Philip Ettinger

When a prank caller convinces a fast food restaurant manager to interrogate an innocent young employee, no-one is left unharmed. Based on true events. (imdb)

In 2008, rookie journalist Jay Bahadur forms a half-baked plan to embed himself among the pirates of Somalia. He ultimately succeeds in providing the first close-up look into who these men are, how they live, and the forces that drive them. (imdb)

The hero of the book is 18-year-old Addison Schacht, a Jewish high-school senior in Washington D.C.. The book is his response to the essay question, "What are your best and worst qualities?". He explains he has only bad qualities, as illustrated by the events of his senior year. They include collecting offensive jokes; dealing drugs to his classmates; and insulting teachers, fellow students. But his classmate is killed, and he begins to investigate the death. (imdb)

Tyrel, a sole black man, attends an otherwise all-white weekend of drunken bro debauchery on a birthday trip to a cabin in the Catskills.

Middle-aged Dominick Birdsey recounts his troubled relationship with Thomas, his paranoid schizophrenic twin brother, and his efforts to get him released from an asylum. (imdb)

Conflicted about his girlfriend's pregnancy, Ralphie's life spirals out of control when he meets a mysterious family of men. (imdb)

Follows Pete Davidson's life, combining grounded storytelling with some absurd elements from the worldview for which Davidson is well known. (imdb)

A homeless man asks a stranger for a slice of pizza. Then it takes an unexpected turn.

Follows the life of writer Flannery O'Connor while she was struggling to publish her first novel.

Set in a small rust-belt town in post-recession America, a one-dollar bill changing hands connects a group of strangers involved in a shocking multiple murder. (imdb)

A woman's affair with an enigmatic underground musician throws her life into chaos when he disappears.