The Runner's Ball is an annual event in which the Runners of the city would attend in peace. No weapons of any kind are allowed to ensure peace. However, Erin's past comes with a vengeance when her friend-turned-enemy comes to the ball ready for her blood.

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.”

A mother, her two children, and their stepfather come over to a friend’s for a dinner on Labor Day.

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

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

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