RUNNING follows the lives of three friends and lovers: queer English poet Milo Rollack, prep school dropout Jasper Lethe, and 17-year-old Bridey Sullivan, an American with a fascination for fire. Barely out of childhood, squatting in a crumbling hotel on the outskirts of Athens in the late 1980s, the three slip in and out of homelessness, heavy drinking and underground jobs. While working as runners for the hotel --- convincing tourists to stay there for a commission and free board --- they are befriended by an IRA fugitive and become inextricably linked to an act of terrorism that will mark each of them for life.

Lauren Clay has returned from a tour of duty in Iraq just in time to spend the holidays with her family. Joining the army allowed Lauren to continue to provide for her family, but it came at a great cost. When she arrives home unexpectedly, it’s clear to everyone in their rural New York town that something is wrong. But her father is so happy to have her home that he ignores her odd behavior and the repeated phone calls from an army psychologist.