One day, a coach figures out how to get his high school football team into shape—and in touch with their fathers.

The characters found in jokes are forced to act out the jokes every time they are told.

A father contemplates whether he should kiss his son on the lips when saying good night.

A boy rides along in his father's truck, but when he breaks his father's only rule—don't touch anything—by turning on the radio, he hears another trucker threatening the safety of his father.

A son tells a series of stories, most of them about his father and stepfather. As the son describes a robbery that took place at his house in high school and his experiences with his father, a former Jehovah's Witness and current alcoholic, he begins to recall details from his childhood.

A father has an increasingly difficult time getting his son ready in the morning and notices that all the young kids around the neighborhood are acting strange. When his son becomes violent, the father must decide if it is really his son anymore.

On a whim, a man decides to cancel his children's music lessons and take them out for a day, hoping for quiet fun and an opportunity to learn more about their lives.

An adult male's father randomly acquires the habit of thumb sucking. When his father later invites him to attend a social gathering, he is horrified as he witnesses the guests' inexplicable, taboo activities.

In an epistolary-like work, a father must choose between a job he loves and his relationship with his son.

A man reflects on his complicated summers with his father.