Teenager Matt McLaughlin's friend Ryan talked him into a suicide pact. Ryan said they would face it together, as friends, but as Matt learns, death is not the end, though he has to face what comes after on his own.

Would you kill for your art? Would it kill for you?A painter who kills with blood-tinged pigment. A tattoo artist with a dark past who treats with demons. A sculptor on Venus who carves his life’s history into ice at the cost of his sanity. A ceramic vase that might avenge the life of a murder victim. A haunted song that drives listeners to kill. Art surrounds us. It entertains and nurtures. And for some it can do far more. It can protect a family over generations or bridge the bou...