“Curly Red”
Lili Rose returns home after having been banished from the family. She was punished for “ratting” on her older brothers who had killed a black teenager. The woman is taken aback by the changes in her family. Her father – a local celebrity who was workers’ leader, an amateur boxer, and an activist – dies slowly. The woman tries to restore a broken relationship with her family.
“In hiding”
A poet starts a correspondence with an amateur poet. Later on, their exchange of letters develops into a rather strange relationship.
“I’m not your son, I am no one you know”
Two brothers – Vince and Norm – visit their father in a nursing home care.
“Aiding and Abetting”
A man named Steven advices his wife’s brother to commit suicide.
“Fugitive”
A white woman tells a story of her black husband’s relationship with his family.
“Me & Wolfie”
A boy tells his and his mother’s story whilst traveling.
“The Girl with the Blackened Eye”
A woman recollects a story of her kidnapping. She spent several days full of terror, violence, and pain in a house of a rapist who didn’t only violated her but also killed another victim almost in front of her.
“Cumberland Breakdown”
A girl and her brother plot revenge against a family of drunks after their father was killed in a fire, trying to rescue them.
“Upholstery”
A woman visits her sister and recollects a rather strange story from her teen years in which she was almost raped by a man she considered her friend.
“Happiness”
Nedra, and her sister tell a story of mysterious crime. Unlike her sister, Nedra saw two corpses on the floor, blood and brains everywhere, and that affected her deeply.
“Fire”
A woman and her brother visit their father’s old house after he was killed in a fire.
“The Instructor”
After taking up a teaching position in a college, a woman meets a mysterious student whose first composition both shocks and intrigues her.
“The skull: a love story”
A pathologist examines the remains, trying to figure out the dead man’s story.
“The death: An Elegy”
A brother and a sister meet to visit the place where their mother was killed by their father. They start quarreling which that leads to a tragedy, the pair repeats their parents’ scenario.
“Jorie (& Jamie): A Deposition”
A woman recollects her twin sister’s story who has been diagnosed with a mental disease. Jorie had been tormenting her siblings for years.
“Mrs. Halifax and Rickie Swann: A Ballad”
A story of forbidden love between a teacher and a student.
“Three girls”
Three young girls meet a movie star – Marilyn Monroe – in a book shop and decide to protect her.
“The mutants”
After seeing an attack, a young woman hurries up home where she transforms into something more powerful.
