Needful Things (inspired by Stephen King's story) is in fact three short stories unrelated except they all involve customers of an old antique shop. In the first story, middle-aged Amelia Pennington purchases an ancient love charm. The second features fourteen year old Danny who just wants the funds to take a pretty girl to the cinema but gets a lot more than he expected. In the third story young teacher, Anne Dawkins simply wants to restore order in the classroom.
The son of a famous holo vid star walks away and must find a new home and make a living. A chance meeting with a homeless girl leads to more than friendship. It also helps him find his way and create a future hunting those with a bounty. When terrorist take his mother hostage it is time to call in favors and take action.
A Chastened, Florida Story Jim & Nora prowl the town looking for action and find it in 16 year old Ulla walking through the rain in her Daisy Dukes. Torrid sex follows.
When Toni starts acting funny around home, her father, Mike, can't help but sense something's wrong. Little does he know she took the extra money he gave her to get a wax, or who she was thinking of when she did it.
Clint is a young raptor researcher on the hunt for a rumored Boreal owl that is way outside its normal range. There's one property that's in the dead center of the area where he believes it might be found. The crotchety old man who owns the land refused to let him look around the year before, but this year, he sees someone new at the house. She's older, busty, and making him daydream about carefully examining some hooters not of the avian variety.