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Destiny Deliversby  Mindy Goldhammer
"Tradition! What a crock!" "I will not be a slave to this insanity!", shouts Nick. He leaves home to seek refuge before he says something he may live to regret. Destiny follows him and manifests a lifetime transformation.

Genre: Drama
5 pages
Angels and Devilsby  Sean Ryan
A father tortured by the mental anguish of a murdered daughter turns to revenge.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
15 pages
Herbie and the Snowboogiemanby  Charles Webb
Herbie made a snowman. Now the snowman is making mayhem. Only Herbie can stop him. If he really wants to.

Genre: Comedy
44 pages
I am your Daddyby  MUTEGETSI Silas
A 52 year old man drinks an unknown drink and becomes a 6 year-old boy. No one is able to recognize him. His 2 children want to take him to an orphanage though he claims to be their father. An odd family, they clash comically. ONE LOCATION, SIX ACTORS

Genre: Comedy
20 pages
Strangers in the Nightby  Linda Ann Sullivan
During a walk in her neighborhood, a woman meets a mysterious stranger. She later discovers the meeting was not accidental and there was a lot more to the stranger than she had imagined.

Genre: Other
5 pages
Don't Eat The Orangesby  Amy Tarr
All Sean and his eccentric friends wanted to do was make a film. Unfortunately they lack experience, connections, script, and money. They survive a crazed homeless man, an armed robbery, and a severely hilarious run in with bran muffins. They emerge victorious with a successful documentary, friendship, and love.

Genre: Comedy
39 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
A man with a casual disregard for death is shocked to find that he can actually see exactly when people are going to die. Produced writer.

Genre: Drama
13 pages
Janeenby  Kevin Bui
An angry young man, troubled with his girlfriend, takes an unexpected advice from his uncle.

Genre: Drama
12 pages
A greedy trick-or-treater learns to not tempt the Grimlock. Produced writer.

Genre: Horror
5 pages
Serial Killerby  Alex Sarris
A serial killer wanders through an unlocked door to take out his evil revenge on an unsuspecting victim.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
2 pages
Fred and Gingerby  Timothy Casto
Two older men escape a party to go dancing cheek to cheek.

Genre: Gay/Lesbian
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
Van Hasting's Houseguestby  Chris Love
While alone one night, a skittish mother and son are forced to become amateur exterminators as they struggle to remove a bat that has invaded their home.

Genre: Comedy
23 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
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
Conscienceby  David Spiro
A retired Detective entertains guests after dinner sitting around a campfire talking about his strangest case. Base on a true story.

Genre:
21 pages
20 Minute Orgasmby  George Klembith
A device to extend man's orgasms to 20 minutes has been invented, but it may lead to lethal consequences.

Genre: Comedy
4 pages
Memento Moriby  Stuart Creque
When Charon arrives in a limo instead of a ferryboat, McInerney isn't reluctant to leave behind a wasted life. But when Charon picks up another passenger, McInerney discovers that life can be worth fighting for.

Genre: Fantasy
10 pages
Ghost of the Chesapeake Frigateby  Michael Bavota
Fictional story about a boy who is a volunteer worker aboard an 18th Century wooden ship that happens to be inhabited by a ghost, who wants to kill him in order to break a 200 year old curse.

Genre: Family
20 pages
Live Fast, Die Funby  Desiree Streamland
A new high school teacher teeters on the brink of inappropriate conduct versus mentorship, when he helps a directionless teen girl find her passion, by exposing her to various subjects and activities.

Genre: Drama
28 pages
Seven in One Blowby  Stuart Creque
Because the King thought the motto on Jack's belt, 'Seven In One Blow,' referred to killing men and not flies, he offered Jack a huge reward and the hand of his daughter in marriage for killing the Giant terrorizing his kingdom. Jack has to choose which tool to use to stop the Giant and get the reward: a sword or a flyswatter?

Genre: Fantasy
6 pages
(action / adventure / sci - fi) A neglected homeless man learns how to use his ability to astral project with the help of a mentor and becomes an unknown hero to a city that treats him like an outcast.

Genre: Action/Adventure
30 pages
An honor student starts the next phase of his life. *2nd Place, MoviePoet'S Tournament of Champions Contest*

Genre: Drama
6 pages
Death Orbitby  Si Dunn
In a mining colony courtroom, a young law student volunteers to defend an indigent ice miner facing the death penalty.

Genre: Sci-Fi
15 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
Targetby  NG
A courageous woman attorney, defending a poor waitress, is the target of a rich rapist.

Genre: Drama
5 pages
The Economy Sucksby  Janet Goodman-Clarke
To provide for his family, a cash strapped businessman makes a desperate deal. Wall Street isn't the only blood sucker out there...

Genre: Horror
5 pages
Play it Again, Againby  Gordon Phipps
As Time Goes By. Sam doesn't know it. But everybody else does.

Genre: Comedy
7 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
Loyalty (Drama) - Two gangsters, a hit and a creaky rowboat. Sometimes, sharks aren't the most dangerous animal in the water....

Genre: Drama
11 pages
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Genre: Comedy
17 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
An unlikely romantic relationship forms.

Genre:
8 pages
Magic and politics prove to be strange bedfellows in this sendup of economics, the McCarthy trials, and the current political atmosphere...

Genre: Comedy
9 pages
A free spirited male teen struggles with the loss of his grandfather with a special memory he holds in his hand while his father soothes an aching heart.

Genre: Family
12 pages
It Came Upon A Midnight Clearby  Ted King
When a troubled woman running away during the holiday season finds herself the only patron at an out of the way diner, she soon discovers the owner is not who he claims to be. But neither is she!

Genre: Fantasy
11 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
Cameron Screws Upby  Sherrill Wark
A stalker meets his perfect match.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
10 pages
A young woman who finds her frog prince has mixed feelings about him. (2 pgs; award-winning shorts writer)

Genre: Animation
2 pages
Buddy Can You Spare a Job?by  Tom Dwyer
Two men enter a business office to apply for a job. The owner of this small marketing novelty company is a Mexican woman in her thirties, who likes to bet on the horses. One of the men looking for a job is in his sixties, the other man is only in his twenties. At the very beginning neither men like each other. In the end they must work together. A comedy.

Genre: Comedy
5 pages
 
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