The same young crew that did Deja Vu has come out with a new film: Cypher.

Cypher, a new mobile ARG, tasks players with finding clues that lead them to specially marked bags. The winner of the game is promised a grand prize. 6 weeks into the game, things begin to go south as some players take the game too seriously.

The Living by Chris Marsh

Filmed as Sila by Codestar Productions

After losing his job, Ray busies himself investigating his neighbor’s suicide. As the mystery deepens, he befriends the dead man’s widow but his own identity slips away in the process.

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Sophie the Gelded Space Stallion (432 pages in pdf format) by Don Boose

Born in the high cliffs of the mountains of Kansas, Sophie, our equine hero, is kidnapped by an ancient race of aliens from Xadu. Sophie escapes in her quest to save the universe and if not the universe, perhaps his Mother.

Look for it in theaters near you, April 2019.

This is more of a pre-vis teaser trailer. There is a lot of placeholder footage and placeholder dialogue and placeholder music, but this pre-vis teaser trailer occupies the same space as the official teaser trailer would occupy if it were done.

About the writer: Don Boose has been spinning tales of space opera gold since 1999. He doesn’t believe in second drafts. The words come from somewhere in space, fully formed and go into his head and through his fingers on to the written page. He is not available for re-writes.

Numbers of the Beast by Warren Duncan

A priest thinks God talks to him in a unique way.

This script came about from the August 2017 Quickie Challenge

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What if someone had been in your house and done horrible things to you…even took selfies to prove it? What if they were still there! A dark web game with a sinister theme has creepy clowns doing VERY dirty deeds. And it’s spreading like wildfire.

Viewers cautioned, trigger warning.

From Dena and Pia – who brought you Coulrophobia

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Some nice things about the SimplyScripts community were said in this interview with Christmas Crime Story director Richard Friedman.

You can watch this on Amazon Prime and iTunes

You can read more about the script here.

Roadside Attraction (9 page short drama in pdf) by Gary “Hawkeye” Howell

A young man finds that a woman he rescues from an automobile accident is hiding a terrible secret.

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Déjà Vu (11 pages in pdf format with director notes and changes) by Stephen Yun, Ian Thompson, Jonathan Sison, & Max Olarinde (and McKensie Wolsey, Trisha Nguyen, and Corey Clark) (story by Corey Clark). Directed by Trisha Nguyen and Corey Clark

Two friends go out for a midnight snack, but one begins to realize that he is stuck in a loop.

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Cackle (13 pages in pdf format) by Michael J Kospiah

A woman and her daughter are awakened by hysterical laughter outside of their rural home. Who would be outside this time of night in the middle of nowhere? And why are they laughing?

The script has been filmed by Jeff Easley and stars Kara Joy Reed and Dan Sowels. There are changes from the original script.

A woman hears laughing in the middle of night…

Jeff is a prolific film maker and has directed several other short scripts including: Like a Moth to the Flame, Writer’s Block, and Coffee Maker from Hell. Check out Jeff’s You Tube Channel, Vimeo Channel, and imdb creds.

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