The 1870s, the Wild West. A train is robbed, and along with the gold, a samurai sword intended as a gift for the president is stolen. The samurai sets out to find the sword alongside one of the robbers, who has his own reasons for seeking revenge. The robber had withheld his share of the loot and nearly killed the samurai himself.
The story takes place in the summer of 1979 in Santa Barbara. Dorothea Fields is raising her teenage son, Jamie, and trying to give him the very best. She draws her maternal wisdom from her relationships with two women: Abby, a photographer immersed in the punk movement who has returned to her family home, and Julie, a smart, mischievous 16-year-old and a friend of Dorothea’s son. Each of them plays a role in shaping Jamie’s journey into manhood.
The sister of an American named Ben was a werewolf. But not of her own free will: she was lured into their trap and then killed by a werewolf organization from Transylvania. Ben learned this after the funeral from the gray-haired Stefan, who seemed to know everything about werewolves. And Stefan advises Ben and his girlfriend Jenny to go to Transylvania to destroy this organization...
After his mother’s death, Oliver learns some unexpected news from his father. It turns out his father had been gay his whole life. He realized this as a teenager, but due to the prejudices of the time, he was forced to get married. And now he plans to change and start his life over. New clothes, new friends, new hobbies, new love.
A comet is approaching Earth. The end of the world—which no one believed in—is coming. At night, it’s a feast during the plague. But in the morning, reality sets in. Eighteen-year-old Reggie, a master at breaking records on slot machines, her younger sister Katie, her boyfriend—a cop—and a few criminals who’ve managed to escape to a freedom they don’t really want. And zombies, crawling out into the light here and there, like rats poisoned by chemicals. And as for the rest of humanity—nothing but dust.
A young man inherits an old house and invites his girlfriend to move in with him. A series of mysterious events befalls them, forcing the young man to dig up the grave of his long-dead grandfather, who turns out to be alive. And this is just the beginning…
Bear, a hopeless romantic, has long been unrequitedly in love with the beautiful Nikki. One day, in a New Age store, he finds a strange trinket—a magic wand that can grant his deepest wish. Bear makes a wish that Nikki will love him more than anyone else in the world. And lo and behold—she falls in love with him. However, the guy’s happiness comes to a quick end—now Nikki is literally obsessed with the object of her adoration, and her displays of affection are becoming increasingly terrifying.
Six months after the mysterious death of a high school senior, a new student named Chris transfers to the school. She is grieving the loss of her father and has no desire to make friends, but on her very first evening, she finds herself in the company of her classmates. One of the girls playfully blows an ancient Olmec whistle that Chris had found; the piercing sound deafens the group, and now they are haunted not only by terrifying visions but also by Death itself.
