A successful gentleman whose ventures have recently failed goes on a miserable quest to find a seam of ore, following a questionable character who claims to have found it.

When a young man leaves his home in Kansas City to find a career, he struggles to settle down in one spot. He wanders, impoverished, across the western United States and finds a transcendent understanding of the human condition.

After being laid off from his job, a man struggles to find meaning in a utopian world where all of his basic needs are already met for him.

An unemployed man struggles to help an equally penniless, yet shockingly beautiful, young woman in her search for food and shelter.

A boy learns a lesson when he is recruited to help a blind man panhandle at an intersection.

A man working for a theater company puts out an ad for actors, which is answered by a throng of homeless men.

An elderly storeowner's quiet life is interrupted by a visit from a poor young man looking to sell a valuable item, which he claims has the power to bring happiness in desperate times.

A man in desperate need of a job follows a dingy tunnel to a mysterious door, where he is unexpectedly prompted for a password. He must answer a strange riddle to get to his job interview.

When his landlord tells him he must move out by the end of the month, a jobless, penniless young man has to find a way to start over while he navigates corruption all around him.

An imaginary Black servant on a turn-of-the-century plantation ends up permanently changing the owner's fortunes — despite being a figment of his imagination.