On the campus of Pembleton College, a fierce debate arises. Should the student body mandate calliagnosia, a neurological imposition that prevents one from seeing and evaluating the beauty of others? Hear what students, professors, lobbyists, and others have to say regarding the matter right before the consequential vote.

A writing critic reviews the construction of Charles Chesnutt’s stories and how to write surfiction.

In Michigan, a recently divorced professor reflects on what it means to exist, first alone in his empty apartment and then alongside his student in a mission to find a missing girl.

When his social-outcast, chess buddy from high school becomes obsessed with neuroscience research to find a way to eliminate distracting side-thoughts, a man finds himself exposed to a mysterious infection that will doom his wife and himself to

In a near-future where people use a number of implants to enhance their bodies, a detective grieving the loss of her daughter hunts a serial killer who cuts recording implants out of sex workers' retina and uses the footage on them to blackmail high-ranking officials.

A husband signs up to have his wife's eyes inserted after her death, only to find that the world from her perspective is unbearable to him.

In a future where technology has advanced to the point where humans can undergo "optimization" to rid themselves of emotions and increase their mental functions, one man decides to cling to his humanity in an effort to atone for his sins and appreciate the beauty of being human.

Anxious ahead of an important lecture, a psychology professor blows up after finding a photo of his wife's ex-husband.