Claire van Beek

Two high schoolers experiment with the means and ways of traditional witchcraft, a bride with a secret has second thoughts on her wedding day, and a loving couple quietly prepares their family for the cataclysmic event to come. Six spellbinding stories about private passions, stolen moments and the bonds we form when the world isn't looking.

Laura Chant, 16, lives with her mother and four-year-old brother Jacko in a poor new suburb on the edge of a partially demolished Christchurch, New Zealand. Laura is drawn into a supernatural battle with an ancient spirit who attacks Jacko and slowly drains the life out of him as the spirit becomes ever younger. Laura discovers her true identity and the supernatural ability within her, and must harness it to save her brother's life.

Margot is a French backpacker who always gets herself into trouble. When she finds out that her dodgy landlord has a dirty secret, she has no other choice but to skip rent and run away. On the run she crashes at her perfect sister's house, intruding on her marriage. Things get messy with the three of them under one roof as Margot faces problems on her way to becoming an adult.

A young woman is obsessed by memories of her lover, who had vanished the previous summer.

The story of a guy who gets some hope & curry in his life, through love. It's the journey of 'Sid', who migrated from India to New Zealand, to have a life full of bikes & women, but reality hits when he comes to NZ.