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Lakeside by Rob Barkan
A teenage graduation bash at a remote lakehouse is cut short by a hideous presence that emerges from the lake every six years.
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22pp
1 reader loves this script
Honey Mustard (Short) by Michael J Kospiah
A waitress snaps after not being tipped and torments a rude customer.
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7pp
6 readers love this script
Shakespeare, Extra Cheese by Garry Messick
A young man's life takes an unexpected turn after he encounters a naked woman performing Shakespeare.
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6pp
4 readers love this script
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One Eight Hundred by David Pauwels
A desperate man comes across one too many misunderstandings when he phones a series of crisis hotlines in search of a fix for his problems.
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6pp
3 readers love this script
Packaging by Rob Barkan
A young couple's stopover at an isolated mini-mart grows more mysterious--and dangerous--with each passing minute.
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6pp
4 readers love this script
Necessary Evil by Adam Rocke
A child must commit a terrible crime to keep an even greater atrocity from occurring.
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5pp
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9 readers love this script 
Double-Booked by Tristan Wexley
Due to a scheduling error, two agency hit-men are double-booked to take out the same target...
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6pp
5 readers love this script
The Beginning by David Gonzalez
A husband mourning his wife at the cemetery gets consoled by the last person he expected.
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2pp
9 readers love this script
Plight by Cam Gray
A young refugee fights to survive a storm in the Mediterranean sea, but his real struggle rests on shore with his saviour.
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11pp
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7 readers love this script 
New Sins by Oscar Moreno
The ruler of a world where art has been banned must seek the help of a paralyzed musician to awaken his comatose daughter.
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13pp
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8 readers love this script 
Butterscotch by Jess Waters
A recently widowed father puts his parenting skills to the test when his 11-year-old daughter gets her period.
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10pp
6 readers love this script
When Words Fail by David Pauwels
Two grown men argue over a crossword puzzle, using nothing but 11-letter words.
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6pp
2 readers love this script
The Cure For Aging by David Pauwels
An elderly prisoner tells a bothersome young cellmate about a secret means of escape and a mysterious cure for aging, showing how one leads to the other.
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8pp
5 readers love this script
Singled Out by Rick Hansberry
Twenty-somethings are pranked when a married couple sets up their single friends.
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5pp
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Crazy In Love by Warren Duncan
A woman battling mental health issues learns to let her guard down with the help of a quirky patient in a similar position.
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9pp
10 readers love this script
Weather Worn by David Lambertson
Relentless heat forces a poor horse rancher to make a life or death decision.
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6pp
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6 readers love this script 
The Secret Agent's Secret by Steve Cleary
A dashing secret agent lets his arch-nemesis and his hench-woman in on a little secret: he just can't score babes.
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5pp
2 readers love this script
Grandma-Z by Craig Thomas
A couple of stoners must use a Ouija Board to summon the spirit of their dead grandmother in order to locate her mredical marijuana stash, or else spend the entire wake unstoned.
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8pp
6 readers love this script