In a world where hunger takes many shapes, Maren Holloway is a girl running from more than just her past — she’s fleeing the dark appetite within her. Abandoned by her father after a horrifying incident at a sleepover, Maren is left with only a cassette tape — a confession of her history and a warning: “You can’t outrun what you are.” Drifting through the forgotten highways of rural America in the 1980s, she meets Lee, a mysterious and fiercely independent drifter with secrets of his own. They share a rare and terrible affliction — a craving for human flesh. But this isn't about murder for pleasure; it's a compulsion, a need that gnaws at their bones. They've both tried to suppress it. They've both failed.
As Maren and Lee travel across state lines, hiding in shadows, sleeping in abandoned houses, and following rumors of others like them, a fragile romance blooms between them. In each other, they find understanding — a rare, raw, almost innocent bond. But their love is as dangerous as it is doomed. For every town they pass through, every scent that draws them closer to feeding, they leave a trail — one that a disturbed older "eater" named Sully is following.
Sully isn't like them. He feeds often, ritualistically, and wants Maren to join him — forever. Possessive and unhinged, Sully sees Maren’s empathy as weakness, something to corrupt. Lee, on the other hand, hides a violent past, a crime he can’t forgive himself for. Torn between Sully’s brutal truth and Lee’s desire for redemption, Maren must confront the question haunting her: Is this hunger who I am — or just something I carry?
As the pair make their way to Minnesota, following a rumor of a woman who claims to have “stopped feeding,” the line between survival and morality blurs. Can they live with what they are without losing their humanity? Or is love doomed when it’s built on a hunger that devours everything — bones and all? Bones and All is a haunting tale of love, identity, and the monstrous parts we hide inside. It’s a horror-tinged coming-of-age story, soaked in Americana, loneliness, and blood. At its core, it asks: Can you be loved if your truest nature is unlovable? Dark, intimate, and heartbreakingly tender, this story doesn’t just ask us to fear the monsters — it asks us to love them, too.
