Isolated. Quiet. Rustic. Those are the words the pamphlet used, and I thought I would be stupid not to rent the house for the weekend. Bring a friend and a couple six packs, it was a win-win situation. It changed to lose-lose in one night. In two hours, actually.​

How most drug dealers, murderers, kidnappers get caught originally starts as a speeding ticket. A busted taillight. Expired tags. I fall under the expired tags category. In a matter of seconds, I might get promoted to the murderer category.​

It's more than Morris Peters simply wanting to end his life. He doesn't want to exist anymore. What he's willing do to make that happen may become complicated after one little mistake.​

Truth be told, eternity is a lot longer than everyone thinks it is. Truth be told, I really, really wish I listened to my dad.​

"They told me to go into the room. For the record, I did not want to go into the room. Yet here I am."

After five years of therapy and no progress on Derek's part, his therapist prescribes him an activity that he is hesitant to pursue. However, it is apparent that he needs to get over the "love of his life," because that's exactly what she is not. The sooner he realizes that, the better. At least that's what his therapist believes. Derek, on the other hand…he's still very hesitant.

Well over a decade later, with Mrs. Graber still missing, Ellis "Bud" Jaimeson offers his few (yet intense) encounters with the Graber's throughout his childhood to the police. Although Mrs. Graber's roses no longer exist, they're still prevalent in Bud's childhood memories.

In order to get a brand new car (something he's been desperate for), all Rickie has to do is kill a man. The problem: he doesn't want to kill anybody. His solution: getting someone else to do it for him. Though he may count himself a genius, that someone Rickie hires to do the job enjoys getting blood on his hands a little too much.​

Sealing the leading role of the 21st Century's next greatest tragedy on Broadway, Bicknell is faced with the pressures of cracking the potential he believes he has out to be seen by everyone. As the pressure grows, however, he loses control over what is reality and what is reality to the murderer he is playing.

Even though she had to drive the old truck, Nancy was excited to be home for the summer. Soon, however, her big summer plans were ruined when she found out what was really in the black trash bags in the bed of the truck. She thought they were just bottles and cans. She thought, anyway.​

It's common knowledge that Kyle's twin sister will win Prom Queen. What isn't common knowledge is Kyle's little plan to cheat the system.​

An imitatio of Ambrose Bierce's short story, "The Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge." While Foster Farquhar is cornered mercilessly by a small gang of bullies, the story flashes back to explain how he ended up here.

Vince is classified as stupid, and everyone treats him that way. His parents' relationship is even more complicated, with his dad out of the picture and his mother taking it out on her son. It takes one bizarre and life-threatening event to bring them back together, but only Vince can save them all.

Never able to be satisfied, he comes to the river every night to die. Every night he stands on the bank with a pocket full of rocks, counting each breath like they're his last. While there, he contemplates why he's really here.​