A prominent Southern family of savage media moguls deteriorates at the crossroads of past and progress in matters of death, wealth, love, and American journalism.

Veronica, the new girl in town, is lured into the woods by a group of senior boys looking to make her a victim. But the boys don’t know that Veronica’s…

Hal is a 15-year-old high-school student with a minor yet socially alienating (and painful) disability: he stutters uncontrollably. Determined to work through the problem, Hal opts for an extreme route…