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Dry

When a California state sponsored deal for diverted water falls through and the water mains in Southern California run completely dry. Stores of bottled water last only a matter of days, and the government can't mobilize fast enough to provide water for its 23 million citizens. A group of teenage friends are forced to band together when chaos breaks out in their community, and what ensues is a frighteningly real survival scenario.

The Devil in the White ...

The story focuses on the lives of two men who turned the 1893 Chicago World's Fair into their playground. One man, Daniel H. Burnham, the architect responsible for the fair's construction, in a short period of time was forced to overcome immense obstacles to construct the famous "White City" around which the fair was built. The other, H.H. Holmes, was a serial killer masquerading as a charming doctor who is believed to be responsible for scores of murders around the time of the fair. Holmes devised and erected the World's Fair Hotel, complete with crematorium and gas chamber, near the fairgrounds and used the event as well as his own charismatic personality to lure victims to their death.

C.O.D

A New York City bike messenger becomes a puppet in an assassin's deadly game, forced to deliver bombs to save his family's life. A female FBI agent with a vendetta against the villain must work outside the system to catch the messenger and solve the case before it takes on global implications.

Lake Mungo

The story of a teenager whose apparent death sets off a series of paranormal events. Frightened by what appears to be otherworldly activity, her family discovers secrets about their daughter as well as what lurks beneath Lake Mungo.

Magic 8 Ball

Revolves around a toy with twenty pre-set answers to whatever questions one can ask about their past, present and future fortunes.

Puzzler

Described as a female-driven, paranoid thriller in the vein of Three Days of the Condor.

The Associate

The legal thriller follows Kyle McAvoy, a young law graduate from Yale who should have the world at his feet - but instead his life becomes a nightmare. Blackmailed into taking a job on Wall Street with the world’s most prestigious law firm, he becomes a pawn in a deadly game of corporate espionage.

Blood Count

Set in 1950s Los Angeles with supernatural elements and described as a period noir vampire social thriller.

Shrew's Nest

An agoraphobic woman raises her younger sister in an apartment locked away from the world. But one day, a reckless young neighbor falls down the stairwell and drags himself to their door. Someone has entered the shrew's nest, and it doesn’t look like he's leaving.

The Cruelty

Centers on a young woman who travels to the dark underbelly of Europe to rescue her father.

Wake

Follows a 17-year-old girl named Janie with the unwanted ability to become sucked into people’s dreams. Not surprisingly, she sees things she would rather not see. But when she gets pulled into a terrible nightmare, Janie dangerously goes from mere witness to participant.

7 Minutes in Heaven

Two teens go into a closet as part of a make-out game but they find all their friends dead when they come back out.

Dominion

No specifc details are known other than the story centers on a woman who is half-human, half-angel.