John Dykstra, a mystery novelist better known as Rick Hardin, stops at rest stop on his way home. When he hears a woman being abused in the bathroom, he's forced to decide who he really is and what he's willing to do.

When people in their hometown begin dying on the anniversary of an accused witch's execution, a depressed journalist and his teenage sister set out to uncover the truth behind a local legend.

When his girlfriend visits him during winter break, an agoraphobic twentysomething begins to suspect that his house is haunted.