Jack Lawrence Mayer

After soaring high and flaming out in Hollywood, Abe, a celebrated bodybuilder, returns home across the 405 to Venice Beach, where it all started. But Abe's beloved boardwalk feels different. There’s a nasty bite to the sea breeze, a slew of unexplained overdoses putting the gym rats on edge, strange supernatural sightings on the pier hinting at something primordial lurking beneath the surface of sun-dappled Venice. And Jay—his old lifting partner, his former roommate, the one person he truly abandoned in his pursuit of fame—has disappeared, leaving Alice, his ex, alone to take care of their infant son.

Sardonic Cynthia walks us through a play-by- play of a recent "squicky" date, requiring her to confront some uncomfortable truths.

Two sisters, two boyfriends, one simple birthday weekend getaway. Or it would have been, if not for the threesome, the love affair, the unexpected arrival of a fiancé, and the ensuing ridiculous dinner role play charade everyone is forced to participate in just to keep from getting caught.

Jane is on the hunt for a rockin' one-night stand before an impending arrival.

After not returning home for her mother's funeral, a young woman is forced to confront her guilt and grief when her sister mails her some of their mom's ashes and, desperate for cash, she takes a Craigslist ad gig to be a paid mourner.