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Versions of Consequence by Elaine Clayton
Someone at Sequoia Avenue has been killed in a domestic. Now it's time to find out who?
Short
For sale
7pp
1 reader loves this script
Bee-El by CJ Vecchio
LOGLINE: "A young girl befriends something that’s inside her closet."
TAGLINE: "Hell hath no fury than a little girl scorned!"
Short
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10pp
3 readers love this script
I Scream, You Scream... by Anthony J Russo
A man encounters turns of fate during an excursion into a virus-ravaged world.
Short
Seeking finance
7pp
1 reader loves this script
The Bad Planes by Anthony J Russo
A young girl chronicles her existence in the age of technology in 2030 America.
Short
Seeking finance
7pp
1 reader loves this script
Window Creep by Rob Herzog
A nine-year-old boy tries to outwit the visitor who scratches at his window screen in the middle of the night.
Short
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6pp
4 readers love this script
Ice by Paul Knauer
A disgraced detective looks to jumpstart his career by solving a complicated murder case.
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Available for Free
5pp
4 readers love this script
Don't Burst My Bubble by L. Chambers
A determined young boy tries to win over his first love.
No dialogue.
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6pp
1 reader loves this script
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6pp
Rockstar
8 readers love this script
From Vilna with Love by Warren Duncan
Years after the Soviet invasion of Poland, a brother and sister track down the man who destroyed their family in an attempt to find some justice.
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5pp
2 readers love this script
Terms & Conditions by Anthony Cawood
A desperate dash to answer a call of nature leads to an unexpected diagnosis and a fight to survive.
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Under Option
6pp
Rockstar
2 readers love this script 
CC by Anthony Cawood
A bored teen gets more than she bargains for when watching a reality ghost channel on YouTube.
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6pp
Rockstar
1 reader loves this script
Passwords by Paul Knauer
A young video-gamer's session is interrupted by a particularly aggressive online opponent.
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5pp
2 readers love this script
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6pp
Rockstar
6 readers love this script 
Confessions of a Cadaver by Matthew Taylor
As a surgeon dissects a cadaver, it tells him a story he doesn't want to hear.
Short
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3pp
4 readers love this script
FROM BEFORE by James Austin McCormick
An ambitious university professor finds the things he’s done to come so far so quickly come back to haunt him, quite literally.
Short
Produced
15pp
1 reader loves this script
All Good! by Ben Clifford
When his father is released from a mental institution, a confused teenage boy begins questioning his mother about his father's return to the family home.
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18pp
1 reader loves this script
Potato Radio by Paul Knauer
When a bored and lonely man's science project unexpectedly agitates his neighbor, he decides to use it to his advantage.
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8pp
1 reader loves this script
Ugly Profile. by Martin Cox
Terrorists' bombings have caused abject fear in the local community. Four commuting friends meet up on their regular train and are convinced that a bomber is on board. But can they stop the carnage?
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10pp
Short Fuse by L. Chambers
A young man believing himself to be on the brink of greatness has his dreams crushed when Covid-19 strikes.
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6pp
1 reader loves this script
Skip by Gary Howell
A woman finds it difficult to communicate with her mother, but will that change when her great-granddaughter comes for a visit?
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4pp
4 readers love this script
The Five Stages of Grief by David Lambertson
A suburban family goes through the five stages of grief during the pandemic
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6pp
Rockstar
5 readers love this script 
Dear God, I Quit - Love, Satan. by Jay Williams
When Lucifer hands in his resignation letter, God is forced into a very dark corner.
Short
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10pp
2 readers love this script