On the 4th of July, a small Texas diner receives new customers from all over the nation. One family arrives to the small town in search for an old war buddy, Bill, who offered the husband a job, but the townspeople insist that Bill's work is not accepting any new workers.

A woman slowly observes her husband transform into some sort of monster after he returns from a trip to the Arctic.

A bullied young girl feeds a tiger her badness to keep from exploding.

Two brothers wander into the woods near their late parents' house and discover a house that should not be there, inhabited by long-haired women with sinister intentions.