In the South, a volunteer fireman and his second wife cling to the intoxicating dangers of his work to stave off an unsatisfying family life.

When a mysterious deadly plague descends on the earth, four friends are engaged in a life-or-death struggle against an alien race attempting to fumigate the earth.

In a world where immortality has become the norm for humans, two men attempt to introduce an old-fashioned tribe to eternal life.

When a day hike for people 60 and older has to turn back midway through their hike in Sequoia National Forrest, the hiking leader finds himself at the base of the trail without his wife and without his former friend, both of whom had accompanied him on the trail. With the company of an over-eager widow, the man finds himself contacting search and rescue and waiting to see what morning will bring.

Two American soldiers lost in a Japanese jungle must slowly come to accept their mortality.

When a deadly infection strikes the world, a girl and her family must make and live through difficult choices.

A group of friends realize they have been living vicariously through one of their friend's travel stories for their entire lives.

A quarreling married couple takes a trip to the mountains in Colorado in an attempt to save their marriage, but disaster strikes when they see a pair of young mountain climbers fall, leading to a perilous rescue mission.

After a young man runs away and is said to be hiding in a canyon, his co-worker sets out to find him and ends up sharing his painful backstory of fear and lost opportunity.

A group of seven men and women are chosen for a secret military mission in the arctic, where they discover ancient beings that seek to control them.