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

In a world where there is no smell, taste, pain, death, or digestion, the people are left hungering for one thing: love.

Vignettes of a number of relationships, most of them troubled, are glimpsed through the descriptions of creatures in this bestiary of the imaginary.

A man tries to determine the cost of a passionate but brief love affair, and his calculations lead him to a solemn but hopeful realization.

Following a messy breakup, an MIT graduate and a PhD student at Indiana University separately talk about the problems in their former relationship in two spliced-together conversations, exploring conflicts surrounding language, intimacy, commitment, and intellectualism.

A man who unknowingly talks to himself wonders why a woman who is satisfied with her marriage is having an affair with him.

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

When a friend's wedding forces her to reunite with both a past flame and her former abuser, a young woman must confront some old wounds.

A woman travels to see her lover after 6-months of silence. Though she would wish to be in a committed relationship with him, she comes to realize it is not possible and lets him go.

A humanoid immortal figure lives through the years following the death of her friend. As she watches the last of her friend's lineage die after 600 years, she reflects on the nature of her relationship with the friend.