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Crazy In Love by Warren Duncan
A woman battling mental health issues learns to let her guard down with the help of a quirky patient in a similar position.
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9pp
10 readers love this script
Weather Worn by David Lambertson
Relentless heat forces a poor horse rancher to make a life or death decision.
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6pp
Rockstar
6 readers love this script 
The Secret Agent's Secret by Steve Cleary
A dashing secret agent lets his arch-nemesis and his hench-woman in on a little secret: he just can't score babes.
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5pp
2 readers love this script
Grandma-Z by Craig Thomas
A couple of stoners must use a Ouija Board to summon the spirit of their dead grandmother in order to locate her mredical marijuana stash, or else spend the entire wake unstoned.
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8pp
6 readers love this script
Love Can Wait by Manolis Froudarakis
After an accident involving an old ring, Eric is tormented by the suspicion that love can indeed wait.
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4pp
3 readers love this script
Gone by Mary Goldman
A teenage farm boy flees the family farm after suffering abuse from his alcoholic father.
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5pp
Rockstar
1 reader loves this script 
Turf Wars by Fiona Faith Ross
An elderly widower and a school drop-out fight over the man's lawn only to find comfort and companionship in an unexpected way.
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4pp
3 readers love this script
Knight of the Kolossos by J.B. Storey
A pair of detectives investigate a fanatical serial killer on a deadly quest spanning two millennia.
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12pp
Rockstar
11 readers love this script
Control by Alexander Taylor
Filip, a young officer working as a Control Officer in a future dominated by Scientism, must arrest those based on their emotions, but the toll of the job leads to unexpected consequences.
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10pp
4 readers love this script
The Mortician by Paul Hutchinson
When a young man takes refuge from a storm in the local morgue, he quickly becomes enamored by the female undertaker.
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5pp
4 readers love this script
Clear Win by Fiona Faith Ross
A young man and a young woman battle over the last bottle of vodka. Pride is at stake on both sides, but is there a greater win to be had?
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4pp
19 readers love this script
Midnight Clear by Steven Clark
Unable to forget the past, Bryn has just one Christmas wish, and her husband, who possesses a very special power, is just the man to grant it.
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8pp
3 readers love this script
Living Nightmare by Warren Duncan
A woman with severe insomnia finally gets some rest, but it comes with horrific consequences.
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10pp
8 readers love this script
Critics, Inc. by Chris Esper
A sculptor finds himself at an office of art critics where he ends up in an unusual battle of commerce versus art.
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12pp
2 readers love this script
Favourite Son by Aaron Kent
Two brothers reassess their relationship as they sit stranded on the side of a road, with a stolen hearse containing the body of their father.
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15pp
9 readers love this script
Pillow Girl by Jason K. Allen
As a little girl, Kayley never lost a pillow fight. Now an adult, she decides to use this talent to fight evil and impact the world.
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7pp
Rockstar
10 readers love this script
I.50 A Scoop by Khamanna Iskandarova
A mute 12-year-old boy says no to free ice-cream from a nice man when seeing the latter steal from an old lady
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5pp
4 readers love this script
Calling Home by Nikki Lee
A driven depression therapist enjoys her star client's final moments with her at the top of a bridge.
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9pp
3 readers love this script
The Oath by Ron Houghton
A comic book shop owner, caught in a moral dilemma, is faced with the consequences of his actions.
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14pp
6 readers love this script
Zombie romance by Miranda Grey
On the eve of a zombie apocalypse a young wife has to make a life or death choice in the name of love.
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4pp
1 reader loves this script
At Attention by Matthew Portman
On a forest trek, a young man discovers that some of the finer things in life can present themselves unexpectedly.
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3pp
6 readers love this script