Max Sokoloff

When a high school misfit is taken hostage by a classmate with a gun, he must find common ground with the shooter in order to survive the perilous standoff.

The West. An almost deserted fort by the ocean at the end of the Indian wars. (1890) One day a woman washes ashore, barely alive. She refuses to speak and reveals nothing about her past. Her presence triggers jealousies and obsessions among the soldiers. A young recruit, James, chosen to watch her battles between his duty and desire.

Two boys spend a summer day together, discovering something unexpected in the tall grass.