El segundo

Poker addict Mike McDermott knows the game inside out, but loses his money one night in a game to Russian-American gangster Teddy KGB. Promising his partner Jo he'll give up, he meets up with best friend Lester 'Worm' Murphy, just out of prison and owing lots of money to the wrong kind of people. McDermott becomes his co-guarantor and now there's only one way to raise the money, the pair have to get back into the game.

With tongue planted firmly in cheek, our story follows the exploits of a bumbling investigative journalist as he struggles to discover the truth behind enigmatic horror author H.P. Lovecraft and his mysterious past. Along the way strange and macabre tales play out, pulling the reporter ever deeper into the writer's mystical world. Will the journalist finally prevail or will he end up without a clue as usual? One thing's for sure: the truth is out there... he's just not entirely sure where.

Bailey and Amanda, a lesbian couple, are determined to have a baby and have created the perfect list of sperm donors, ranked by their ideal characteristics. However, every potential donor they select meets an untimely and bizarre death—falling tree branches, fatal spin classes, art installations gone wrong, and even skydiving accidents. Their "celebrity stretch goal" also meets a gruesome fate. As the deaths mount, Bailey and Amanda begin to wonder if their bad luck is just a coincidence, a curse, or something more sinister at play.