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Flamewarby  Edmund Woods
An internet flamewar rages out of control when a brooding loner organizes to meet his forum enemy for a fight with tragic results

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
8 pages
Me and Papiby  Kevin Bui
A daughter grows up dancing with her father.

Genre: Drama
8 pages
Better Be Goodby  Tim Westland
When a young boy finds Santa's lost bag of toys, his first thought is to return it. His big brother has other ideas, though, which might prove life changing for both of them.

Genre: Family
5 pages
Misplacedby  Ellen Zepp
A man must find out why his life is being erased before he ceases to exist.

Genre: Sci-Fi
17 pages
It Came Out In The Washby  Stuart Creque
On Dec. 31, 1999, a family with a computer-controlled washing machine learns that the Y2K bug is very real.

Genre: Sci-Fi
5 pages
Elevatorby  David Estes
"The Elevator" focuses on two neighbors. Jared is frustrated with the constantly quarreling couple in the apartment above him. Sara, the daughter of that couple is equally frustrated with the fighting. But as they each try to deal with the situation in their own way, a problem with the building's elevator provides the conduit to a fresh start.

Genre: Drama
8 pages
Grave Compromiseby  Timothy Ugbaja
In the world of Anti-Christ, when the hope Christians tarries, a naughty child learns faith by hard experiences. Would she be the only who attains the long waited salvation?

Genre: Family
17 pages
Glass Housesby  Jenni Prange Boran
In this quirky Mad Men era short, a moonstruck (and love-struck) handyman sacrifices his long-anticipated viewing of the moon landing to make certain his dour tenant experiences a little magic.

Genre: Drama
7 pages
In the Darkby  Tom Deiker
A wife and husband find themselves locked in a darkened apartment "- then the noises start. 5 pages. Cast of 2 (1 woman, 1 man). 1-Scene (apartment), No CGI/SFX. Simulated violence. ©PAu3494658 Stageplay version performed at Davis County Players, Bloomfield, Iowa.

Genre: Horror
5 pages
Fearing that their troubled lives may not improve , three university students make a suicide pact , more reflective of chronic disillusionment than actual intent, but dangerous nevertheless

Genre: Drama
27 pages
Roadkillby  Warren Fast
Two cold blooded killers, one male, one female, meet on the open road, each targeting the other as the next victim, both unaware of the other's intentions.

Genre: Action/Adventure
21 pages
A little girl finds an E.T. that get lost.

Genre: Sci-Fi
5 pages
The Indian Summer of Dry Valley Johnsonby  John Porter
A western romance based on O. Henry's short story about a grizzled middle-aged shepherd who falls in love with a beautiful Mexican girl

Genre: Romance
5 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
A private eye, at the end of his days, helps a young woman find her lover before he's hunted down by the mysterious crime boss the Bearcat.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
19 pages
Fool Me Once, Shame On Youby  Ramona Baillie
Chris and Sean try to tame the spirited girl of their dreams but she has other ideas.

Genre: Comedy
28 pages
The Shoeshine Ministerby  Jason K. Allen
A sidewalk shoeshine man touches the life of a hopeless customer. (Faith-based drama. Produced writer; previous short won Best Screenplay at 2014 San Diego Film Awards. See my IMDB profile for credits.)

Genre: Drama
10 pages
Dancing Rosesby  Tinisha Johnson
In the mist of a broken heart and infidelity, a woman learns a damaging family secret that causes her to take extreme measures.

Genre: Drama
8 pages
Fragmentby  Angel Nunez
Isiah is an ad exec on the rise. As he prepares for an interview that will take him to the next level, he gets a hard slap in the face from the other side of the mirror. Flec challenges all of Isiah's perceptions about himself and tries to free him so he can reach his true potential.

Genre: Drama
8 pages
The Last Day of My Lifeby  Natalie N. Aydin
A tall, dark, handsome man picks up a sultry blonde waitress at Tom's Diner on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, and she ends up saving his life by going out with him to Rockaway Beach on the day he would have committed suicide.

Genre: Romance
4 pages
Man of His Dreamsby  Virgil Wade
When a man realizes that the gruesome murders committed by a faceless serial killer in his dreams are real, he knows that he must go to sleep to save the next victim.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
11 pages
Gone Fishingby  Jason Clowers
While fishing, a young boy named James meets an unexpected visitor.

Genre: Family
7 pages
One Child Bornby  Stuart Creque
A Rwandan Tutsi farmer's third child is coming. As he waits on his front porch for the midwife to do her work, his oldest son arrives home with the news that a Hutu mob is also coming.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
11 pages
Humans: It's What's For Dinnerby  Sherrie Kelley
After answering a house sitting ad, six teenagers find themselves on the main menu of a dinner party hosted by werewolves.

Genre: Horror
16 pages
While Temping at the Car Wash Companyby  C. Martinelli
Pina needs the money from two more weeks of temp work to pay for her studies. But her latest temp-post looks doomed to last one day. Pina fails to connect with her eccentric supervisor, and inadvertently upsets the woman's fantasized romance with a company salesman. Will Pina earn the difference in romance? 1 LOCATION, 3 PRINCIPLE CHARACTERS. Fun, romantic, strong female roles, looks much bigger than it is with the use of off-camera characters. 17 pages.

Genre:
17 pages
Fate Gets a Pushby  Larry Postel
When a lonely, lovelorn man goes to a psychic for guidance, he finds the love of his life " with a little push from the psychic, who turns out to be part-Yenta. First place winner in the short screenplay category in Indie Film magazine’s screenplay competition.

Genre: Romantic Comedy
19 pages
Undead Loveby  Virgil Wade
Can a married woman and a zombie make love work or will decay tear them apart?

Genre: Comedy
4 pages
Beautiful Girlsby  Brian O'Connor
Having the time of his life at college, JT mixes in a senior fling with a longtime crush and one night stands with his roommate's ex-girlfriend and her younger sister, only to see it all come crashing down around him.

Genre: Comedy
25 pages
Wank Bankby  Chris Leonard
Andy still pines for the love of his life who dumped him two years ago. When he accidentally meets her again he considers calling her, setting off a chain of events that build to a bittersweet climax.

Genre: Drama
8 pages
The Gipsy Girlby  Fara Sue Romero
While most carnivals arrive with fortune tellers of ladies old, this one brings THE GIPSY GIRL... (This short is to be shot as a silent film).

Genre: Other
15 pages
The Condemnedby  J. Simon Allen
In 1867 Montana, a young mercenary leads a potentially innocent man into the wilderness to dig his own grave.

Genre: Western
12 pages
The Joy of Christmas Eve Shoppingby  Tom Deiker
"The Joy of Christmas Eve Shopping" - Farce. One check-out lady, one endless line, one hour till closing: Joy! Joy! Joy! 1 Scene (department store), 14 pages, 17 actors, several extras, a few pratfalls. Adult humor. ©WGAW1691421.

Genre: Comedy
14 pages
A Day in the Shark Tankby  John Keckhaver
Unprovoked, a predator takes two innocent lives on the street.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
10 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
23 Minutesby  Penny Minor
When a fired employee goes on a shooting rampage, a group of employees must put aside their differences and work together to survive the next 23 minutes.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
26 pages
Five Days for Redemptionby  Jeffrey Dean Langham
A man loses everything in one day. Five days later he gets his revenge, and all he wanted was some ice cream

Genre: Drama
7 pages
"Mornin", Daughter-Mineby  Tom Deiker
A mother makes a radical proposal to save the life of her suicidal daughter. 1-scene, 12 pages. Cast of 2 women (mother/daughter). Simple kitchen set, no costumes, no CGI/SFX. Suicide Theme. ©PAu3433023 (Stageplay version performed in 5 theatres in 5 states).

Genre: Drama
12 pages
A young man in the 1890s is sentenced to an Asylum for the crime of love. Will he survive the loneliness and the brutality - or are worse things waiting, behind those walls? Mental institutions make for strange bedfellows...

Genre: Horror
12 pages
Breakfast In Memphisby  C J Walley
Two small town bounty hunters debate the merits of being more adventurous while getting breakfast in a city diner.

Genre: Comedy
9 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
 
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