A writer struggles to craft a story and begins to lose his own sanity when an idea finally comes to him.

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 man recalls his intimate friendship with his former English professor, who resolved to fuel his unsatisfied desire for playwriting during the time they were apart. In their reunion decades later, instead of the brilliant play he promised, the professor shows his former student a disturbing product of his mental instability.

Lost in her fantasy, 6-year old Elvy becomes devastated when she believes her imaginary husband has died. Her family strives to convince her otherwise.

In Bulgaria, two men who met online play submissive and dominant roles in an innitially-consensual sexual encounter that turns into a violent assault.

A storyteller captivates a group of tourists at Comic Con with a series of stories within stories about a trickster, sorcerer, and otherworldly queen.

A teacher on the Lower East side meets a friendly man with a presence resembling a dead English poet.

A young girl works to impress her highly critical parents and submits to a terrible fate as she struggles to meet their impossible standards.

A commonplace English village begins to observe the offbeat behavior of Magpies which becomes increasingly more disquieting.

A high school English teacher copes with his disappointing reality by imagining a secret life for himself at a distinguished university campus - but he is shocked and furious when one of the students that he looks down upon has a similar method of escapism.