The asteroid work crews don't have much to do but tell tall tales to each other. One man tells a particularly riveting account of an expedition where he met a strange parasitic species that inhabits human bodies and barely escaped unscathed—or did he?

An older Indian man recounts his story of "alien" encounters on Mars during Saturday tea.

A middle-aged married couple ventures out on a tour of astronomically significant sites in Europe as a devastating event looms on their horizon.

Online, space ship storytellers discuss why they tell stories for a living—and how to do it right.

Caught between two dimensions of spacetime, a poet shares stories with two women in need of his narrative insight, all the while meditating on the meaning of stories and the intricacies of interpersonal connection.

A young alien scientist joins forces with other archaeologists to uncover the secrets of a race that died out many years ago.

In an apocalyptic future where Earth has been ravaged, a lonely man studies the stars until, one day, they come to him.

When a scientist discovers science-based information that negates his world's established creation myth and belief system, he sends the world into chaos, with some zealots clinging desperately to their dogma, while others attempt to embrace the unknown future.

An explorer tells the tale of his time on another planet before making a strange request.

Three myths from human groups on other planets describe the origin of humanity, and the necessity of respecting nature.