A young man remembers his sexual trauma while idly watching the torturing of a kidnapped kid.

A young boy grows up avoiding his abusive mother and idolizing two men in his life: his father and a boy in his class. But when both of his heroes betray him, he turns to his mother for comfort.

An orphan boy has a chance encounter with a strange woman who lives up the street from him. Without any guardians to protect him, the boy is coerced into transforming, becoming unrecognizable in the process.

A young boy suffering from OCD-like symptoms grapples with self-hatred, bullying, and sexual abuse and frequently flaps his hands and constricts his throat to escape reality. His compulsions and coping mechanisms follow him through elementary school, middle school, high school, and college.

Bullies take a young boy's shoes away from him after he has already lost his feet in a farming accident.

When a boy visits his father, he watches his uncle’s animosity toward his cousin escalate to dangerous heights.

A traumatic incident changes a boy's baby brother, straining relationships within the boy's family as a whole.

When a boy comes to a new town after the death of a loved one, he struggles to perform daily tasks and adapt to the unfamiliar surroundings.

A young Black boy spends time with an rebellious friend, but his strict mother thinks their friendship will lead to his premature death.

A boy wonders who his real friends are.