In Iowa, a young Black man goes to a party where he meets a host of artist types who cause him to reflect on how people relate to each other.

A young gay man attends the wedding of an ex-hookup, and suspects the ex has a fetish for Koreans.

Over dinner, an observer reflects on mothers and their omnipresent prevalence in children’s lives.

A man wholeheartedly agrees with a columnist in a recent paper about creating an amendment to abolish same-sex marriage, however, he takes it one step further: he suggest they also abolish "samish-sex" relationships, wherein overly feminine men date overly masculine women.

A complex web of human relationships is presented in the form of an algebraic expression.

A young woman begins to work for an influencer, Seraphina, who she secretly hates. After vicious gossip about Serphina and the young woman pops up on anonymous message forums, the young woman must decide just how far she'd compromise herself for this job.

An author discusses with his friend the best way to write about a poor aunt. Their words take on a new power when he manifests a literal poor aunt on his back and draws in spectators.

A schoolboard debates the merits of history—and how to remember it.

When her older sister comes home for the summer, a girl contemplates girlhood and what it means to be a teenager.

In a futuristic utopia where equality and nonconformity are celebrated, the social bliss is complicated when criminals attempt to access the society’s dark past.