A schoolboard debates the merits of history—and how to remember it.

In a futuristic society in which free speech is illegal without a license, a man works to get his license by having strange and touching conversations with a bizarre cast of characters.

In a dystopian society in the Archipelago, a select group of people are trusted with memories from history, and they serve the ruling council as advisors. When one of the councilman disagrees with the advisors' most recent decision, he makes it his mission to put a stop to their influence by any means necessary.

A maid, silently and in thought alone, contemplates her own position in a house full of opulent, decadent lives.

A daughter, on the verge of becoming a mother, learns a great deal in spending time with her own mother.

At the root of her complicated family formed by her father and stepmother, a girl faces years of abuse through what they consider to be a “royal beating.”

Years after facing abuse from the hermit overseeing a nature preserve, two children—now adults—enact their revenge.

The ex-wife of a famous male writer considers a story he wrote about a neighbor they once had.