A man trying to find meaning in life has an affair with a girl. He struggles with whether he should tell his wife.

While narrating a story, a woman suppresses some details while highlighting others, to expose the injustice she witnesses in her neighbor's irresponsible behavior.

A father tells his twenty-year-old son how he was married suddenly to his son's mother at a young age.

A nameless person tells a story of when they had an intimate conversation over dinner with a former schoolmate whom they idealized.

A man walks with a writer around London who tells him about the novel he wrote that was lost which can never be matched in beauty by any other.

A chance encounter with an old ex-girlfriend causes a man to remember his past relationship with her and with his cousin, who immigrated from Korea to America to live with his family as a small child. Though she died in a motorcycle accident years ago, when his ex-girlfriend asks how she's doing he lies, creating the life she never had in his imagination.

A writer is shocked when his retired father begins to publish stories. The man struggles to admit that his father is a talented writer, especially since the stories are based on events from the man's childhood.

On a cold night in Indianapolis, a chance meeting brings two lonely divorcees together. For the night, they pretend to be a happy couple, hoping to work through the problems of their past relationships, grasping for some kind of genuine human connection.

A woman confronts her boyfriend about suspicious behavior involving another woman and discovers that she cannot trust anything he says.

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.