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Silence, Eventually by Steven Clark
Two young men suffer through an eventful first date at a night club, but that is neither the beginning, nor the end, of their personal struggles.
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10pp
1 reader loves this script
Eddie Whorl by Rob Barkan
An ailing truck driver slowly discovers that the hitchhiker he's picked up on a desolate mountain pass is not human.
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11pp
3 readers love this script
Warmer by Steve Miles
A curious toy designer stumbles on an alternative use for his latest creation: the hide-and-seek doll set. It's a discovery he soon lives to regret. Comedy 9 pages
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9pp
1 reader loves this script
Dog Years by Anthony Cawood
The barrier guards at the Large Hadron Collider stumble upon a mysterious discovery that forces them to pause—and question everything they thought they knew, if only for a moment.
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5pp
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6 readers love this script 
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8pp
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Grammar Nazi Killer by James Barron
Three social media obsessed teenagers learn that grammatical errors and poor spelling can have deadly consequences.
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13pp
9 readers love this script
Hair by James Barron
A family man trying to keep his life from falling apart becomes obsessed with impending baldness.
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17pp
2 readers love this script
The Rust Garden by Steve Miles
A forensic archaeologist finds her ideals tested when she discovers the horrors of the past are far from dead and buried.
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14pp
2 readers love this script
A Cure For Loneliness by Richard Russell
A psychiatrist searches for a way to connect his lonely patients.
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8pp
3 readers love this script
Noob by James Barron
A highly evolved, alien-made artificial intelligence system tries to teach a cantankerous 80-year-old human how to work an iPhone.
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10pp
8 readers love this script
The Object of My Infection (SOLD - NOT AVAILABLE) by David Lambertson
A CDC research technician uses the only tools available to her to stop an abusive husband
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14pp
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1 reader loves this script
Course Listing Unavailable by James Barron
An ambitious student gets a crash course in demonic exorcism after signing up for a special internship program.
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16pp
5 readers love this script
The Role of The Dice by David Lambertson
A single roll of the dice determines the fate of a man cheating with his friend's wife.
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13pp
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32 readers love this script 
Simpatico by L. Chambers
Two know-it-all friends believing themselves to be the authorities on love, sex, dating, and finding 'the one' recount the events of a one night stand.
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21pp
2 readers love this script
iRobot by Anthony Cawood
A geriatric war veteran receives an unexpected package and finds himself in a fight to the death with a murderous household appliance.
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10pp
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Raven Point by Jason K. Allen
Hoping to soothe his troubled soul, Lucas embarks on a backpacking trip to a remote area. But his plans to be alone are thwarted when he encounters a free-spirited girl who's on an unusal mission.
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15pp
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4 readers love this script
The Wall In The Garden by Thorsten Loos
The seemingly perfect lives of Helen and Harold are shattered into pieces when a mysterious wall emerges around their house.
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11pp
In-between by Nolan Bryand
After dying from a heart attack, the spirit of Wilfred negotiates his next life.
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11pp
4 readers love this script
Beyond Treatment by Thorsten Loos
Larry suffers from a posttraumtic stress syndrome after he lost his wife in a brutal assault. When all attempts to treat him fail, his psychiatrist decides to take an unusual all-out approach in confrontational therapy...
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7pp
1 reader loves this script
#$@&%*! by Jason K. Allen
Since 1959, a secret company has existed whose job is to place one curse word into the English vocabulary every year -- in order to keep the language thriving and on the cutting edge.
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5pp
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4 readers love this script 