A son tells a series of stories, most of them about his father and stepfather. As the son describes a robbery that took place at his house in high school and his experiences with his father, a former Jehovah's Witness and current alcoholic, he begins to recall details from his childhood.

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

A boy returns to New York City from summer camp and is greeted by his father. Despite being bullied at camp, it is revealed that the boy prefers life at camp to his home life.

Marty struggles to find acceptance amongst the neighborhood boys who bully him, and, when he does, he becomes a bully himself.

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.

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

A father has an increasingly difficult time getting his son ready in the morning and notices that all the young kids around the neighborhood are acting strange. When his son becomes violent, the father must decide if it is really his son anymore.

A young boy thinks of his grievances with the world as he bikes and waits to take revenge on his bullies.

A boy at a boarding school writes a letter back to his mother. He fights back tears and must face another harassment from his bullies.

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.