In the tourist-filled streets of Key West, four lives are drawn together by the currents of chance. Janet, fleeing the suffocating grip of an abusive marriage, rediscovers a long-buried passion for art. Randall, a charter boat captain, battles financial ruin and the ghost of his past. Stacy, an aspiring songwriter, yearns for the breakthrough to transform her dreams into reality. And Eli, an escape artist facing the twilight of his career and fading vision, prepares himself for his final p...

After the death of his brother, Sanch Murray leaves for a surf trip to Costa Rica as a way to cope, but also as a way to prolong making decisions about his adult life, setting out on a quixotic search for an alternative to the American Dream.Set in 1999 Costa Rica, Sanch and his friend Jake Higdon wander the dirt roads of Tamarindo and surrounding areas chasing waves as a way to live out the romantic fantasy lifestyle of traveling surfers. Jake Higdon, six years Sanch's senior, tak...

From the author of Native Moments comes a haunting and heartfelt portrait of life on the margins of the Florida panhandle.In Panhandlers, Nic Schuck tells a raw and unflinching story of Hank Ackerman, a boy born into poverty in the forgotten lumber town of Sullivan, Florida. As Hank struggles to break free from a legacy of hardship and addiction, he learns that escape isn’t just about leaving—it’s about finding something worth running toward. Hank’s journey unfolds alongside the li...

Butterfly Tale ist eine Coming-of-Age Story über den Teenie-Schmetterling Patrick. Patrick kann zwar aufgrund eines zu kleinen Flügels nicht fliegen, lässt sich davon jedoch in keinster Weise aufhalten. Als sein Schmetterlingsschwarm sich auf die lange und anstrengende jährliche Migration gen Süden vorbereitet, eruiert Patrick, munter und unerschrocken, auch seine eigenen Möglichkeiten der Teilnahme: Er bittet seinen besten Freund Marty, eine lustige neurotische Raupe, bei der die Metamorp...