From 1978 to 1996, Vernon, New Jersey was home to one of the most infamous amusement parks of all time: Action Park. A place where you control the action. A place where you could risk life and limb for the sake of excitement. It was not just a park, but in many ways, an experiment—what are people willing to do for their own amusement? What do they do when they have no rules? And what do people do when confronted with danger? Gene Mulvihill, a finance guru, answered those questions—whether he wanted to or not.

Nyck von Boosten is a young creative writer from Maryland who specializes in writing about the macabre and the dark underbelly of life. He also loves to write about machines, especially ones that go fast.