Running Cold

An ancient gift becomes a mother's nightmare. Mourning the loss of her oldest child, Brit Helm struggles to create a normal life for her youngest boy, Michael, in a small beach town in 60's era Southern California. The intrusion of a pretty surfer threatens to shatter any hope of maintaining control, and control him she must. Michael isn't like other boys. When Michael gets angry his blood runs cold...and terrible things can happen.

The kid everyone brought their sick pets to, Steve Zell grew up in Phoenix, Arizona, with a backyard that eventually resembled a small zoo. He spent many of his childhood summers as a "Zoni" in the beach communities near San Diego, communities he combined in creating Running Cold's, La Vista. A former cartoonist, animator, and session vocalist in Los Angeles, he now haunts coffee houses in the mythic environs of Portlandia...