Finally at peace after decades of war, the telepathic people of Gaant and the people of Enith can coexist, including a Gaantish military officer and an Enithi nurse. The two had become unlikely friends after being one another's prisoners during the war; they'd bonded over chess, and can now finish their game in peace.

The ex-wife of a famous male writer considers a story he wrote about a neighbor they once had.

A woman embarks on a treacherous, snowy journey to help her friend.

At the root of her complicated family formed by her father and stepmother, a girl faces years of abuse through what they consider to be a “royal beating.”

Years after facing abuse from the hermit overseeing a nature preserve, two children—now adults—enact their revenge.

A daughter, on the verge of becoming a mother, learns a great deal in spending time with her own mother.