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Self Help by J.E. Clarke

After a book signing, a self-help guru finds his own medicine to be a very bitter pill. (A slapstick riff on Jordan Peterson and others of his ilk.)

Short Comedy Available for Free 15pp

Verified, Shootin' The Shorts Admin, Rockstar - Gold

2 readers love this script

Seventy-Five Percent by J.E. Clarke

When aliens announce intent to settle on Earth - and demand humanity cull their population to 25% - a family quickly finds tribalism worse than any threat from outer space.

Short Drama, Sci-Fi Available for Free 11pp

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2 readers love this script

Violations by Neal Schneider

[CONTAINED] When an entitled group of teens take an irreversible prank too far, they reach out to a rogue cop to help cover it up, only to become entrapped in his deranged game.

Feature Horror For sale 95pp

Rockstar - Gold

2 readers love this script

Box Canyon. by Mark Laing

An LAPD cop digs into the truth behind a body in a barrel and finds himself in the middle of a conspiracy involving a nuclear meltdown in 1959. Based on a true story.

Feature Crime, Drama, Thriller For sale 107pp

Script Reader Pro - Recommended

Verified, Rockstar - Gold

2 readers love this script

Under the Coats by Mike Murphy

One more guest at the party.

Short Horror For sale 8pp

Rockstar - Gold

2 readers love this script

THE WAY IT IS by Donna Hoke

Trapped in their old apartment, Cane faces offs with ex-fiancée Yasmine, who’ll return his mother’s heirloom ring—if he gives her a baby.

Feature Drama For sale 61pp

Rockstar - Gold

2 readers love this script

Victoria Parke by D.C. Copeland

An old woman uses a holiday as cover to break out nursing home oldsters with the help of a street gang and her senior theatre troupe.

Feature Drama For sale 104pp

Rockstar - Gold

2 readers love this script

Clean Slate by Rick Hansberry

A new year and a clean slate on his calendar give Logan reasons for hope. Then, a numerologist changes everything.

Web Series Pilot Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Romance Produced 7pp

Rockstar - Gold

2 readers love this script

Happy Birthday, Dear Emily by Mike Murphy

Fire is good. Fire is cleansing.

Short Fantasy, Horror For sale 13pp

Rockstar - Gold

2 readers love this script

The Gulf by Donald Smith

Detectives looking for a murderer on a rig uncover a racist conspiracy. As a poisoning hits New Orleans, they try to figure out who is involved before a wave of killings spreads across the US.

TV Pilot Thriller For sale 53pp

Rockstar - Gold

2 readers love this script

The Last Bagel by J.E. Clarke

In a post-apocalyptic world, three survivors (and one dog) battle over the discovery of a bagel... to whom will fall THESE spoils?

Short Comedy, Sci-Fi Available for Free 17pp

Verified, Shootin' The Shorts Admin, Rockstar - Gold

2 readers love this script

Fair Trade by J.E. Clarke

A terminally ill man inadvertently discovers a portal to a parallel world - and possible redemption for his family.

Short Horror Available for Free 7pp

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2 readers love this script

Kangaroo by Martin O'Brien

A chance encounter in an Australian outback bar leaves a young Irishman with more information than he needed to know.

Short Comedy For sale 2pp

Rockstar - Gold

2 readers love this script

Full Circle by J.E. Clarke

A survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising visits Silwan with his activist grandson. When the home he visits is targeted for settler demolition, he reevaluates which side he's on...

Short Drama, History Available for Free 14pp

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2 readers love this script

The Dead Boy by Gary Parr

There's a boy underneath young Danny's bed, and he's going to be the death of him.

Short Horror Available for Free 1pp

Rockstar - Gold

2 readers love this script

Folly by Cam Gray

God and his son, Jeff, recount the apocalypse and discuss the foolishness of man.

Short Animation, Comedy For sale 10pp

Shootin' The Shorts Admin, Rockstar - Gold

2 readers love this script

Hell is Certain People by J.E. Clarke

Satan and Beelzebub argue over who to send up to trigger the apocalypse.

Short Comedy, Fantasy Available for Free 7pp

Verified, Shootin' The Shorts Admin, Rockstar - Gold

2 readers love this script

The Broken Child by Gary Parr

Can a victim of childhood abuse ever truly be saved? Or do the emotional and physical scars run too deep?

Short Drama Under Option 11pp

Rockstar - Gold

2 readers love this script

A Short Wait by Art D'Alessandro

A man has a life-altering experience when he visits a small bus station to pick up his father.

Short Drama For sale 13pp

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2 readers love this script

The Crushed Nuts Special by Gary Parr

Armed with raw courage, pure adrenaline and a rolling pin, two high-school friends are about to give their bully a ballbusting he'll never forget.

Short Comedy Available for Free 5pp

Rockstar - Gold

2 readers love this script

The Nutcrackers by Jim Boston

Pondering life after ballet and ex-dancer Vanessa Carlton's Grammy-nominated success, two star ballerinas in present-day Kansas City, MO seek to become blues musicians at a famous local bar and grill.

Feature Comedy, Music For sale 126pp

Verified, Rockstar - Gold

2 readers love this script