An assassin begins to question the king's authority after they are forced to kill someone innocent. The assassin must decide if they will still protect the king, who is their brother, against a legendary murderer of royal figures.

A Confederate officer begrudgingly fights in the American Civil War until his disastrous last battle helps seal the fate of the war for good. After the war, he constantly repents for his critical mistakes until, decades later, he comes to a shocking revelation about the fateful battle.

Searching for a muse to inspire a novel he is attempting to write, an author in San Francisco finds his passions ignited by something much more sinister.

As she walks alongside the Hudson River with her friend, a woman excitedly explains her intricate vision of what would give her happiness.

After the suicide of his elderly and famous brother, an auto parts salesman recounts his brother's life and details his willingness to hurt everyone who loved him in the name of art.

An overly sympathetic woman never allows herself room for hatred— even as her suffocating boss stalks and harasses her.

In the depths of his mind, a writer tries to uncover the autonomous, nefarious motivations of his own characters.

A woman dealing with conflicting emotions resorts to deliberately putting herself in danger to learn to value the life she's been given - but these unorthodox methods leave her more desperate than ever.

A teenage servant girl observes as the death of a disguised aristocratic young woman causes her English estate's young heir to emotionally spiral. His subsequent illicit tryst with a mysterious woman leads to another deadly scandal.

An accomplished but ineffectual columnist searches for fulfillment, until a death in the family causes him to question the family he took for granted.