past and present is accused of murdering her young son, and is vilified by media sensationalism and investigative judgment to the point of false conviction.
Genre: Drama
40 pages
Genre: Drama
40 pages
Chasing Fateby Mark Tordai
On what should be a typical stakeout, two LAPD officers get caught up in a local ring of drugs and betrayal.
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
12 pages
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
12 pages
Give My Love to Roseby Michael Sieve
A widowed woman (Rose) finally hears the dying words of her murdered husband from the man who was falsely accused of killing him.
Genre: Drama
18 pages
Genre: Drama
18 pages
Mr. Frank's Sunsetby Louella Reynolds
When a WWII veteran is faced with being put out to pasture, he and his long-time steed choose which sunset will be the last.
Genre: Drama
4 pages
Genre: Drama
4 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: Other
10 pages
Genre: Other
10 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
Pettyby Chris Ossman
A group of egotistical woman attending a brunch are too consumed with their own problem to notice the mushroom cloud outside the window.
Genre: Comedy
5 pages
Genre: Comedy
5 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
Genre: Family
27 pages
The Party Houseby Ronald Fordham
A screenplay that features one location and three characters, The Party House is about a teenage couple who trespass into an abandoned home while looking for a secluded party location and meet a mysterious young woman who claims to live in the house with her grandfather.
Genre: Horror
12 pages
Genre: Horror
12 pages
Angel Foodby Darrell Dorsett
Susan is abducted by a sadistic serial killer.
Genre: Horror
10 pages
Genre: Horror
10 pages
Mariliseby Ronald Micci
A lesbian love triangle in the Hamptons pitting sisters against each other ends in a tragic bicycle accident.
Genre: Gay/Lesbian
24 pages
Genre: Gay/Lesbian
24 pages
The Ballad of Maurice Drewby Allan Love
An aged songwriter, dying with dementia, struggles to find the meaning of life as he is confronted by his alter ego, the devil. He must conquer this demon before he dies.
Genre: Fantasy
11 pages
Genre: Fantasy
11 pages
A Cardboard Skyby Ken Lemm
After their mother’s funeral, two estranged sisters gather at the dilapidated family home and face the truths that keep them apart.
Genre: Drama
5 pages
Genre: Drama
5 pages
Lifelinesby Daniel Chomistek
Adrift after after his boat sinks, delirious and near death, a traumatized Afghan vet gets some therapy from a perky, little, valley girl mermaid.
Genre: Fantasy
27 pages
Genre: Fantasy
27 pages
Terrors (Fantasy/Sci-Fi/Horror)by Ange Fassinou
Five hundred soldiers are changed into invincible warriors by a chemical product and win war for America. Many years later, authorities think that they could be dangerous for the United States... so they put them into a big container and hide them into the depth of Lake Ontario. The discovery of petrol in the same lake wake them up from a long silence waiting for their vengence time.
Genre: Fantasy
40 pages
Genre: Fantasy
40 pages
Wake Upby Delaina Waldron
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
Genre: Comedy
15 pages
Beautifulby Bill Hoversten-Davis
Four-year-old Janie is devastated when her beautiful and beloved stuffed bunny is disfigured in an accident. But her mother gently shows her that beauty, like love, radiates from within.
Genre: Family
6 pages
Genre: Family
6 pages
Fred and Gingerby Timothy Casto
Two older men escape a party to go dancing cheek to cheek.
Genre: Gay/Lesbian
5 pages
Genre: Gay/Lesbian
5 pages
Pet Funeralsby Marqus Bobesich
A documentary team follows a day in the life of an eccentric woman who runs a pet funeral business
Genre: Comedy
4 pages
Genre: Comedy
4 pages
The Party Houseby Ronald Fordham
A screenplay that features three characters and is set in one location, The Party House is about a teenage couple who trespass into an abandoned house and are confronted by a mysterious young woman who claims to live there with her grandfather.
Genre: Horror
12 pages
Genre: Horror
12 pages
Leviathanby mark stavar
What if researchers working to integrate bio-technology with a giant squid for deep ocean research discovered a sentient being?
Genre: Sci-Fi
20 pages
Genre: Sci-Fi
20 pages
Nick DeFalco Private Eye - Goddess In Green Satinby Jean W. Yeager
When NICK DEFALCO, Private Eye, takes on DEMETER as a client, the goddess in an emerald green, satin dress, shows him the Demeter / Persephone story is no myth. (World-Com and œMission Accomplished were myths.) Nick’s job: find PERSEPHONE who, after her MBA, runs the œHades Take-Out Division. Broad slapstick, costumes, stereotype comedy in this œSam Spade detective spoof. (Or, cast it œEnglish Panto Style with men as women and vice versa.)
Genre: Comedy
14 pages
Genre: Comedy
14 pages
About a Bearby J. Van Auken
A college Freshmen comes home for Thanksgiving and tries to convince his conservative Mid-West family to accept his new boyfriend, Terry, who happens to be an 800-pound Grizzly Bear.
Genre: Comedy
9 pages
Genre: Comedy
9 pages
Availability May be Limitedby Janet Goodman-Clarke
When the latest video craze hits the shelves, two women find that limited supply - and unlimited demand - equal all-out war.
Genre: Comedy
9 pages
Genre: Comedy
9 pages
SoCal Gun Girlsby CJ Walley
After buying drugs and debating the commercialization of cannabis in California, two female gang members stumble straight into a robber who's killed their beloved dealer.
Genre: Comedy
7 pages
Genre: Comedy
7 pages
Chickenby Stuart Creque
Honeymooners Matt and Sara Jane need someone to take their picture at a vista point. A passing chicken stops to help.
Genre: Comedy
3 pages
Genre: Comedy
3 pages
Dirtyby Lizz-Ayn Shaarawi
A neat-freak killer roams the streets looking for his next victim, unaware that predators come in many guises.
Genre: Horror
6 pages
Genre: Horror
6 pages
Pigeonsby Robert Frostholm
A man and a woman have very different views about the proliferation of pigeons in city parks, but only one has a permanent solution.
Genre: Comedy
6 pages
Genre: Comedy
6 pages
Traumaby Naz
A traumatized teenager enters a psychiatric facility as the doctor tries to understand what happened to her after she was found sitting in the middle of a burning house.
Genre: Drama
37 pages
Genre: Drama
37 pages
Pinocchio's Nightmare of a Dream Come Trueby Patrick Green
A sleepless child takes steps of courage through his house of terrors to gain an answered prayer. -- Animation/Musical
Genre: Animation
7 pages
Genre: Animation
7 pages
Other Womanby Barbara Cromie
In this game of sexual ambivalence the stakes are high. Are they too high?
Genre: Gay/Lesbian
17 pages
Genre: Gay/Lesbian
17 pages
Time Killerby Tinisha Johnson
A detective must use his dreams to stop a serial killer at large who has the ability to travel in time.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
9 pages
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
9 pages
Crayonsby Laurie Gabriel
Crayon artist down on his luck sells picture to criminally deranged buyer and soon embroiled in heat.
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
9 pages
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
9 pages
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