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Thirty-Seven Dollars by Robert Bruinewoud
A grieving, middle-aged woman walking alone at night through a dark alleyway is confronted by a mugger with a gun.
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5pp
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23 readers love this script 
Fried Eggheads by Robert Deigh
Two rival professors, forced to share a limo to their sold-out debate, butt heads and miss the event. They end up on foot on a dark road but discover something they can agree on.
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9pp
2 readers love this script
Don't Tell Mommy I'm Dead by Andrea Nettleton
A ghost pretends to be alive to spare his mother the pain of losing her child.
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10pp
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19 readers love this script 
At the End of the Road by Mike Underwood
After a hit-and-run, a tormented driver is close to suicide when his past, present and future selves turn up to offer him a second chance. But will he take up their offer of redemption?
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4pp
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9 readers love this script 
The Mailman's Son by J.B. Storey
The son of a Mailman develops an enduring bond over with the daughter of an unhappy couple whose house is a permanent fixture on his father’s delivery route.
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10pp
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4 readers love this script 
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The Defilement of Sacred Things by J. Alexander Johnson
When a church is vandalized before
its anniversary celebration, a local priest works with the police and the
mayor to discover who did it and why.
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8pp
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3 readers love this script 
No Good Deed by John Staats
A good Samaritan attempts to diffuse a bad situation, only to light the fuse to another.
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6pp
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5 readers love this script 
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4 readers love this script
Vintage by Mike Underwood
After landing an audition for a Victorian period drama, a hapless actress must find the perfect costume. But her search puts her on a deadly collision course with one of history’s most notorious killers.
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20pp
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10 readers love this script
Nothing Compares to You by L. Chambers
A man resorts to desperate measures to win back the affections of his one true love.
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2 readers love this script
Our Past Has Eyes by Gina Screen
A young African American woman’s cry for help awakens the spirits of ancient slaves who have grown tired of waiting 400 years for justice.
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9pp
12 readers love this script
Cry Havoc by J.B. Storey
The police interview a grieving father about the slaying of a gang members under investigation for the murder of his daughter.
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20pp
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6 readers love this script 
Solar Warflare by Gary Parr
Using the power of the sun, one man seeks to change the world for the better. But the US military has other ideas.
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2 readers love this script 
Moscow Summer by J. Phillip Wilkins
A country preacher has a solution for all his followers’ problems.
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5 readers love this script 
Seen Nor Heard by Nick Padmore
A socially anxious thirty-something who can't make himself heard on the weekly lockdown Zoom quiz starts to gradually fade out of existence.
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10pp
2 readers love this script
The Bleeding Room by Bob Stevens
A grieving man finds comfort in the demonic presence occupying a room in his house.
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8pp
12 readers love this script
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17pp
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The Changeling by Alexandra Keister
A young Scottish wife with a boorish husband and a colicky infant is convinced her child is a changeling. When an omen of death, the Black Dog, keeps appearing, the wife prepares for the inevitable.
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5pp
5 readers love this script
Death Walks into a Bar by Gary Parr
A man about to take his own life experiences the ultimate intervention.
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8pp
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7 readers love this script