A girl runs away from home, hoping to see her boyfriend. It’s the middle of the night. She gets in a car with a stranger. They share a beer and things get weird. She jumps out of the car and hides in a doorway. {don’t date jerks}
A woman lets ten years go by in a marriage without joy. A child exists but the woman never feels she’s giving her best. She takes the child and moves into the forest. The two transform into raccoons. {if you let too much time pass you may lose yourself forever}
A boy beats his girlfriend so terribly she has to go to the hospital. The boy’s mother can’t believe he could be so bad. She goes to the hospital and sees the girl. The mother is fascinated by the bruises. {boys who beat girls usually have bad mothers}
A story is told about a boy who beats a girl. The mother is blamed which seems logical. The father has bullied and assaulted his family so many times, their story has become irrelevant. {fathers can do whatever they want}
A girl drinks so much she must take a car service home. The driver does not bring her home. He brings her to a motel and rapes and strangles her. He calls a friend and they wrap her in a rug. They dump her body near an airport. {good friends come when you need them}
A man cries in the night for all the things he has lost. He hears a noise in the alley outside his window. Two raccoons are looking for food. He knows these raccoons. The next day, he sets up a trap in the alley. {you’re never as free as you think you are}
Once a woman was so pretty, she had everything. Inevitably she began to grow old. She got herself a dog and some heroin. She began to neglect the dog and its hair became matted. She began to neglect herself and she became matted. When she overdosed her body blocked the front door, making it difficult for the E.M.T.s to get in. {be mindful to walk the dog before you leave}
A woman is sick with a fatal disease. She tells no one until the last moments of her life. {it didn’t matter, no one really cared anyway}