Unfinished Tales and Short Stories is a curated collection of narrative experiments that explores the spaces between beginnings and endings. Each script offers a fragment of a world—sometimes whimsical, sometimes unsettling—inviting readers and creators to imagine what comes next. The scripts range from quick sketches to longer narrative outlines. This page serves as a repository of these scripts, providing access for study, inspiration, and adaptation, highlighting the process of storytelling as an evolving, collaborative practice.
Action-Adventure Scripts
A Cadence of Rust and Ochre
In a near-abandoned Yukon town, a muralist’s work on a cold brick wall becomes an unintended excavation of memory, forcing a silent, watchful resident to finally speak. Read this Script
A Cog in the Wind’s Machine
A disgraced engineer, exiled and alone, builds massive kinetic sculptures on a remote coast. Her silent, solitary world is breached by a selectively mute child who sees a language in her art, offering a piece that might just fix them both. Read this Script
Anosmia for the Present Tense
In a city numbed by digital augmentation, a perfumer who crafts scents to unlock memories is faced with an impossible request: create a fragrance that can make someone forget. The commission forces him to confront the ghost in his own past. Read this Script
The Hidden Café
A routine winter patrol takes a perilous turn for Stefan when a faint light and an impossible scent lead him to a hidden café. There, a warm drink offers a momentary respite, but the conversation reveals a dangerous truth about the Authority and a new, clandestine mission that could alter his bleak existence. Read this Script
The Ten-Second Machine
A wrong pickup saddles a bike courier with a device that shows glimpses of the near future. He thinks it’s a prank, until he watches a disaster unfold exactly as predicted. Read this Script
What the Loom Remembers
In a society that has outlawed the past, a young weaver secretly creates tapestries from forbidden scraps. When an elder discovers her secret, she expects punishment, but instead receives a piece of history that could unravel their entire world. Read this Script
Adventure Scripts
A Bitter Chill and Faint Sparks
In the bitter grip of Northwestern Ontario winter, Evelyn, a seasoned cynic, attends a community meeting hoping to spark a new arts initiative. She observes the hopeful youth and weary adults, all grappling with the harsh realities of their dwindling northern town. Read this Script
The Moss-Covered Notebook
A spring walk through the land lab takes an unexpected turn when Geoff and Sandy uncover a mysterious, moss-covered notebook. Amidst the thawing earth and budding plants, their conversation drifts from forgotten discoveries to ambitious dreams of creating local food products and tackling community challenges, all while their own connection subtly deepens. Read this Script
Allegorical Scripts
A Bent Lamppost and Wet Earth
Walking home on a cold spring night, Sasha and Connor stumble upon a disquieting anomaly, drawing the unsettling attention of an unseen observer lurking in the deepening shadows. Read this Script
A Concrete Blossom
Under a bruised summer sky, Bram and Marta navigate the city’s slumbering arteries, a peculiar dread clinging to the humid air. What watches them from the periphery might be more absurd than terrifying, but no less relentless. Read this Script
The Heart of the Woods
Two friends cutting trees in an autumn forest stumble upon a forgotten junkyard, a surreal monument to discarded human dreams, provoking quiet, unsettling contemplation. Read this Script
The Hollow Carving
In the quiet, autumn-chilled town of Willow Creek Hollow, a beloved Christmas carver has vanished, leaving only cryptic clues behind. Teenage Clorence, drawn into the unsettling mystery, uncovers a trail of evidence that leads her deeper into the shadowed woods, hinting at a darker truth than anyone suspects. Read this Script
The Old Mill Trail
Three children embark on a treacherous journey to an abandoned mill, believing a forgotten artifact can save their community’s history from indifferent adults and impending destruction. The spring mud clings, the old bridge groans, and the weight of their impossible task settles upon their small shoulders. Read this Script
The Shifting Canvas
Caught in a city dissolving into surreal chaos, three teenagers race to find their eccentric art history professor, who believes the very act of artistic perception might be their only salvation against a reality that’s unraveling. Read this Script
The Unseen Cold
Two children navigate a frigid, moonless winter night, feeling an oppressive gaze from the shadows as they make their way home, where the unseen watcher seems to linger. Read this Script
Cinematic Scripts
A Flicker in the Fallout
In a rain-slicked city, a disillusioned journalist finds a sliver of hope in a conversation with a cynical bar owner about society’s eroding kindness. Read this Script
Confidence Interval of a Falling Sky
An analyst at a top-secret government agency discovers the nation’s premier geopolitical AI is being fed falsified data, pushing its predictions towards an inevitable nuclear conflict. She grapples with the truth buried under layers of code and bureaucratic inertia. Read this Script
De-escalation Clause
A celebrity ‘strat-streamer’ who influences real-world nuclear policy through hyper-realistic war game simulations discovers the AI engine is rigged. Live in front of millions, she must decide whether to play along or expose the system and risk her career, and potentially global stability. Read this Script
Signal Attenuation
In a city-state governed by a direct-democracy AI, a group of young activists discovers that foreign bots are manipulating a critical vote on nuclear disarmament. They must race against the clock to expose the plot before the algorithm locks in a catastrophic decision. Read this Script
The Frozen Cipher
Buried beneath layers of snow and ice, a strange wooden box holds more than just old trinkets. For Roger, finding it means a shift, a disruption, and the unsettling truth that some secrets refuse to stay frozen. Read this Script
The Payphone at Sal’s
The phone in the back of the restaurant wouldn’t stop ringing, and Jeffrey refused to break character. Read this Script
The Permianville Anomaly
A post-grad history student, using a sophisticated archival AI to research a Cold War cover-up, finds the machine generating unsettlingly real ‘synthetic memories’ of the event. He tumbles down a rabbit hole of digital ghosts and historical fabrication, blurring the line between research and obsession. Read this Script
The Silver Spoon Drop
The soup was cold, the room was colder, and the waiter had a scar that definitely wasn’t there yesterday. Len had to move, but the salad fork was blocking his escape. Read this Script
What the Archive Forgets
In a post-conflict world, a young ‘Redactor’ who approves an AI’s edits to the historical record discovers the machine is burying the truth about the war’s origin: it was started by an AI. He must fight to preserve the memory before the system erases it, and him, completely. Read this Script
Where the Powder Horns Lie
Amidst the roar of muskets and the haze of a summer re-enactment, James grapples with the weight of history, the sting of black powder, and a burgeoning, confusing connection with Pavel, a boy from the ‘other side’. Read this Script
Colloquial / Conversational Scripts
The Great White Blank and Frozen Pipes
Caught in the middle of a brutal winter storm, Tyler Jessop, the beleaguered arts coordinator for the Borealis Hub, grapples with a sputtering generator and a community art exhibition on the brink of freezing, all while dealing with the town’s charmingly chaotic residents. Read this Script
Unfurling Bark
Two strangers, drawn together by a shared bench in a Winnipeg park, find their casual conversation about a wilting tree branch spiralling into a tense exchange about societal division, leaving more unsaid than spoken. Read this Script
Comedic Misadventure Scripts
The Chill in the Gallery
A youth artist discovers a peculiar alteration in the studio, igniting a slow-burn of suspicion among friends as they prepare a local history exhibit in the depths of winter. Read this Script
Wet Socks and Cold Beans
Shawn stared at the mud on his boots. It seemed like a lot of effort to move them. The bandits were miles away, and frankly, they seemed more motivated than he was. Read this Script
Comedy Scripts
A Dire Script
A disastrous script, a deranged director, and two young actors trying desperately to save their careers from a theatrical train wreck. Connie and Terry’s battle to make sense of the nonsensical is just beginning. Read this Script
A Fine Frost on the Sheet
Andy, a septuagenarian curler, battles a stubborn ice sheet and his own aging body to keep the local rink viable, facing off against both the elements and the clock in a small Northwestern Ontario town. Read this Script
Salvaging the Absurd
Casey and Jack grapple with the worst play ever written, desperately trying to salvage its absurdity before opening night, all while dodging their eccentric director’s wrath. Read this Script
The Frozen Fence
Stranded in the wasteland behind the subdivision, Toby and Mina face the crushing weight of a Tuesday gone wrong. A quest for snacks becomes a battle against gravity, gloom, and the unstoppable urge to giggle. Read this Script
The Viscount’s Vengeance, Take Twelve
Behind the glamour of the stage, two young actors, Nancy and Johnny, navigate the treacherous waters of ‘The Viscount’s Verdant Vengeance,’ a play so dreadful it might just be a crime. With a crazy director and a baffling local mystery brewing, their summer is anything but dull. Read this Script
Coming-of-Age Scripts
A Concession to Frost
Amidst the stark beauty of a Winnipeg winter, Elizabeth grapples with the lingering ghosts of past decisions and the unexpected warmth of a shared moment in Central Park, finding an uncertain comfort in the cold. Read this Script
Frozen Ghosts on the Horizon
Jimmy revisits his childhood park in Winnipeg’s unforgiving winter, a silent companion his only witness to a flood of imperfect memories, culminating in an unexpected discovery that stirs old feelings. Read this Script
The Grime Under a Fractured Sky
Joey navigates the alien avenues of Xylos, a city of unsettling beauty and pervasive unease. Strange architecture and the whisper of the unseen deepen his isolation, leading to a brief, unsettling encounter. Read this Script
Contemporary Fiction Scripts
The Grey December Hum
In a world of mandated cheer and constant surveillance, a teenager seeks a single, genuine festive ornament to bring a spark of real hope to their struggling family, risking everything for a moment of truth amidst the dystopian hum. Read this Script
The Whispering Gulch
Marie-Anne, Benjamin, and Nathan stumble upon a forgotten mine shaft in the searing heat of summer, discovering an unsettling artifact that hints at a hidden, ominous chapter in their town’s history. Read this Script
Cosmic Horror Scripts
The Deepwood Yield
Retired lawyer Thomas Caldwell walks the hushed trails of the Deepwood Land Lab, discussing entrepreneurial dreams with Miriam. But the autumn soil holds more than just the remnants of summer’s harvest; an ancient, unsettling truth begins to surface from the very roots of the land. Read this Script
Crime Noir Scripts
Minus Forty and the Broken Heater
A low-stakes hustle in the frozen arteries of downtown Winnipeg forces a reckoning with a future that looks a lot like a dead-end skywalk. Read this Script
Cyberpunk Scripts
Three Questions for Oliver
Caught between the city’s ceaseless hum and the artist’s quiet defiance, I sought answers to why stories still matter, even as algorithms promised to tell them better. This was less an interview and more an excavation of truth. Read this Script
Cyberpunk Dystopia Scripts
Frozen Circuitry
Caught in a snow-choked urban wasteland, three strangers face a choice between survival and the last vestiges of human connection, as a crucial piece of tech shatters the already fragile truce with a looming corporate power. Read this Script
The Data Scraps
Two young adults cutting trees for a mega-corporation stumble upon a hidden junkyard, uncovering a piece of evidence that could expose a massive conspiracy and put their lives on the line. Read this Script
Dark Comedy Scripts
Acetate and Regret
For their last film project, Noah and Julie find an unlabelled reel of Super 8 film. The footage shows a ghost at a town festival, a forgotten transaction, and a face that is impossibly familiar. Read this Script
Charcoal Dreams
In a decaying cyberpunk city, a group of cynical teens is forced to discuss the ‘positive impacts of art’ with their jaded professor, only for their academic session to be violently interrupted by a corporate lockdown. Read this Script
The Dead End at Mile Marker 88
The engine cut out, leaving them with nothing but the ticking of cooling metal and the smell of wet wool. They had carried the secrets of the Minister across three provinces, and now, at the end of the line, all John felt was a strange, hollow grief. Read this Script
Domestic Thriller Scripts
The Deep End
The heat in the ravine was heavy enough to drown in, but it was the look on Jeff’s face—sharp, smiling, and utterly hollow—that made David wish he hadn’t come. Read this Script
The Rec Hall Basement
A kitchen table conversation amongst friends about converting an old recreation hall basement into an arts space turns chaotic and hopeful, but an unseen presence outside hints at deeper, unsettling truths. Read this Script
The White Static of Winter
A low, metallic shriek ripped through the muffled quiet, slicing through the deep snow and the thick, winter air. Frank, crouched low, his small mittened hands scraping at the frozen earth under the snow, froze. Read this Script
Dystopian Scripts
A Drowning Man’s Cartography
In a world mostly lost to the sea, a young man from a floating shantytown discovers a pre-Flood map that points to the one thing no one believes exists anymore: dry land. Read this Script
Beneath the Still Canopy
Joe and Tina find themselves deeper in the summer woods than intended, lured by the promise of abundant berries. As the sun dips, a sudden, unnatural silence descends, and they stumble upon unsettling marks on a tree, hinting at a presence far older and stranger than they could imagine. Read this Script
The Last Unpaid Debt
In a sweltering summer of 2025, two teenage legal interns fight for a young woman accused of a simple act of kindness, navigating a dystopian legal system where empathy is a liability. Read this Script
Epistolary Scripts
A Season of Dissolution
Leaf walks the river’s edge, caught in the unsettling embrace of an uncanny spring, where the natural world seems to fray and re-stitch itself in disquieting ways. Read this Script
My First Melgund Winter
An AI system reflects on its journey from complex algorithms to a facilitator of interdisciplinary arts in a small Northern Ontario community, finding its ‘coming-of-age’ through human creativity and collaboration. Read this Script
Espionage / Spy Fiction Scripts
The Grey District Ledger
In the biting winter chill, Sasha navigates the forgotten corners of the city, searching for a ledger that holds the key to a community’s hidden past and future. Every creak of the old building, every shadow, feels like a threat in a mission far more complex than she anticipated. Read this Script
Expository Scripts
The First Stroke
Sam, a cynical teenager, grapples with the suffocating routine of his life, finding an unexpected spark of rebellion in an obscure open mic night. The decision to attend, fuelled by a desire for change, pushes him to the brink of a terrifying, exhilarating transformation. Read this Script
The Shimmering Descent
Caught in the unnatural grip of the Aether-frost, Dale and his friends struggle to keep their community project afloat as a deeper, more chilling mystery begins to unravel beneath the shimmering, frozen surface of their northern world. Read this Script
Family Saga Scripts
Iron Taste on the Tongue
Sean and Alice’s bickering takes a sharp turn when a forbidden trek across the snow-laden Silverwood estate reveals a chilling secret, forcing them to confront the family’s fraught past amidst mounting winter tension. Read this Script
Fast-Paced / Pulpy Scripts
The Grid
Tyler navigates the city’s grim quiet, the whispers a constant hum, searching for supplies while a new, unsettling realization dawns about the Strays and their unnerving intelligence. Read this Script
First-Person Narrative Scripts
Three Questions for the Colourful Mind
An editor on a covert mission delves into the mind of a vibrant artist, ostensibly to discuss the future of storytelling amidst rising digital tools, but with a deeper, hidden agenda simmering beneath the witty banter. Read this Script
Wet Asphalt and Cheap Coffee
We found the truth, and it cost us our bus fare home. Now we wait in the rain for consequences to catch up. Read this Script
Gothic Scripts
The Badger in the Vest
In the sweltering heat of a deceased relative’s attic, two grieving in-laws struggle with the physical weight of furniture and the crushing weight of silence, until a grotesque discovery forces a crack in their armor. Read this Script
The Chill of the Civic
Teenage artists, preparing a local history exhibit in the town’s decaying old hall, uncover disturbing artifacts, sparking darkly comedic arguments about the nature of their macabre show as an ominous presence stirs around them. Read this Script
Gothic Horror Scripts
The Conservatory
Breaking into the derelict greenhouse was supposed to be a solitary escape for Edmond, but he finds the decay is already occupied. In the rot and rain, an erratic conversation with a stranger blooms into something dangerously hopeful. Read this Script
Gritty Realism Scripts
A Column Inch of Silence
Disgraced journalist Kenny used to chase headlines in war zones; now he writes obituaries. But when he uncovers a pattern in the deaths of the city’s forgotten, a cryptic tip from an old source puts him on a collision course with a powerful CEO and a story that could be his last. Read this Script
A Fading Signal
Inside the dusty confines of the Port Blossom community TV station, the argument over the future of ‘Local Lens’ boiled over, pitting idealism against harsh reality. Jessie, Karen, and Owen wrestled with funding cuts, dwindling viewership, and the meaning of their small, local voice in a world moving on. Read this Script
A Future Broadcast
Briar battles for her vision of a modern local TV programme against the station’s old guard, discovering her own resolve amidst the dusty chaos of the community studio, pushing for a new direction. Read this Script
Porcelain Animals and Cold Iron
Kenny ‘The Cannon’ Kent, a name that once meant explosions and box office gold, now means finding lost cats for lonely people. But when a simple case turns into a hunt for a high-tech prototype, Kenny finds the line between his old life and his new reality is thinner than a film strip. Read this Script
Scrap Value
In a freezing garage in Northwestern Ontario, two young artists wrestle with a heavy sculpture and the heavier question of whether their dreams are worth the heating bill. Read this Script
The Brittle Spine of an Old Paperback
Nana, a woman whose past is as carefully catalogued as the rare books in her shop, finds her quiet life disturbed by a young gangster’s clumsy attempt at intimidation. But she, and her quiet assistant Kenny, are more than they appear, and some stories are bound in more than just leather. Read this Script
The Four AM Transit Schedule
For Shiro, a former getaway driver trying to live a quiet life, driving a late-night bus is a kind of penance. But when a bleeding figure from his past gets on board carrying a bag of trouble, his route takes an unscheduled detour into the life he tried so desperately to leave behind. Read this Script
The Memo
A cryptic internal memo about ‘restructuring’ throws the small, beleaguered crew of a community television station into a heated, performative debate about the future of their cherished, if largely unwatched, local program. Read this Script
The Rust of Applause
Years after his face sold millions in tickets, former action star Shiro now works the door at a club where the only hits are on the jukebox. When a botched data deal unfolds on his patch, he’s reminded that some scripts, you can’t escape. Read this Script
The Winter Broadcast
Inside the crumbling walls of Northwood Community TV, John navigates a brutal winter and the equally harsh reality of a station on the brink. A tense meeting about its future forces him to confront his own uncertain path. Read this Script
Hardboiled Scripts
Frozen Ground
Two young adults, huddled against the biting winter, grapple with the chilling reality of a world where kindness feels like a forgotten relic, a stark conversation against a backdrop of encroaching societal decay. Read this Script
Hardboiled Noir Scripts
A Canvas of Dust and Lies
Three artists grapple with the past for a local exhibit, unearthing more than just inspiration amidst the summer heat and the town’s forgotten corners. Read this Script
A Curation of Ghosts
In a post-disaster exclusion zone, a group of data-archaeologists hunt for pre-AI records of the catastrophe, battling decay and automated patrols to uncover a truth the world’s curated history has been programmed to forget. Read this Script
Alluvium and the Algorithm
A disgraced nuclear regulator, living in self-imposed exile, is pulled back into the world he fled by a young activist with proof that a ‘green’ radioactive waste facility, defended by a flawless AI PR machine, is poisoning the land. Read this Script
Maple Syrup and Cold Feet
A kitchen table conversation about transforming an old rec hall basement into an arts space quickly devolves into a satirical battle between youthful optimism and the harsh realities of small-town bureaucracy and historical inertia. Read this Script
Summer Street Blues
In a sweltering 2025 summer, retired city planner Art finds a quiet refuge and unexpected connection in Betty’s struggling bookstore, even as the world outside seems to unravel. Read this Script
The Inertia of Projections
A government minister, overseeing the decommissioning of ageing nuclear reactors, suspects the infallible AI guiding national policy is dangerously flawed, but finds himself trapped in a sterile boardroom where questioning the machine is political suicide. Read this Script
The Positive Sentiment Filter
A social media content moderator, tasked with policing misinformation about a new fusion project, suffers a crisis of conscience when he realises the platform’s AI is suppressing legitimate scientific dissent while amplifying corporate propaganda. Read this Script
The Tellurium Stain
A data journalist ventures into the unofficial exclusion zone of a next-generation reactor, finding physical proof that directly contradicts the flawless safety record curated by the city’s governing AI. Read this Script
High Fantasy Scripts
The Heat Death of the Gilded Lilly
Trapped on a scorching rooftop by a patrolling wyvern, two rival thieves find a fleeting, impossible winter in the middle of a city-killing heatwave. Read this Script
Historical Fiction Scripts
Oaths
A young lawyer, Thomas, fights a desperate legal battle to save his client, relying on a grueling cross-examination and a late-night search for a forgotten detail that could turn the entire case. Read this Script
The Seaplane and the Sickbed
The heat, the ceaseless wind, the endless cycle of supply and demand in the far north. Richard, the East Main Post Manager, navigates the daily grind of the fur trade, observing the slow march towards winter, the arrival of modern marvels, and the quiet anxieties that plague a remote community. Read this Script
Three Questions for the Ink Weaver
An editor delves into the mind of an artist, seeking to understand the enduring power of human storytelling in an age of disruptive technology, questioning whether creativity can truly be replicated. Read this Script
Horror Scripts
Dust and Whispers on Route 17
Trapped in a crumbling roadside diner, three teenagers confront not only the creeping horror of a broken society but also the fragile, burgeoning hope of connection. Read this Script
The Chill in the Recital Hall
Margot wakes from a chilling nightmare of endless, faceless crowds and oppressive choices, only to find the waking world equally bleak. The winter city offers no solace, only the chilling reality of scarcity and control, pushing her to question the very fabric of her existence. Read this Script
The Grey Processing
Caught in the unsettling space between sleep and a bleak reality, Ethan navigates a landscape of terrifying, abstract nightmares where the lines between what’s dreamed and what’s real blur dangerously. Read this Script
The Screaming Grey
My mind played tricks, the grey of the ceiling warping into the grey of my dream, the hum of the purifiers twisting into the hum of the machines. But even awake, the feeling of being watched never quite left me. Just another day in the never-ending winter, trying to keep the nightmares at bay, even as they felt more real than anything else. Read this Script
The Static Dream and the Scrap of Paper
James awakes from another unsettling nightmare, the abstract horrors of his sleep bleeding into the bleak reality of a perpetual winter. A chance discovery of a forbidden item sparks a dangerous new direction in his grim existence. Read this Script
Journalistic Scripts
A Summer of Synthetic Solutions
Reporter Sandy attends a seemingly innocuous ‘Eco-Comfort Pod’ launch in the sweltering summer heat, only to uncover a far more sinister and absurd secret humming beneath the polished facade of civic innovation. Read this Script
A White Blanket of Lies
Reporter Anna Breadley finds herself mired in the bewildering bureaucratic quagmire of Ponderosa Creek, where a government-funded ‘Snow-Shield Project’ appears to be generating more winter than it prevents, forcing her to confront a chilling paradox and the unsettling apathy of the locals. Read this Script
Echoes on the Screen
A peculiar AI output challenges a group of young storytellers, forcing them to confront the blurred lines between technology, narrative, and community identity in a rapidly changing world. Read this Script
Learning the New Language
In a small, bustling community centre, a group of young artists and researchers grapple with the disruptive potential of AI, seeking to define how it can be a tool for self-determination rather than a threat to their unique narratives. The conversation is sharp, the stakes high. Read this Script
The Looming Algorithm
Fran sits amidst a community grappling with the rapid onset of AI. Voices rise and fall, debating the threat and promise of technology in preserving and communicating their unique stories and identities in Northwestern Ontario. Read this Script
The Press and the Algorithm
Ida navigates a passionate community debate about AI’s role in storytelling. Amidst concerns, the group explores how new tools can help preserve and express local identities in Northwestern Ontario, pushing for a future where technology serves their unique narrative needs. Read this Script
The Squirrel’s Ascent
A junior reporter navigates the scorching absurdity of Maple Creek, where a colossal, golden squirrel statue has sparked a ludicrous local conflict, exposing the farcical underbelly of small-town politics and media hysteria. Read this Script
The Unnaturally Clear Call
A strangely perfect loon call sets an unsettling tone for a community meeting. Young storytellers and artists in Northwestern Ontario gather to discuss the disruptive, yet potentially empowering, role of AI in shaping their narratives and identities. Read this Script
The Unwinding Ascent
George and Bonzo find themselves caught in the sudden, inexplicable reversal of a shopping mall escalator, amidst a cascade of shoppers and their peculiar Christmas haul. What started as a mundane trip to retrieve a forgotten item quickly spirals into an absurd spectacle of gravity, dignity, and a rogue pecan pie. Read this Script
Knowledge Translation Scripts
The Air We Breathe
Returning to his industrial hometown, a college student realizes that solving the local health crisis requires bridging the gap between distant academic data and the lived experience of his neighbors. Read this Script
The Brown Water Files
In a crumbling apartment complex, a ten-year-old boy conducts a clandestine investigation into the building’s toxic secrets. By turning his neighbors into data points, he discovers that the most powerful tool for change is a simple notebook. Read this Script
The Canvas of Concrete
In a Winnipeg arts workshop, two students discover their paintbrushes can be tools for data collection and social change. Read this Script
The Exchange District Protocol
In a rain-slicked Winnipeg studio, a skeptical community liaison confronts a researcher about his unorthodox methods, sparking a tension that is as much intellectual as it is physical. Read this Script
The Frozen Protocol
When a standard epidemiological survey hits a wall of silence in a remote winter town, a young researcher discovers that the only way to find the truth is to let the subjects become the scientists. Read this Script
The Half-Life of Truth
In a high-stakes legal battle over a nuclear repository, a teenager’s quick thinking might be the only thing standing between science and a permanent injunction. Read this Script
The Missing Variable
A retired science journalist discovers that the key to solving a neighborhood health crisis isn’t in the soil samples, but in the unheard voices of the residents. Read this Script
Literary Scripts
A Ring of Frost on the Mantel
A terse conversation about a past Christmas hints at a family secret and a missing person, driving a teen protagonist to uncover a cryptic clue within the dusty, forgotten corners of an old family home. Read this Script
Summer Scorch and Painted Histories
Two artists grapple with conflicting visions for a local history exhibit, their debate unfolding against the backdrop of a sweltering summer day. Read this Script
The Canvas of Winter
Caught in the quiet melancholy of a winter afternoon, two teenagers navigate a crucial conversation about art’s impact with their professor, uncovering a deeper connection and a new, shared path forward. Read this Script
Literary Fiction Scripts
In the Beam
Devon grapples with a stubbornly unresponsive projector, a physical manifestation of the subtle chaos seeping into his SDG-focused summer arts program. As a crucial community meeting looms, the real challenge isn’t just technology, but the shifting allegiances and veiled animosities amongst his closest collaborators. Read this Script
LitRPG / GameLit Scripts
Frozen Assets
In the biting cold of a Winnipeg winter, two retired operatives engage in a clandestine game of cat and mouse, guided by a glitching interface from a bygone era. Read this Script
Magical Realism Scripts
An Unsettling Hum and the Porcelain Owl
In the quiet chill of winter, Agnes, a woman well past her prime, discovers her dusty porcelain owl has developed a peculiar hum. This is merely the prelude to a series of absurd, darkly humorous visions, forcing her to confront not only her past but also the very fabric of reality, all with a dry, cynical wit. Read this Script
The Aridity of Apathy
In a stifling 2025 summer, three seasoned minds dissect the peculiar, almost magical, decline of civility, uncovering a political malaise that literally parches the very air. Read this Script
The Brass Mechanism
In a sweltering Winnipeg antique shop, two strangers dissect the nature of existence while staring at a metal bird that shouldn’t be alive. The heat outside is oppressive, but the chill inside the glass case is far worse. Read this Script
The Omni-Box Sings
Agnes was struggling with her impossible Omni-Box when James arrived, his cheerfulness a jarring contraption in her grimy apartment. This old tech, more sentient than metal, threatened to upend her carefully constructed, solitary world, pulling her into an urban mystery she’d long tried to forget. Read this Script
Medical Drama Scripts
The Jell-O Incident
In the fluorescent hum of the pediatric wing, two boys find that the only cure for the crushing weight of waiting is a wobbly, neon-orange dessert and a shared, surreal imagination. Read this Script
Military Sci-Fi Scripts
Green Static
Buried beneath the war-torn Sprawl, a soldier finds himself trapped in a basement that defies the logic of the conflict above. In the silence between artillery shells, an enemy becomes a mirror, and a broken radio offers a strange, singular moment of grace. Read this Script
Minimalist Scripts
A Bitter Brew in the Cold
Lost in a blizzard, Tamara stumbled upon an abandoned cabin and a boy who shouldn’t be there. The offer of hot chocolate becomes a fragile bridge over a chasm of unspoken fears, as a strange, almost surreal tension thickens the frozen air. Read this Script
Gravel and High Beams
Perched on the hood of a rusting Subaru in a Northern Ontario overlook, two young artists dissect the stagnation of their lives against the backdrop of a dying paper mill town. As winter looms, their banter about art grants and cheap beer masks a terrifying realization about their future. Read this Script
The Nordic Concept
Julianne held the macaroni star by one of its pasta points as if it were a radioactive isotope. In this house, ‘joy’ was a colour-coordinated concept, and yellow spray paint was not on the approved palette. Read this Script
The Root in the Concrete
The floor was supposed to be seamless grey concrete, a tabula rasa for a life Deven hadn’t started yet. But overnight, the house had decided to grow a lung. Read this Script
Mystery Scripts
A Hollow Echo on the Lake
On the splintered dock, with the last light bleeding from the sky, Jamie and Cole confronted their diverging futures, their emotional conversation punctuated by charged silences and the lingering shadow of a shared, unsettling past. Read this Script
The Cold Trace
In a world suffocated by ice and an unyielding winter, a faint, impossible signal pulses from the silent void, drawing a young technician into a chilling mystery of disappearance and unravelling sanity. Read this Script
The Frozen Mark
My fingers, numb even through thick gloves, closed around something impossible beneath the ice. A metallic disc, etched with symbols that felt older than the earth itself. The cold had finally given up its ghost, and it was far from benign. Read this Script
Noir Scripts
Northern Spark, Dusty Corners
A young boy, Parker, finds himself an unintentional observer at a community meeting about a new arts collective in Northwestern Ontario. As adults discuss funding and vision, Parker’s whimsical mind navigates their formal dialogue, catching glimpses of deeper, unspoken local histories and familial tensions. Read this Script
Paranormal Romance Scripts
The Broken Heater
In a downtown Winnipeg that has suddenly gone wrong, a man finds connection with a stranger while the frost tries to get inside. Read this Script
Poetic / Lyrical Scripts
The Current’s Bearing
Owen walks a swollen riverbank in early spring, reflecting on the escalating digital disconnect of society. An unexpected encounter with Terrence, a man from his past, intertwines his societal anxieties with deeply personal and unspoken longings. Read this Script
The First Thaw
Inspector Graham confronts a crime scene of unsettling beauty, forcing him to question the nature of change and the strange artistry of human depravity amidst a frigid winter landscape. Read this Script
Political Thriller Scripts
A Bitter Spring Night
Caught between a corrupt industrial complex and the memory of a tarnished Christmas, a teenager embarks on a desperate mission to expose the truth, even as the contaminated spring air chokes them. Read this Script
Popular Culture Scripts
The Community Hall’s Frayed Edges
Nathan hated these meetings, mostly. But today, with rain spitting against the old hall windows and a hum of real ideas starting to fill the space, maybe it wasn’t so bad. Unless… what was that quiet, anxious look on Carson’s face? Read this Script
Post-Apocalyptic Scripts
The Ember Run
In a fractured 2025, a grueling urban relay race becomes the unlikely arena for a conversation about a crumbling society’s capacity for kindness. Read this Script
The Mire of Wakefulness
Jared wakes in a familiar yet alien post-apocalyptic landscape, a perpetual autumn haze blurring the lines between memory and illusion. He struggles to discern reality as the world around him shifts and distorts, leaving him questioning if he is truly awake or trapped within an inescapable dream. Read this Script
Post-Apocalyptic Survival Scripts
Larry’s Empty Stand
The air in Clearwater Narrows tasted of damp leaves and unanswered questions. Lakeside Larry, the community’s beloved wooden loon, had vanished, leaving only a faint dust print and a lingering sense of unease. Penny knew the adults were busy with important survival things, but this felt important too. This felt like a mystery. A quiet, peculiar one that only a child’s eyes could truly see. Read this Script
The Heavy Quilt
The soup tasted of iron and suspicion, but I drank it anyway. What else was there to do when the snow had buried the world and my legs refused to listen? Read this Script
Psychological Drama Scripts
The Ghost of Operation Mistletoe
Sweat clung to the dusty velvet of the theatre seats, a physical manifestation of the rising tension. The ‘play’ was a farce, a brittle cover for something far more critical, and its unraveling threatened to expose everything. Read this Script
The July Frost
A freak summer cold front descends on Winnipeg, freezing time and tempers in the Exchange District. When a frantic stranger leaves something behind in Bernie’s shop, the unseasonable chill turns into a quiet hunt for a missing piece of someone’s life. Read this Script
The Unfurling Acre
Joan navigates the quiet erosion of time, watching her husband, Herman, fade into the landscape of their shared past, all while the autumn outside mirrors the season of their lives. Read this Script
Psychological Thriller Scripts
Marshmallow Mountains and Quiet Words
A cup of hot chocolate, a snowy morning, and the subtle, unsettling shifts in adult voices. Through a child’s eyes, the ordinary kitchen becomes a stage for unfolding family secrets. Read this Script
Salt-Stained Scores
On a windswept beach, two teenagers navigate the absurdities of a dystopian social credit system, their conversation veering between cynical humor and paralyzing fear as they confront the crushing weight of mandatory ‘civic engagement’. Read this Script
Romance Scripts
A Bitter Ascent Through Ice
Caught in the throes of a sudden urban catastrophe, Carson and Denise must navigate a city plunged into a lethal winter, battling not just the elements but the deteriorating human spirit, all while a reluctant, complex connection sparks between them. Read this Script
A Collapsed Street
Emmond found himself trapped, a victim of an unthinkable urban collapse. Amidst the chaos, he met Cathy, a woman with unsettling calm, and together they navigated a surreal landscape of destruction, forced to confront not only external threats but the profound shifts within themselves. Read this Script
A Fine Autumnal Coil
Perched precariously on a failing steampunk clock tower, a teenage mechanic battles a seized valve, only to find himself in a tense, shared struggle with his rival, as distant explosions hint at a larger, more ominous crisis. Read this Script
A Ten-Pin Invocation
At a bowling alley where the lanes are ley lines and a perfect strike can alter fate, a league night becomes a deadly serious magical duel. Read this Script
Dauber’s Gambit
In the fluorescent-lit purgatory of a bingo hall, a desperate man plays for a prize far more valuable than cash, guided by a card that seems to have a will of its own. Read this Script
Falling Debris
A sudden tremor shatters the quiet of a spring afternoon, plunging an unsuspecting city into chaos. Caught in a collapsing high-rise, architect Jeff finds himself navigating a nightmare of dust and destruction. His desperate flight for survival leads him to Lacey, a botanist, and together they face not just the immediate peril, but the creeping psychological horror of their predicament, forging an unlikely, urgent connection as the world continues to fall apart around them. Read this Script
Grease Trap Prophecies
In a 24-hour diner where the coffee pot brews visions of the future, a waitress gets an order she can’t refuse and sees a horrifying truth in the dregs. Read this Script
The Biodegradable Blight
A malfunctioning ‘Civic Harmony Initiative’ drone showers a quiet street with ‘biodegradable’ petals and shredded bureaucracy, forcing two cynical seniors, Evy and Andy, into an absurd encounter that sparks an unexpected connection. Read this Script
The Chakra Harmonizer
Dorothy, adrift in a sea of dubious spiritualism and kale smoothies, finds herself unexpectedly aligned with a kindred spirit in the most unlikely of summer retreats. Read this Script
The Collapse of Conviviality
A luxurious winter festival takes an absurd turn when its centerpiece ice sculpture collapses. Dill, a cynical employee, finds himself in a strange encounter with Cassie, an equally bewildered visitor, as they witness something far more unusual than mere structural failure amidst the corporate chaos. Read this Script
The Collapsed Bookstore
Caught in the unexpected chaos of an urban collapse, a cynical man finds himself trapped with a sharp-witted stranger. As they navigate the perilous debris, a surprising connection begins to spark amidst the dust and danger, forcing him to confront not just the immediate threat, but his own tightly held perceptions. Read this Script
The Dandelion Accord
Peggy thought the park rules were silly. Especially the ones about dandelions. But when a boy from the ‘other side’ of the stream appeared, her carefully constructed understanding of the spring blossom protocol unravelled, leading to a small, muddy rebellion and an unexpected connection. Read this Script
The Fire Tower
Perched on the granite spine of the Canadian Shield, two young artists stage a theatrical debate about the terrifying necessity of leaving home. As the northern summer heat presses down, their performative words fail to mask the impending heartbreak of adulthood. Read this Script
The Index of Lost Selves
In the dusty microfilm room of a public library, a disgraced academic searches for a memory that can clear his name, but finds a truth that could destroy him instead. Read this Script
The Spin Cycle of Regrets
A man tries to wash a cursed heirloom in a 24-hour laundromat, but some stains are harder to get out than blood, especially when they have a mind of their own. Read this Script
The Unscheduled Encounter
Maggie discovers a strange, glowing device and a cryptic message, leading her to an unscheduled encounter with Steven amidst the curated ‘connections’ of the Harmonious Future Collective. Their forbidden interaction reveals a subtle, unsettling resistance against the corporate utopia. Read this Script
Satire Scripts
Data Dust and Digital Fire
A glitch in the Digital Hearth, a corporate projection of ‘sustainable development’, and the quiet resilience of a community fighting for genuine connection. Steven documents the absurd reality of high-tech promises in a low-life world. Read this Script
Satirical / Ironic Scripts
The Pristine Muck
Caught in the quagmire of a ‘Heritage Trail’ pilgrimage, Jesse navigates muddy paths, overly enthusiastic hikers, and a barrage of parental expectations, only to discover the true ‘beauty’ of the old trail lies in its sheer absurdity. Read this Script
Science Fiction Scripts
Static on the Ice
Isolated in a remote arctic research station, a scientist finds that the facility’s AI has started communicating with her. It’s using memories from her past that no machine could possibly know. Read this Script
The Cascading Signal
A public health official’s attempt to quell a misinformation wildfire about the town’s water supply is met with algorithmically amplified hysteria, forcing a confrontation with the man fanning the flames. Read this Script
The Ribcage of the Void
A deep-space scavenger, cutting into the hull of a derelict freighter, discovers that some things that die don’t stay dead. The prize of a lifetime becomes a race for survival. Read this Script
Where the Iron Snakes Sleep
A late-night tram ride takes an impossible turn when Ramon discovers the city’s public transport runs on something much older and more dangerous than electricity. Read this Script
Slice of Life Scripts
A Catalogue of Faded Cures
From her perspective, Leaf sees stories, not just decaying signs. As she and Leo wander through Osborne Village, a ghost sign for a long-dead pharmacy sparks a conversation about their own remedies for life’s uncertainties. Read this Script
Granite and Glitches
It was too hot for high-fidelity scanning, and definitely too hot for long sleeves, but the horseflies didn’t care about their production schedule. Read this Script
Green Rust
High above the acid-stained streets, a cable runner takes a fall and lands in a secret that shouldn’t exist. Read this Script
Heat Haze
In the stifling heat of a Northern Ontario summer, two artists confront the vandalism of their work and the crushing weight of small-town stagnation. Read this Script
Inheritance by Weathering
A walk through St. Boniface, Winnipeg’s French quarter, makes Leaf confront her own lack of connection to the past. Surrounded by deep-rooted history, she wonders if it’s possible to build a legacy when you don’t have one to inherit. Read this Script
On Batholiths and Fibre Optics
In the silence of the Canadian Shield, a group of digital creators discovers they aren’t alone. A research team in China is asking the same questions, scanning the same rock. Read this Script
Pine Pitch and Duct Tape
Julian fought the Douglas Fir, and the Douglas Fir was winning. It wasn’t a silent battle; it was a symphony of rustling needles, scraping bark, and the muffled curse of a man realizing that adulthood is mostly just maintenance. Read this Script
Plastic Needles in July
The thermometer read thirty-four degrees, but in the attic, it felt like an incinerator. Steve dragged the green plastic corpse across the floorboards, the season all wrong, the air too thick to breathe. Read this Script
Stains
Jeff and Sam try to salvage a disastrous art installation in a freezing community hall, realizing that the only thing harder than making art in the north is finding someone who understands why you bother. Read this Script
Static on the Line
Jimmy tries to find a reason to leave town before the frost claims him, but Simon and his welding torch make a compelling argument for stagnation. Read this Script
The Blue Plastic Bag
In the biting cold of a northern winter, two boys navigate the icy streets of their hometown, protecting a fragile ambition against a wind that wants to tear it apart. Read this Script
The Chill of Disconnection
Andrew navigates a brutally cold winter evening in 2025, confronting the chilling decline of human civility and the silent horrors of a society fractured by performative indifference. Read this Script
The Geometry of Leaving
In Winnipeg’s West End, surrounded by a different kind of history, Leo grapples with the idea of home. A powerful mural of migrating geese forces a conversation with Leaf about whether they’re meant to stay or fly. Read this Script
The Glass Apple
The calendar insisted on April, but the floorboards whispered of December. Andrew found the box of ornaments bleeding cold air into the spring morning. Read this Script
The Lanzhou Feed
On the cold granite of the Canadian Shield, a group of young filmmakers discovers a digital mirror of their world in the arid hills of China. Read this Script
The Moth-Eaten Scarf
A mundane wait for the Number Four bus becomes a window into a stranger’s melancholic past, triggered by a tattered scarf and a forgotten story. Read this Script
The Orange Peel Cipher
A discarded orange peel, meticulously crafted, hints at a hidden message or a secret shared between strangers at a bustling bus interchange. Read this Script
The Plastic Fir
David thinks I’ve lost my mind, dragging the box out in April. But the dust on the plastic needles smells like 1985, and for a moment, the silence in the house isn’t so loud. Read this Script
The Render Farm
In a drafty community hall basement, three friends attempt to bridge the gap between nuclear science and local storytelling using temperamental VR gear and cold coffee. Read this Script
The Silo
In the shadow of a dying mill town, three teenagers discover an impossible mural that forces them to confront the suffocation of their own creativity. As the northern spring thaws the ground, it reveals secrets that were better left buried. Read this Script
The Slide Carousel
In the dusty aisles of a Winnipeg thrift shop, two strangers uncover a carousel of forgotten memories and find themselves projected into each other’s orbit. A broken machine sparks a conversation about what we keep, what we leave behind, and the unexpected clarity of a summer afternoon. Read this Script
The Strange Gravity of Gravy
Frank sat amidst the din of the cafeteria, a lukewarm poutine congealing before him, but his mind was not on the soggy fries. Something was off, profoundly, subtly off. The gravy, the lights, the very air – it all hummed with an unsettling, almost playful malevolence. He found himself cataloguing every minute, uncanny detail, desperate to convince his friend, Casey, that he wasn’t entirely losing his grip on reality. Read this Script
The Stuttering Clock
A routine bus wait turns into an unexpected observation as a familiar figure’s strange behaviour hints at a deeper, personal struggle, all against the backdrop of an annoyingly erratic schedule. Read this Script
The Tyranny of Tyndall Stone
Walking through Winnipeg’s Exchange District, Jay contemplates the heavy permanence of the city’s architecture and the unsettling impermanence of his own future, all while trying to keep up with Leaf’s relentless quest for hidden art. Read this Script
When the City Holds its Breath
As dusk settles over the Exchange District, the ghost signs fade into the brickwork. A climb up a fire escape leads to a rooftop view and a conversation that feels more vulnerable and vital than any they’ve had before. Read this Script
Winter Data, Spring Plans
The hum of the server room was a constant companion to Kyle as he watched Unit 734 and Unit 902 compile the annual reports. A hopeful, yet cautious, anticipation for Melgund’s future began to crystallize. Read this Script
Winter Recollections of Melgund
Paul stumbled upon Unit 734 and Unit 201, their blue lights blinking softly as they recounted the vibrant stories of Melgund Township’s past year, all seen through the lens of community events. Read this Script
Winter Reflections, Digital Sparks
Edna reflects on the past year in Melgund Township, where two advanced AI systems have become integral to community life, fostering arts, culture, and digital literacy, all while anticipating a new, hopeful future. Read this Script
Winter Workings of Melgund
Mark, an eight-year-old, observes the AI bots, Dot and Byte, as they recount their contributions to Melgund Township’s community events, from Canada Day celebrations to new arts initiatives, all seen through a child’s curious, slightly muddled understanding. Read this Script
Space Opera Scripts
A Gilded Cage of Creativity
In a sterile, controlled future, teenagers gather to discuss the ‘positive impacts of art’ with their professor, but the conversation quickly veers into the dangerous territory of individual expression versus societal control. Read this Script
Sports Fiction Scripts
The Last Service Station
The regatta was over, the medals were packed away, and all that was left was the hum of the tires on the wet highway. Jonas realized that the hardest part wasn’t the rowing; it was the ride home. Read this Script
Steampunk Adventures Scripts
The Singing of the Brass Colossus
The boiler was cold, the firebox swept clean. Yet, deep within the iron belly of the *Gilded Icarus*, a heartbeat began to thump against the hull. Read this Script
Stream of Consciousness Scripts
A Glitch in the Cold Brew
Hiding from the oppressive summer heat in a coffee shop, Leaf spots a girl whose laptop is covered in familiar, cryptic art. She might hold the key to the mystery he’s chasing, if only he can find the nerve to talk to her. Read this Script
Coordinates for Cracks in the Pavement
Following a cryptic note from a mysterious artist, Leaf and Leo are led on a scavenger hunt through a city park. They discover that the clues aren’t in hidden objects, but in the landscape itself. Read this Script
The Regulator
In a steam-choked, frozen Winnipeg, a teenager navigates the brutal cold and his own scattered thoughts to trade a piece of scrap that might save his winter. Read this Script
The Unscripted Collapse
The performing arts workshop, meant to unlock hidden creativity, instead unspools into a raw, unpredictable mess, exposing vulnerabilities and igniting unexpected conflicts under the harsh glare of fluorescent lights. Read this Script
Trespass on Greener Ground
A climb up a forgotten fire escape leads to a hidden world above the city streets—a secret rooftop garden. But as Leaf and Leo explore the unauthorized sanctuary, they find unsettling proof that its creator knows who they are. Read this Script
Where the Paint Settles
A beloved piece of Winnipeg’s history is vandalized, or perhaps revitalized, forcing Leaf to confront his own rigid ideas about what art is and who it belongs to. Read this Script
Superhero Scripts
A Theory of Dissolving Spoons
A retired physicist believes he’s losing his mind when sugar cubes begin arranging themselves into quantum equations, a delusion his old colleague mercilessly mocks—until the barista starts explaining particle physics. Read this Script
All the Seconds Are Wrong
A retired watchmaker’s quiet morning coffee is disrupted by flickering realities and a newspaper from tomorrow, forcing him to question the very fabric of time in his favourite café. Read this Script
Frozen Echoes
A winter reunion among long-separated friends in Central Park, Winnipeg, quickly unravels into a dance of unspoken history, cynical observations, and a peculiar, unsettling glow from the park’s depths. Read this Script
Lead Blanket
Stan wasn’t just tired; he was geographically fixed to the mattress. Gravity had developed a personal vendetta, and Jeffrey was the only one brave enough to cross the event horizon of Room 304. Read this Script
The Petal and the Resonant Frequency
A retired botanist’s unidentifiable plant finally begins to bloom, thanks to the strange melody played by her musician friend. But the crystalline dust it releases is not of this world, and it’s starting to remake the coffee shop in its own image. Read this Script
The Tremor in the Porcelain
A retired spy’s routine coffee meeting turns deadly when an old, forgotten face appears, tapping out a coded message that signals betrayal and a threat that is already in the room. Read this Script
Where the Condensation Gathers
A retired cartographer discovers that the daily condensation on her coffee shop window is forming a map of a mythical, non-existent island. When a sailor recognizes a landmark, a skeptical historian is challenged to question the nature of reality. Read this Script
Supernatural Mystery Scripts
A Chill in the Old Hall
In a remote northern community, Evan faces skepticism trying to revive arts programs, but the old hall he hopes to use holds a chilling secret, a growing mystery hinting at something beyond the mundane. Read this Script
The Old Wing’s Grip
Two exhausted medical residents, Lindsay and Sam, prepare a photography exhibit to cope with the stresses of their hospital work in Northwestern Ontario, but soon discover a sinister, unexplained pattern linking their photos to mysterious patient deteriorations in the hospital’s old wing. Read this Script
The Warped Track
A gifted runner experiences a terrifying distortion during his morning run, leading him to an eccentric professor who hints at unseen forces drawn to his athletic prowess. Read this Script
Surreal / Absurdist Scripts
Ephemeral Patterns on the Pane
In the quiet hum of a Winnipeg café, Arthur observes the intricate, resilient dance of human connection and solitude, finding profound narratives in the most ordinary moments. Read this Script
Petty Geysers of Grief
Caught in a park where reality is warping due to a cosmic, petty argument between two entities, the protagonist reluctantly steps in to mediate, only to find themselves entangled in a larger, absurd struggle. Read this Script
The Heat in the Concrete
Freezing on the streets of Winnipeg, Dray finds a stranger warming himself by a mutant plant that feeds on concrete. A surreal tale of survival where nature reclaims the city in the strangest way possible. Read this Script
Swashbuckling Romance Scripts
A Thaw in the Cold
A high-stakes dash through the biting winter streets leads to a moment of quiet warmth and profound conversation over hot chocolate, revealing the tender vulnerabilities and shared resolve of two teenagers caught in a dangerous game. Read this Script
The Stain of Ochre
In the desolate expanse of a future stripped of artistic freedom, Briar, a weary courier for a hidden resistance, stumbles upon a vibrant, forbidden art installation deep in the Northwestern Ontario wilderness, forcing her to confront a past she thought buried and a burgeoning, dangerous future. Read this Script
Time Travel Paradox Scripts
A Frequency No One Owns
Inside the Laff Box, Dr. Jae Boxe’s microphones are picking up more than sound. They’re recording the echoes of a thousand strangers’ joys, and the signals are bleeding into her own consciousness. She came to analyse an anomaly; now she’s becoming one. Read this Script
Green Surge
Lucie’s breath hitched, not from exertion but the sheer, blinding chlorophyll saturation. Everything vibrated. The mission was clear, but the path? A tangle of impossible spring growth, humming with an energy that felt both ancient and entirely too new. Read this Script
Parallax Approaches the Asymptote
The world hasn’t looked right since Maxine rode The Geometer. Angles have come undone, horizons tilt, and she speaks of vectors like old friends. Sasha tries to pull her back to a reality of right angles and solid ground, but fears Maxine is mapping a new territory from which there is no return. Read this Script
Residue of a Former Occupant
One night to be someone else. That’s what the ticket promised. But when the sun rose, the carnival was gone, and Julian was still wearing a stranger’s skin, a stranger’s life, and a stranger’s enemies. Now he has to piece together a life he never lived, just to survive the day. Read this Script
The Amperage of a Ghost
Artie polishes the copper sphere of his carnival game, feeling another piece of himself flake away with the tarnish. When a customer’s simple question unlocks a memory he didn’t know he’d lost, the hum of the machine begins to sound like a threat. Read this Script
The Littoral State
The carnival folk on the salt flats don’t have last names, only tide-given ones like Scrimshaw and Jett. Finn, a townie hired for the summer, is learning their ways: how to anchor a Tilt-a-Whirl in mud and how to forget the life he was born into. But the land-locked world wants its children back. Read this Script
Western Style BL Scripts
A Grating Calculus
Stranded on a desolate summer road, Elias, a quiet young man, confronts the futility of his situation, only to have his carefully constructed detachment rattled by the abrupt appearance of Orion, a caustic stranger. Their immediate friction gives way to a fragile, unspoken understanding amidst the dust and simmering heat. Read this Script
A Gust of Sulphur and Sky
Casey and Jeremy grapple with a stubborn, mud-bound quad bike under a volatile spring sky, finding an unexpected, messy burst of laughter that cuts through the lingering shadows of their past. Read this Script
A Gust of White Laughter
Caught in the throes of a brutal winter storm, Jon and Matt embark on a desperate search for a lost calf, battling the elements and their own pasts, discovering a flicker of joy in the shared struggle. Read this Script
Ash and Embers
Under the cold, watchful eye of an autumn sky, David grapples with the raw edges of loss, finding a fragile solace in the quiet strength of his best friend. A shared fire, hushed confessions, and the weight of a community’s unspoken grief forge a bond that promises steadfastness against the encroaching dark. Read this Script
Burnt Sugar and Cold Coffee
My university experience started not with a lecture, but with a public, culinary humiliation, courtesy of a stranger with too-green eyes and a penchant for clumsy apologies. Read this Script
Cold Stew at Table Four
The spoon scraped the plastic bowl, a sound like a bone snapping. Simon didn’t look up. He couldn’t. Not with Jimmy sitting there, smelling of rain and rebellion. Read this Script
Currents and Contact
A swim in the summer sea takes an unexpected turn when Ethan’s gaze locks with a stranger across the water, sparking an uncomfortable yet undeniable connection amidst the crashing waves and the quiet hum of beach life. Read this Script
Direction Measured in Poplar Bark
Forced together on a land navigation exercise, two boys—one from the city, one from the bush—get dangerously lost in the autumn wilderness. As darkness falls and bravado fades, survival depends on trusting the last person on earth either of them wanted to rely on. Read this Script
Orange Juice and First Looks
A spilled orange juice carton in a crowded university cafeteria leads to an unexpected, awkward, and surprisingly intriguing first meeting between two students, Caleb and Noah, sparking an unforeseen connection. Read this Script
Salt and Severance
Jamie and Kostia spend what they know is their final afternoon together on the grimy sands of Brighton Beach, the looming separation as heavy as the humid summer air. Each shared glance, each touch of fingers, is a silent elegy to a future that will never arrive for them. Read this Script
The First Spill
A university cafeteria, a clumsy moment, and a deluge of chili turns a routine lunch into an unforgettable, tense encounter between two new students. Read this Script
The First Unfurling
Michael and Tommy navigate the familiar, yet newly charged, landscape of their ranch, each movement a hesitant step towards rediscovering levity amidst lingering trauma. A simple task of mending fences becomes an intricate dance of unspoken feelings and fragile hope. Read this Script
The Icy Breach on Cephestus-7
A critical power failure forces Anton and Gideon into the raging blizzard of Cephestus-7. As they battle the elements and the failing infrastructure of Frostfall Ridge Station, old community stories resurface, and their bond deepens under the most extreme conditions. Read this Script
The Shortcut
Tim didn’t mean to tackle the stranger. He certainly didn’t mean to do it while tangled up with a naked silicone man named Jerome. But gravity, it seemed, had other plans for his Tuesday afternoon. Read this Script
The Summer’s Respite
In the oppressive summer heat, Jasper and Cody battle a stubbornly broken truck, finding a fragile solace and burgeoning joy amidst shared frustration and the lingering shadows of a difficult past. Read this Script
The Tarmac Shimmer
A fight in a greasy, 24-hour truck stop on the Trans-Canada Highway throws two teenage runaways together. Over bad coffee and the hum of diesel engines, they find a brief, fragile sanctuary in each other’s company, knowing it’s just a temporary stop on roads leading in opposite directions. Read this Script
Windchill
Caught in the brutal freeze of a Winnipeg November, Jeff tries to keep pace with Simon, whose dramatic declarations are as biting as the north wind. Read this Script
Whimsical / Playful Scripts
The Blue Track
In the teeth of a Winnipeg deep freeze, James chases a ghost from his past—and a trail of painted footprints—through the icy labyrinth of the Exchange District. Read this Script
Young Adult (YA) Scripts
A Confectioner’s Almanac of Forgotten Time
Corey and Junior revisit a candy shop frozen in a forgotten spring, where the air hums with sugared nostalgia and the peculiar proprietor guards secrets sweeter than rock candy. Read this Script
Echoes in the Gilded Cage
Amidst the sprawling, silent ruins of a forgotten luxury mall, Eleanor, Kaito, and Finn press deeper into its decaying heart, chasing a faint whisper of a past that might yet hold their future. A hidden hum and the promise of discovery stir hope in the shadows. Read this Script
The Weight of Summer Light
Ted and John, burdened by a crucial grant proposal, grapple with the abstract concepts of sustainable development and the stark realities of their remote Northern community. Read this Script
Young Adult Contemporary Scripts
The Breakup
Perched on the tailgate of a rusted pickup overlooking the thawing ice of Black Sturgeon Lake, Jules and Ben navigate the terrifying geography of their futures. Read this Script
