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The Seed by Art D'Alessandro
In the near future we find out that society has yielded just a bit more and government will become our next best thing to man's best friend.
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Fear Cubed by Ian J. Courter
A night out leads to the puzzle challenge of a lifetime, and it's all for science.
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7pp
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3 readers love this script 
Reverse Psychology by Michael J Kospiah
A marriage counselor uses reverse psychology to help fix a couples turbulent relationship.
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9pp
The Last Fight by James Austin McCormick
An ageing, on his way out boxer bets everything on one last fight.
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11pp
1 reader loves this script
How The Other Half Live by Michael Kitlas
What happens when a man, down on his luck, takes "people watching" on the train a little too far?
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13pp
6 readers love this script
Speed Trap in Ludowici by John Hunter
In the 1950s, a waggish old woman pulled over for speeding has the last laugh.
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7pp
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5 readers love this script 
Zoom by Anthony Cawood
A couple's illicit affair is forced to go virtual due to a pesky global pandemic, and if that wasn't bad enough someone else wants in on the action.
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10pp
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You Got Scammed, Bro! by Paul Rowe
A young flamboyant scammer gloats about his recent triumph only to find out it has led to dire and unexpected results.
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4pp
19 readers love this script
Home Again by Andrew Louis Marnik
Humanity returns to Earth after a nuclear holocaust. One father and daughter are tasked with collecting samples as part of an expeditionary force, but the father has another plan in mind.
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142 by Scott Nelson
Walking through a park, a man finds a strange device with the number 142 on it, and no one seems to know what it is until he finds out.
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50 readers love this script
Frequency by John Hunter
Working alone in his mother’s basement, a young techie makes a scientific breakthrough which may cost him his life.
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3pp
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2 readers love this script 
Underpassers by Robin Johnston
When a young woman ignores a warning and enters a desolate underpass at night, she finds herself trapped in a shifting labyrinth of tunnels—where something unseen stalks her every move.
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10pp
1 reader loves this script
Sugarcane by Adam Lennon
A middle-aged man travels to a storage facility to retrieve his stolen safe and soon discovers that the owner of the facility has much darker plans in store for him.
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11pp
6 readers love this script
Battle for Adwa by Elaine Clayton
In 1896, Emperor Menilek leads the tribes of Ethiopia into victory against Italian invaders. His young daughter, desperate to take part, rides into battle on her own trusty steed...her hippopotamus.
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5pp
2 readers love this script
Jasper + Mimi Forever by Jason K. Allen
Two freakish outcasts -- a bearded woman and a man who has a carrot for a penis -- fall madly in love and decide to have a baby.
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Alexandria by John P. Dowgin
While searching for supplies to keep his family alive, a medieval serf struggles to make sense of a startling discovery.
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4pp
2 readers love this script
The Gift of Giving by John Staats
An elderly man and his dog enjoy another memorable Christmas Eve. Again. And again.
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6pp
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3 readers love this script
Madam Lucinda by Jason K. Allen
A man visits a psychic seeking knowledge about his love life and his favorite fishing hole. But it's Madam Lucinda's first customer, and things don't go quite as planned.
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10pp
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To the Moon and Back by L. Chambers
A widowed mother and her young daughter receive an unexpected and potentially deadly visit on Christmas Eve when her past comes back to haunt them.
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1 reader loves this script
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