John Gulager

Ruth, young and pregnant, escapes the murderous child cult in a small Midwestern town. She spends the next decade living unknown in an attempt to spare her child the horrors of what she had experienced as a child. Now, something is following her and she must confront it or lose her child.

"Bob Maconel [is] a bullied office drone with hate in his heart, voices in his head, and a loaded gun in his desk drawer. When a bizarre twist turns him into an instant hero, Bob begins a tender relationship with a disabled co-worker who asks Bob for the ultimate favor."--Container

Ernest Hemingway's simple but gripping short tale "The Killers" is a model of economical storytelling. Two directors adapted it into unforgettably virile features: Robert Siodmak, in a 1946 film that helped define the noir style; and Don Siegel, in a brutal 1964 version that was intended for television but deemed too violent for home audiences and released theatrically instead. The first is poetic and shadowy, the second direct and harsh as daylight,...