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Next Stop, Salvation by Warren Duncan
A supply run turns deadly for a group of commuters when they encounter a monstrous storm.
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8pp
3 readers love this script
Sweet As A Nut by Jay Creek
A timid man has an interesting conversation with the owner of London sweetshop, who isn't all that he seems.
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6pp
All Things Blue by Steve Miles
A fleeting moment of friendship leads a lonely young girl to a devastating truth.
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9pp
2 readers love this script
Exchange Student by Rob Barkan
A cocky college student investigating a dimensional portal encounters an unexpected surprise.
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7pp
3 readers love this script
Rebecca's Blue Sky by Steven Clark
A troubled young woman believes she's carrying the baby of the Devil.
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13pp
4 readers love this script
Creak and Shriek by Rob Herzog
An eight-year-old boy struggles for answers when his horror sound effects record starts playing on its own in the middle of the night.
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8pp
7 readers love this script
Photos by Michael Good
A Polaroid camera takes disturbing pictures as a couple begins to fade out of existence.
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5pp
8 readers love this script
One-Hit Wonder by Harker Jones
A cab driver takes a former pop star on a one-way Twilight Zone–like ride.
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7pp
1 reader loves this script
Sparkler by Rob Herzog
Bike stunts, booming fireworks, and a blowtorch are part of a family’s wild Fourth of July.
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13pp
1 reader loves this script
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11pp
3 readers love this script
Survival First Inc. by Steve Miles
As the world edges closer to social collapse, two security professionals market a post-apocalyptic protection service for concerned liberals.
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7pp
3 readers love this script
Melville by J.B. Storey
When a federal agent uncovers a supernatural enforcer doling out justice against the worst of humanity, he must decide to uphold the law or embrace an alliance forged in hell.
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18pp
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14 readers love this script
Mirror by Dan DeVoto
A geneticist carries an important message when she travels to meet a research subject cloned from her DNA.
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6pp
2 readers love this script
The Girls from Epanema by Ralph Shorter
A greedy, overbearing man prowls through his house in search of a place to murder his mother-in-law for the insurance money, but his submissive, browbeaten wife and mother-in-law have plans of their own.
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5pp
4 readers love this script
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7pp
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Maybe Not Mars by Brandon Stephens
An astronaut on Mars searches for the cure for a new kind of boredom.
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6pp
5 readers love this script
Lyssa's Child by Steve Miles
A psychologist records the daily life of a recluse who claims to be stalked by a malign entity.
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13pp
7 readers love this script
The Tasting Room by Steve Cleary
A hapless tasting room associate struggles to make heads or tails of an urbane couple's poetic, pretentious and scathing wine tasting notes.
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6pp
8 readers love this script
Motion Sensor by Anthony Cawood
An outdoor security light makes this homeowner feel suddenly less secure when it starts to activate unexpectedly.
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2pp
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Snowbound by Ra Inta
After escaping the snow, an idyllic childhood dramatically comes to an end -- in many ways.
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5pp
5 readers love this script
Make You Believe by Elvira Drake
A loud-mouthed professional skeptic is shaken after a psychic channels his late grandmother who gives him a warning, which he doesn't heed, much to his detriment.
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7pp
3 readers love this script
SatNav by Anthony Cawood
A woman's infidelity takes her on an unexpected journey when her scorned husband hacks her car's navigation system.
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2pp
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The Tooth Fairy by James Barron
An enthusiastic young girl is about to learn the Tooth Fairy always exacts a price.
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1pp
2 readers love this script
Go Fish by Kirsten James
It's the 1930s, two ten year old boys spend the evening in the family hunting cabin, playing cards and drinking beer. It seems like fun until the reality of the day catches up with them.
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10pp
8 readers love this script