At a monk retreat, a guilty pharmacist tries to reclaim his attention span—and take accountability for what he has done.

A restless night of hunger leads a man in Tokyo to tell his wife about a robbery he committed ten years ago at a bakery.

When a Chicago man decides to add Pet Milk to his coffee, the old-fashioned dairy product stirs up memories of his polka-loving grandmother and his beautiful college girlfriend.

A city employs people to act strangely to order to make others feel normal.

A woman who is not content with life and fears staying in one place works as a traveling writer, recording her thoughts and interactions on tape recorders and finding different lovers in each place she visits.

A young man is working at a hotel resort during quarantine-era Covid. When a quirky couple comes to stay, his service to them makes him reconsider why he’s making the lifestyle choices he is and what the point is of self-restraint.

A merchant in Austria tells stories to customers about the former Emperor during the Great War and their unlikely friendship — one that he feels impacted the trajectory of the entire Austro-Hungarian Empire.

An older woman and self-proclaimed loner is forced to engage with others at her accounting job after she is pushed to socialize by her managers. This, as well as her invasive obsession with the young woman next door, leads her into uncomfortable self-reflection and new experiences.

A couple, an older man with a young wife, traverse a typical day, dealing with their respective mental health issues atop long-standing marital tensions.

In the depths of his mind, a writer tries to uncover the autonomous, nefarious motivations of his own characters.