A man is waiting on his wife hand and foot, as he has done for decades. But the years have brought sickness and the possibility of death, which also brings guilt at a future finally free from constant servitude. But that freedom comes in a way he had never foreseen.

Trace is out to find a murderer, not an unusual task for a private eye. There's only one problem: he was the victim. Now he wanders the streets searching for his killer, hampered by the additional task of helping a young Hispanic girl out of the life of drugs and prostitution into which she has fallen. This he tends to, grudgingly, but his true desire is to reconnect with his family and be the husband and father in death that he wasn't in life. As his search continues, he finds the safe wo...

Mom may be gone but her daughter is carrying on the legacy of Mom's Diner, a place where people can relax and have their problems solved between refills. Befriending a new customer, she senses he has a few dark secrets to hide, and before he gets the bill he'll learn that just because you get a nice smile from a pretty face in a cozy diner doesn't mean there aren't deeper things afoot.

You're a rookie detective, and your grizzled veteran partner isn't thrilled at having to change your diapers after every murder. Nevertheless, he's walking you through your first case, like a children's primer, and it's up to you to keep your ears open, eyes wide, and mouth shut! Maybe, if you're worth the time and money the department's put into you, you'll solve the case. But no one's taking bets.

Two men working construction in San Diego are given the job of remodeling a La Jolla home once owned by mystery writer Raymond Chandler. When the story of Chandler's supposedly buried money resurfaces, their interest changes into finding out if those rumors were true, though neither have any intention of sharing what is found. And as one man suspects the other of sleeping with his girl friend, he plots to not only get the treasure, but at the same time get rid of the competition.

A man becomes obsessed with a new girl at work, making him confront the fact that all his relationships have begun and ended the same way. Wanting to break the pattern and reconnect with his now separated wife and son, he finds old habits taking over, and he is torn between needing to mature and obsessing over each new girl he sees.

A man, bored with the literary affectations of his girlfriend and her friends, finds his mind wandering and wondering about the other "cats" surrounding him at an open mic night in the Cafe 575. Whether it's the caffeine or influence of the haiku, his curious imaginings lead him to believe that a game of cat and mouse is happening between two men. As one leaves and the other follows, he tails both through the dark alleyways where he finds himself not only a witness to a murder, but also th...

Hollywood star and icon Cole Carpenter is returning to Newbury, the home of his youth, to be , honored. Among those awaiting his arrival is Bob, his best friend and biggest fan, who always saw the star Cole would become. Along with Laurie, the girl up the street, they forged a bond of friendship that lasted summer after summer. But it's been fifteen summers since Laurie disappeared, the very day Cole left Newbury, and Bob is determined to confront him with the horrible secret he's been car...

Long before 'That 70's Show', there was the 70's. And the kids living then were no different from those living now. Lighter on technology, perhaps, as Facebook was a phone in a bedroom and the internet was a thousand books at the library. But the age-old need to be known and belong was the same; an awkward battle fought amidst low self-esteem, pimples and peer pressure. Some seemed to sail above it all. Or so we thought. This is the story of one who did, and one who didn't.

Father's only rule for pets--one my sister Alison broke with consistency--was that they were to be kept outside. Father had many peculiarities, which kept life in the Night household unpredictable and exciting. But one Halloween he did something we would never forget: he brought the beloved cat we had just buried back from the dead!

In the border town of Imperial Beach, south of San Diego, a man becomes involved with a homeless kid whose only goal, besides panhandling for beer and staying stoned, is to get back to his hometown of Evanston, Illinois. The kid reminds the man of his own brother, whose life was nearly ruined by substance abuse, and so purposes to help the kid get back to his home and the family who left him. But there are people living in the homeless camp who are less welcoming, and the man finds that no...

The day is July 21, 1861, and two great armies have met at Manassas Junction to begin a war which will not only kill thousands of men, but which will decide the future of the nation. Before a shot is fired, a handful of both Union and Confederate soldiers find themselves separated from their comrades, to stand on a field far away from the ensuing battle. Unable to leave, they conclude that their meeting is one of divine intervention, and they have been given a unique opportunity: to end th...