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

Set in ancient Asia, two lovers conspire against their powerful leaders to avert a sure-to-be devastating war by mistranslating their correspondences.

A simulacron, who serves as a representative of an alien species, speaks with the US Secretary of Science about their wish to purchase the planet Jupiter. While the Secretary worries about stirring up conflict between the simulacron and another species, the simulacron assures him that no harm will come to Earth, and the two eventually reach an agreement.

Two men on opposites sides of a civil war wonder what they are fighting for as the flames of destruction spread across the country and alien forces are exposed.

A graduate student finds himself embroiled in a strange sort of psychological game after he agrees to write a paper for another well-off student.

Efforts to protect a great leader by creating doubles of him become increasingly drastic, and the true reality of the situation grows more and more unclear as the president is sheltered away in the name of protection and nationalism.

When a programmer creates a new type of empathy-based cryptocurrency that disrupts the workings of a charity run by her old roomate, the two are drawn into conflict over rationality, morality and justice.

When a successful economist and a financial consultant in happy marriages engage in an affair, they are forced to navigate through their complex motivations and desires, their incompatibility with each other, and the potential end to their relationship.