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Feeding the Foxes
Horror Short Screenplay | 5 Pages | Season 7 | Semifinalist
A lonely elderly woman feeds the local wildlife, but at what cost?
by Ross Dean Lovell
RequestEmancipation
Horror Short Screenplay | 12 Pages | Season 7 | Semifinalist
A slave and slave owner take refuge in a locked room as an unknown horror slaughters its way through a high society gala, but all is not what it seems.
by Todd Jones
RequestDress Up
Horror Short Screenplay | 18 Pages | Season 7 | Semifinalist
A father’s rare day off takes a menacing turn when his son sticks around to play a game.
by Jose Cruz
RequestDEI Murders
Horror Short Screenplay | 20 Pages | Season 7 | Semifinalist
The dead have a story no one gave a damn about, but a popular livestreamer is about to become their unwilling host.
by Claudia Barcenas
RequestCut!
Horror Short Screenplay | 11 Pages | Season 7 | Semifinalist
As an indie horror film wraps on the salt flats, a director discovers his longtime costume designer has been executing predatory actors, forcing him to face the cost of his past inaction as their buried attraction culminates in one last fatal cut.
by Matthew Hill
RequestCut
Horror Short Screenplay | 8 Pages | Season 7 | Semifinalist
A friendly conversation between two dads at a cigar shop takes a twisted turn when it’s discovered one of their sons has been bullying the other’s son.
by Sean Kenealy
RequestCrisis
Horror Short Screenplay | 9 Pages | Season 7 | Semifinalist
A desperate woman pregnant with a Lovecraftian monster seeks an abortion–but when she finds herself in a crisis pregnancy center instead of a legitimate clinic, can she convince the pro-life counselor that the birth of this life would lead to the death of us all?
by Kes Nave
RequestChanging
Horror Short Screenplay | 13 Pages | Season 7 | Semifinalist
An aspiring fashion designer meets one of her heroes at an unlikely location: her mother's brothel.
by Melissa Perez Gelt
RequestCAPTURE
Horror Short Screenplay | 8 Pages | Season 7 | Semifinalist
A captcha test becomes a method of demonic possession via webcam.
by Nolan Lampson
RequestBibi
Horror Short Screenplay | 10 Pages | Season 7 | Semifinalist
When a formerly corrupt CFO visits her estranged best friend and business partner, they must fight to survive the hunger of the Yeongno, a mythical Korean creature said to feed on the rich.
by Heloise Chung & Brandy Carie
RequestBe Not Afraid
Horror Short Screenplay | 11 Pages | Season 7 | Semifinalist
The aftermath of an altar girl's first kiss forces her to distinguish the difference between miracle and mutation.
by Olivia Loccisano
RequestAmarillo
Horror Short Screenplay | 20 Pages | Season 7 | Semifinalist
12 year old Carson witnesses a violent crime in a seedy Route 66 motel, and takes matters into his own hands.
by Michelle Campbell
Request(Wash) Cycle of Violence
Horror Short Screenplay | 9 Pages | Season 7 | Semifinalist
When the lovable family washing machine makes a heavy-duty mistake, it's up to him to keep his dirty laundry secret from mom... or come clean.
by Tino Garcia Gross Gross
RequestGuess Again
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 7 | Top 3 Winner 🏆
A simple game of cups between a boy and his cruel grandfather takes a deadly turn.
by Liam Fitzpatrick
RequestWeakness Leaving the Body
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 7 | Top 3 Winner 🏆
When a man's smart home refuses to let him leave until he achieves his "ideal" body, his pursuit of perfection spirals into a nightmarish struggle between flesh and programming.
by TJ Berry
RequestNothing Yet
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 7 | Top 3 Winner 🏆
A relentless ghost hunter goes to extreme lengths to prove there is life after death.
by Colby Helton
RequestThe License Plate Game
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 7 | Top 10 Finalist 🎖️
After the death of his estranged wife, a father attempts to reconnect with his teenage daughter using an old childhood game.
by Maureen Trinh
RequestLoose Lips
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 7 | Top 10 Finalist 🎖️
Hospitals are supposed to be safe places, but not for one stool-pigeon.
by Paul Starkey
RequestThe Homebody
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 7 | Top 10 Finalist 🎖️
A real-life mermaid loses her only caretaker and becomes desperate for survival.
by Inês Reis
RequestProtoTyke
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 7 | Top 10 Finalist 🎖️
An IT technician faces a moral crossroads when she encounters a bug she cannot fix.
by Olivia Loccisano
RequestThe Shaft
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 7 | Top 10 Finalist 🎖️
A lone space explorer faces a climb to survival unlike any other.
by Jose Cruz
RequestBlackberry
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 7 | Top 10 Finalist 🎖️
An overworked mother's afternoon takes a turn when the blackberries in her sink are not as they seem.
by Giovanna Umpierrez
RequestSchool Shopping
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 7 | Top 10 Finalist 🎖️
A mother and daughter get held up trying to complete their school shopping.
by Rose Vatel
RequestAmma
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 7 | Honorable Mention
A grief-stricken man must reckon with the loss of his mother and the supernatural forces she has held at bay.
by Andrew Dunstan
RequestPeeping Tom
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 7 | Honorable Mention
A woman is stalked by a mysterious entity that steals the sight of anyone unfortunate to see it three times.
by Justin Burford
RequestParty Blob
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 7 | Honorable Mention
A house party spirals out of control when a gelatinous prank reveals to be a flesh-absorbing monster.
by James Allen
RequestBeaming
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 7 | Honorable Mention
A young girl's life is forever altered when she sees a UFO in the sky above her home.
by Cass Cooper
RequestWhat Big Muscles You Have!
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 7 | Honorable Mention
An unnaturally yoked bodybuilder impresses a woman at a bar for the wrong reasons.
by Stephen Chen
RequestAlways
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 7 | Semifinalist
A dying dad keeps his promise to his little girl, even from beyond the grave.
by Ross Dean Lovell
RequestGlug Glug
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 7 | Semifinalist
A routine clog in the kitchen sink proves to be anything but normal...
by Jason Turer
RequestThe Merging
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 7 | Semifinalist
Making budget cuts one body at a time!
by Cyle Brooks
RequestBed and Board
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 7 | Semifinalist
A woman goes to sleep unbeknownst of the dark forces that wait in her bedroom.
by Jose Cruz
RequestTime's Up
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 7 | Semifinalist
A mysterious man trapped inside a massive grandfather clock floating in space desperately tries to free himself from the chains keeping him there.
by Ilian Mandev
RequestA Pretty Smile
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 7 | Semifinalist
A young woman discovers her dentist takes his work very seriously.
by P.M. Raymond
RequestConstant December
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 7 | Semifinalist
A man is haunted by Christmas carols.
by Evan Baughfman
RequestInstructions
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 7 | Semifinalist
In a collapsing world, a mother must prepare her children for their hardest test yet.
by Tom Schrack
RequestArke Takes the Stairs
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 7 | Semifinalist
A woman climbs a staircase.
by William Drew
RequestFallen Man
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 7 | Semifinalist
Two friends driving on a deserted road at night see a man fall out of the sky and stop to help—with terrifying consequences.
by Annie Wilder
RequestTexas Tea
Short Story (Prose) | 8 Pages | Word Count: 2,402 📖 | Season 7 | Top 3 Winner 🏆
An oil man’s prodigal daughter visits home, unprepared for the toll her family’s lineage wishes to extract from her young son.
by Brooke Solomon
RequestRendered Speechless
Short Story (Prose) | 4 Pages | Word Count: 993 📖 | Season 7 | Top 3 Winner 🏆
A wife's devotion turns sinister when she learns of her husband's indiscretion.
by Shannon Weston
RequestAlligator Boy
Short Story (Prose) | 13 Pages | Word Count: 3,500 📖 | Season 7 | Top 10 Finalist 🎖️
A magical realism nightmare of family dysfunction and bodily transformation, this story follows a boy born wrong and raised worse, in a house where the father expands into myth and the reptiles become the family’s true heirs. As hunger, shame, and violence spread, the boy’s only escape is to become something unrecognizable.
by Aric Harrison
RequestNothing Is Scary Any More
Short Story (Prose) | 4 Pages | Word Count: 1,100 📖 | Season 7 | Top 10 Finalist 🎖️
They thought nothing was scary. They were wrong. Synopsis: A small group of jaded people at a remote holiday resort encounter a stranger who shows them that some things in life are still scary.
by Martin Delaney
RequestApple Tree
Short Story (Prose) | 5 Pages | Word Count: 1,000 📖 | Season 7 | Top 10 Finalist 🎖️
A diffident farmer recounts the mystery of a long-missing local boy—and inadvertently reveals the chilling truth.
by Austin Langley
RequestSurprise, Surprise
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 6 | Top 3 Winner 🏆
A man's low-key birthday celebration comes to an unexpected end.
by Phillip Dishon
RequestHome Birth
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 6 | Top 3 Winner 🏆
A woman grieving the death of her husband finds new life in new life.
by Adrian Kennedy
RequestSubmerged
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 6 | Top 3 Winner 🏆
When a woman encounters a distressed boy by a riverbank, she does her best to help until she realizes she's put herself in danger.
by Lisa Jay
RequestA GAME
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 6 | Top 10 Finalist 🎖️
A woman fights to survive when she meets the cause of her misery.
by Kimberly Divad
RequestDeliverer
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 6 | Top 10 Finalist 🎖️
A young man's date is interrupted by a confounding bathroom emergency.
by Sarah Richardson
RequestSCREAMS & LAUGHTER
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 6 | Top 10 Finalist 🎖️
A woman faces her greatest fear at her niece's 5th birthday party.
by Brittney Coon
RequestAqua Tofana
1 Page Horror Short Screenplay | 1 Page | Season 6 | Top 10 Finalist 🎖️
A post-election domestic dispute escalates quickly.
by Julia Diddy
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