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3.9 Brown Water by Dena Mckinnon writing as Something Is Down There (pale yellow) - YA, Short, Drama - What if the only thing you were scared of was the only thing that could save you? 8 pages - pdf, format Hydrophobia - Fear of Water
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3.5 Damn Your Eyes by Steve Miles writing as Anonymous 7 (stevemiles) - Adult, Short, Thriller, Horror - A scopophobic recluse finds his quest for answers takes him closer to the truth than he ever expected… 9 pages - pdf, format Scopophobia - Fear of being seen or stared at by others
3.4 Touché by David C Lambertson writing as Anonymous4 (eldave1) - Adult, Short, Drama - A young man discovers that the only cure for his phobia is vengeance. 12 pages - pdf, format Aphenphosmphobia - Fear of being touched
3.1 Eisoptrophobia by Huidong Lu writing as Anonymous9 (Huidong) - YA, Short, Horror - A man tries to face his greatest fear. His own reflection. - pdf, format Eisoptrophobia - Fear of mirrors or of seeing oneself in a mirror
3.1 Hell Bent by John Staats writing as Louis No'mour (JEStaats) - Adult, Short, Horror, Western - Three bandits on the run must choose their own path to Peace. 10 pages - pdf, format Coimetrophobia - Fear of cemeteries
3.1 Living Nightmare by Warren Duncan writing as Um… (Warren) - Adult, Short, Horror - A woman with severe Insomnia finally gets some rest, but it comes with horrific consequences. 10 pages - pdf, format Oneirophobia - Fear of dreams
3.1 The Origin of Fear by Mark Renshaw writing as Dr. Feargood (MarkRenshaw) - Adult, Short, Horror - A university student working on a thesis about fear, stumbles across a technique for identifying dangerous individuals. Her latest experiment takes a lethal twist when it becomes apparent her work is gaining the wrong type of attention. 11 pages - pdf, format Phobophobia - Fear of phobias
The Rest in No particular order
To Have and To Hold by Cooper Knight writing as ?????? (Cooper) - Adult, Short, Drama - He loves her and she loves him but he's also been keeping a secret. Will their first date IRL (in real life) be their last? 10 pages - pdf, format Mysophobia - Fear of contamination and germs
Sweeet Sara by Joe Garza writing as Night Train (SPQR) - Adult, Short, Horror - A man meets a woman at a bar and tells her the ghost of his dead wife has been following him for five years. 9 pages - pdf, format Phasmophobia - Fear of ghosts
Remember Me by Andrew Lightfoot writing as Anonymouse 05 (Lightfoot) - YA, Short, Drama - A woman afraid of being forgotten visits her husband in the hospital, who suffers from Alzheimer's. 6 pages - pdf, format Athazagoraphobia - Fear of being forgotten or ignored and fear of forgetting.
Ayisiyinihkân by Rene Claveau writing as Sir Cornholio (ReneC) - Adult, Short, Horror - Two convicts on the run have to face their fears if they are to escape. 12 pages - pdf, format Formidophobia - Fear of scarecrows
To Be Remembered by Steven C. Wood writing as Anonymous3 (Steven) - Adult, Short, Drama - A caring detective does his part to ensure murder victims are remembered within the community. 8 pages - pdf, format Athazagoraphobia Fear of being forgotten or ignored and fear of forgetting
Desquamation by Darren Seeley writing as Mister Scream Bloody Murder (DarrenJamesSeeley) - Adult, Short, Horror - A young socialite becomes obsessed with how to stop a growing sunburn on her arm. It gets worse when the skin peels sooner than expected. 8 pages - pdf, format Encavmaphobia - Fear of burns
Gun Shy by Layla O'Shea writing as Anonymous5 (RadioShea89 ) - Adult, Short, Drama - Father-son relationships are challenging enough without being a gun-fearing son of a master huntsman. 11 pages - pdf, format Hoplophobia - Fear of Guns
Pediophobia by Vicky Neal writing as Anonymous1 (Vickyn) - Adult, Short, Horror - A man with a phobia of dolls fights for his life when his dead grandmother leaves her most prized possession to him. 12 pages - pdf, format Pediophobia - Fear of dolls
Darkness Bound by Cam Gray writing as Don. T. S. Cream (Cam Gray) - YA, Short, Thriller - A mobster grapples with a crippling phobia as he attempts to recapture someone of importance. 11 pages - pdf, format Nyctophobia - Fear of darkness
Phasmos by Renee Joynson writing as Anonymous11 (bflywings) - Adult, Short, Horror - A girl who visits her past for a cure to her fears, may not realize that is not the reason she is really there. 10 pages - pdf, format Phasmophobia - Fear of ghosts
The Fear of Blood by Sam H. Bouie writing as Anonymous (SamB) - Adult, Short, Horror - Reagan's fear of blood is tearing her life a part. Does her sister Cassidy have what it takes, to free her from a prison of fear? 10 pages - pdf, format Hemophobia - Fear of blood
Reset by Ammar Salmi writing as Someone (realxwriter) - Children, Short, Thriller - A girl loses internet at critical moment of her life and has to face her worst fears to get through the night. 12 pages - pdf, format Belonephobia - Fear of Needles
Unfathomable by Dan Campisi writing as Sybil (DanC) - Adult, Short, Horror - A troubled woman tries to deal with her life of horror, but, only gets into deeper trouble. 8 pages - pdf, format Androphobia - Fear of men; Agraphobia - Fear of sexual abuse or assault
Summerwind by Jeff Bush writing as Anonymous8 (Dreamscale) - Adult, Short, Horror - A Halloween prank at a famous haunted locale goes terribly wrong for a group of teens in upstate Wisconsin. 11 pages - pdf, format Autophobia - Fear of being egotistical, or a dread of being alone or isolated
Alone by Christopher Brown writing as Anonymous2 (Cacutshaw) - Adult, Short, Horror - After an elderly man's wife dies, he must live alone for the first time in his life despite his monophobia. 8 pages - pdf, format Monophobia - Fear of being alone
Step Dads Beware by Ronald Pergola writing as Owen Wade Castle (JakeJon) - Adult, Short, Drama - A fourteen year old retaliates against an abusive step father. 10 pages - pdf, format Vitricophobia - Fear of your stepfather
Home Sweet Home by Ashley White writing as Jacq (AJ) - Adult, Short, Horror - A desperate text message sends a young woman home with her boyfriend but it too bad she can't step foot inside. - pdf, format Nostophobia - repugnance or dislike of the past
Behind the Curtains by Pedro Schreier writing as The StOryTelleR (PedroS) - Adult, Short, Horror - A man of the theatre, entertaining the crowd. A crowd that shocks him and sentences him, unknowingly, to death. 12 pages - pdf, format Anthropophobia - Fear of humans
Fear for Life by Briana Clifford writing as Anonymous6 (Briana) - Adult, Short, Drama - Suffering from social phobia/anxiety Elizabeth has to find the strength to put away and face those fears in order to make an important journey. 7 pages - pdf, format Social Phobia/ Anxiety - Fear of being evaluated negatively in social situations
Encyclopedia of Fear by Colton Combs writing as 0 (Colton) - YA, Short, Horror - On his way to bed, a young boy discovers the horrors of his typical American house. 9 pages - pdf, format Panophobia - Fear of everything
You're Antisocial by Gwen Alexis writing as Gwen Alexis (Gjalexis) - YA, Short, Drama - A young lady living alone and being misunderstood. - pdf, format Anthropophobia - Fear of humans
Help by Philip Mak'Anyengo writing as Anonymous 12 (Kampmak) - Adult, Short, Drama, Black Comedy - {no logline} - pdf, format Agoraphobia - Fear of being outside your comfort zone
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Nice work Dena, Brown Water was one of my top picks. Very atmospheric - I've been a sucker for anything set in a swamp since Southern Comfort. Was that a different intro on the audio version? Touche and Eisotrophobia were also right up there for me.
Thanks Don and Khamanna for putting it all together.
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Nice work Dena, Brown Water was one of my top picks. Very atmospheric - I've been a sucker for anything set in a swamp since Southern Comfort. Was that a different intro on the audio version?
Yes. Don said I could give it a rewrite. I read thru the notes here and then paid Carson $75 to read it... and then rewrote it. Two people on SS and Carson felt like the death at the beginning didn't really go with the rest of the story ... I was just setting the tone sort of ... but I chose to chop that whole scene off due to the notes. I never know with a rewrite if I am fucking the script up or making it better. Rewriting has always been like that for me. Most times... people prefer(even producers) the scripts I crap out versus the ones I pour time into. Weird. But true for me thusfar. Thank you for even noticing that.