Amid the sweltering stillness of a Southern summer, a quiet boy follows a charismatic older teen into a world of games, danger, and fragile intimacy, as their friendship spirals toward an irreversible decision.

After a falling-out with his father and coach, a young runners pride blinds him to his dad’s genuine desire to help. He must overcome his wounded ego and jealousy over his dad's new protege to find his way back to the track -and to his father.

In an overgrown railway valley, a teenage girl outcast faces down her tormentors without flinching, only to discover that some rumored legends answer back.

As two recent college grads begin working on an architecture project, they begin to be haunted by a mysterious man who preys on their anxiety.

At a government-mandated camp, a rebellious friendship with Cee awakens Jamie’s defiance and reveals a secret: the metallic bug implanted in her esophagus. Jamie is too afraid to purge her own and stays behind when Cee runs. Twenty-seven years later, stuck in a monotonous life, Jamie spots Cee on a wanted poster, an encounter that forces her to choose: vomit the bug or remain trapped forever.

As her best friend is pushed toward a new life far away, 15-year-old Jackie fights to cling to the only family she has left.