A catalog of the tools different alien species use to read and write, leading to fundamental questions about what it means to make patterns of knowledge against the noise of the universe.

Everything all at once in word form.

After being recruited for a so-called neurological study, man meditates on the imaginary city he sees in his dreams.

A writing critic reviews the construction of Charles Chesnutt’s stories and how to write surfiction.

In a world plagued by a global pandemic, a doctor in a high-security laboratory helps a patient regain their strength and memories. Over time, the patient learns the shocking truth about their relationship with the doctor and the events that led them to their current condition.

In New York, a young woman goes to a dinner party with her boss’s friend. After a tense game of charades, too many drinks and a decision to spend the night, she wonders why people make the choices they do and if anyone else will remember them.

A linguist is called to investigate robots that seem to have created their own language.

As they hide from an enemy in their house, a woman and man argue about the nature of the enemy--whether it is human or weather-related.

When aliens land on a planet new to them, they find a population obsessed with a virtual reality and uninterested in the intense beauty of the natural world around them.

A man goes to the movies with his father-in-law and uses an assisted hearing device to listen in on the old man's thoughts, discovering that his father-in-law may be a murderer.