After FBI agent Frank Lacrosse believes his son was kidnapped by a notorious serial killer, he travels to Amarillo, Texas, where he believes the murderer is in hiding. Although officially taken off the case because of its personal significance to him, Frank continues to pursue the killer, causing concern for local sheriff Buck Olmstead. When another victim pops up at a nearby car garage, Frank knows that he is as close as he'll ever be to tracking down the elusive killer.
Bizarre back-to-back murders in an otherwise quiet Arizona desert town has rattled local Police Chief Jordan Sanders. The two dead women have no connection to each other – except they’re both named Maggie Moore. While unravelling a web of small-town lies and mysteries, the investigation gets even more complicated when Sanders begins a romantic relationship with one of the murdered women's neighbor, Rita.
Some kind of sadist, but not human, is murdering people. A doctor is convinced that the killings are the evil workings of a reclusive odd baron who died many years ago.
荒野を歩き続けていた男の意識が、やがて錯乱の淵へ堕ちていく悪夢譚、「火星の運河」。殺人事件の現場に残された和鏡の謎を追う、美青年・透と明智小五郎の物語「鏡地獄」。廃墟でひっそりと暮らす、胴体だけの夫とその妻の奇行を、一人の男が屋根裏から監視し記録する「芋虫」。恋焦がれる女優を殺害した運転手の、異常な執着を描く「蟲」。4つの物語は、やがてひとつの大きな流れへと向かっていく。
An Assassin is hired by the Grim Reaper to do his job.