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Sam goes to the doctor to get a shotby Angela Clark
According to Sam and his pal, both six years old, doctors can make you sick. On the way to the doctors, to get a vaccine shot for school, trees, bushes, and clouds turn into doctor tools. Comedy, 5 pages, short and animation. Angela Clark and Evonne Harrell
Genre: Animation
5 pages
Genre: Animation
5 pages
To Live for Loveby Jon Logan
A serious illness has affected a young girl's dream from graduating high school, but when her crush enters her life, everything changes for her.
Genre: Romance
45 pages
Genre: Romance
45 pages
Details Emergeby Tom See
A motorist, stuck in traffic, watches a man walking through a rain storm and gets lost in creating a story for him, imagining him a man trying to get away with murder, as the motorist himself prepares to carry out his own act of violence.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
6 pages
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
6 pages
Free At Lastby Tom Deiker
œFree At Last -- Social Satire. Mentally ill lady living in a cardboard box lectures social worker on services: which is the real expert? 1-scene, 12 pages. Cast of 2 women, ages open. Simple set (cardbord box in an alley). General audience. ©PAu3516296
Genre: Comedy
12 pages
Genre: Comedy
12 pages
The Departedby Charles Hall
When two white-knuckle flyers collide in an airport they instantly form a special bond, unaware of the cruel fate awaiting them after they part ways.
Genre: Drama
4 pages
Genre: Drama
4 pages
Syrupby Alexander Ruben
Over brunch, a bitter twenty-something interrogates her evasive boyfriend over his true whereabouts the previous night.
Genre: Comedy
20 pages
Genre: Comedy
20 pages
To Have And To Holdby Darren J Seeley
On the eve of what would have been their wedding anniversary, a distraught man makes love to his wife again, despite her passing on months before
Genre: Horror
7 pages
Genre: Horror
7 pages
The Glamourous Spellby Dexter E. Williams
A shy office worker gets hypnotized by a sexy and mysterious woman into gaining the confidence to stand up to her mean-spirited boss.
Genre: Comedy
11 pages
Genre: Comedy
11 pages
A Day in the Shark Tankby John Keckhaver
Unprovoked, a predator takes two innocent lives on the street.
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Genre: Drama
10 pages
The Man with the Red Umbrellaby Melissa Field
(14 pages). A young man arranges a blind date while in NYC. The date doesn't show up and he stands waiting in front of a shop. He goes inside and meets the owner, an older woman originally from Germany. He confesses to her that he's really married and has a kid. The shopkeeper helps him to see his situation a little clearer and make a different choice.
Genre: Drama
14 pages
Genre: Drama
14 pages
The Sea Gravesby Rhonnie Fordham
One-location script involving a horrific mix-up occurring once a hitman follows his two targets to a local beach in the middle of the night. Twist features an occult human sacrifice.
Genre: Horror
8 pages
Genre: Horror
8 pages
Grace Under Pressureby Niall Lacey
Comedy action siege: A nervous young woman finds her inner hero when two opportunistic old rogues try to rob her late Nana's ornaments.
Genre: Comedy
17.5 pages
Genre: Comedy
17.5 pages
A Beautiful Day!by Bryan Carrier
Jen, is having a bad day! Up late, broken heels, stained dress, car breaks down. Her boss degrades her ability to give a presentation, until, her friend gives her the chance of a lifetime and they are promoted and her boss is demoted!! Yay!!
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Genre: Drama
10 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
Interviewby D.W. Liu
When business people conduct interviews in Starbucks, you should listen in, carefully.
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Genre: Drama
10 pages
The Hollywood Script Consultantby Dean Watts
A hapless screenwriter finally figures out that Hollywood script consultants are just con artists. One location, two actors.
Genre: Comedy
1 pages
Genre: Comedy
1 pages
All Night Dinerby Frank Hayslip
A peaceful night at the dinner until he came in. 8 pages - 7 actors - one location
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
8 pages
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
8 pages
Dating 101by Tom Deiker
"Dating 101" -- Romantic Fantasy. Two guardian angels steer their adolescent charges through a first date. 1-scene play, 11 pages. Cast of 4: 2 women, 2 men. No CGI/SFX. General Audience. ©PAu3494658
Stageplay version performed by 6 theatres in 6 states.
Genre: Romantic Comedy
11 pages
Genre: Romantic Comedy
11 pages
Drowning My Sorrowby Ramona Baillie
Margot needs time to think when she finds out her husband has lost their life savings.
Genre: Comedy
7 pages
Genre: Comedy
7 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
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
Babiesby Ramona Baillie
Bobby's friends get the wrong idea when they eavesdrop on his phone conversation.
Genre: Comedy
6 pages
Genre: Comedy
6 pages
The Duluth Mysteryby Haralabos Prassakos
Two enslaved adults whose existence is unknown to the outside world are forced into a life of crime.
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
4 pages
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
4 pages
The Horse-Drawn Hearseby Jason K. Allen
On Halloween night, a young boy sees a mysterious horse-drawn hearse driven by a sinister old man. Forty years later, he sees what appears to be the same hearse - but this time there's no driver and the hearse is carrying a coffin. (Produced writer; previous short "American Sock" won Best Screenplay at 2014 San Diego Film Awards.)
Genre: Horror
10 pages
Genre: Horror
10 pages
The Face in the Mororby Allan J Love
A endearing character, Bernie, languishes in an institution where he passes his days bantering with his nurse, Dorothy. All is well, until Bernie looks in the mirror.
Genre: Family
10 pages
Genre: Family
10 pages
InBetween Friendsby Cheing Winston
A Teenaged girl who is a bully and the girl she bullies forges an unlikely friendship when they both struggle to overcome prescription drug usage only to find they have much in common with each other.
Genre: Family
44 pages
Genre: Family
44 pages
Soul Searchingby Donna Carbone
Contrary to the commonly held belief that God and Satan are enemies, they are actually Gates/Jobs type frenemies and their business is the acquisition of souls. Their alliance, though uneasy, serves a greater good¦ or evil as the case may be.
Genre: Comedy
19 pages
Genre: Comedy
19 pages
Janeenby Kevin Bui
An angry young man, troubled with his girlfriend, takes an unexpected advice from his uncle.
Genre: Drama
12 pages
Genre: Drama
12 pages
Night Attackby Christine Whitlock
Remote farm, lone woman. An old farm woman getting ready for bath is attacked.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
3 pages
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
3 pages
Beingby Wolfgang Wright
A lonely farmer attempts to nurse an alien back to health, and in the process, heals himself.
Genre: Sci-Fi
22 pages
Genre: Sci-Fi
22 pages
A Postmodernist's Midsummer Nightmareby Gil F. Cobos
Disaster abounds when an amateur video documentarian and fledgling theatre director attempt to stage the great Shakespearean comedy.
Genre: Comedy
25 pages
Genre: Comedy
25 pages
Terrors (Sci-fi/horror/fantasy)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: Sci-Fi
40 pages
Genre: Sci-Fi
40 pages
Under Speed: Cruise Control With a Vengeanceby Chris Love
A fake trailer for an action packed, explosive film that can only be described as "Die Hard in a mini-van".
Genre: Animation
11 pages
Genre: Animation
11 pages
Hero Lifeby Mark Rupprecht
(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
Genre: Action/Adventure
30 pages
Dancing with the cannibals (short version)by fassinou ange j.v.
What will you do if you discover that all the people who are around you are cannibals?
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
45 pages
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
45 pages
War Gamesby Wayne E. Johnson
A Vietnam-era GI, toiling away in his personnel office under the scorching Texas sun trying to please his nervous,
ineffective lieutenant while keeping a fire-snorting master sergeant at bay, learns the true meaning of œThe Lord helps those who help themselves.
Genre: Comedy
27 pages
Genre: Comedy
27 pages
Reaper Honeyby Dea Divi
The worst cook in the America tries to cook his wife food.
Genre: Comedy
6 pages
Genre: Comedy
6 pages
Close Enoughby Steve Burton
The boundaries of the long term platonic friendship between Larry, a straight man, and Gary, a gay man, are challenged as they deal with other issues in their lives.
Genre: Gay/Lesbian
9 pages
Genre: Gay/Lesbian
9 pages
Cosmic Justiceby Linda Bosso
An American doctor, searching for his Scottish kinsmen, is sidetracked by a cosmic connection.
Genre: Other
25 pages
Genre: Other
25 pages
Broken Treatyby Dirk Burlingame
œThe Earth country’s and peoples are in complete turmoil. Armageddon is at hand. Terrorism and death by Nuclear Dirty bombs run rampant around the globe. One country see’s the light, and prepares itself, to try and save their country, and most of their peoples. That country will act, but also steal what’s not theirs. They are the ones that have perpetuated the œBroken Treaty.
Genre: Sci-Fi
45 pages
Genre: Sci-Fi
45 pages
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