Linda Burzynski

Chicagoan Frank Gallagher is the proud single dad of six smart, industrious, independent kids, who without him would be... perhaps better off. When Frank's not at the bar spending what little money they have, he's passed out on the floor. But the kids have found ways to grow up in spite of him. They may not be like any family you know, but they make no apologies for being exactly who they are.

A botched Christmas Eve robbery leads down a destructive path for a police officer reconnecting with his estranged mother, a coming-apart-at-the-seams amateur photographer, his vindictive and murderous fiancee, her secret lover and a strung-out mall Santa...as they all converge in one explosive and deadly night.

A blackmarket cannabis dealer gets squeezed out of the business when marijuana becomes legal, and is forced to make one last deal with the people he should trust the least.

A grad student breaks up with her boyfriend to focus on her thesis, not realizing something has infected him and that he's going to wreak havoc on her life.

An agoraphobic man and a female Marine become emotionally entangled as they struggle to escape from their personal prisons.

Arriving to her old streets, Sloane Stone learns from Detective Daniels that her sister, Naomi, has been working in prostitution. Seeing how useless the police have been in protecting young women from prostitution and violence, Sloane decides to take justice into her own hands and prowls the streets for more information.