In civil war-stricken Burundi of 1994, a divorced expatriate posing as a blindfolded chess grandmaster meets another imposter pulling off the same con as him.

A teenage boy unexpectedly discovers a love for chess and sets out to make a name for himself, only to hit the ceiling between passion and genius.

Finally at peace after decades of war, the telepathic people of Gaant and the people of Enith can coexist, including a Gaantish military officer and an Enithi nurse. The two had become unlikely friends after being one another's prisoners during the war; they'd bonded over chess, and can now finish their game in peace.

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

A man attempts to find his way back to his city—but it's not the way it was.

On the day of the J'ouvert festival, a spirit contends with and contemplates human nature.

Two men who retreat underwater during war become the stuff of legend in the town surrounding their river.

On the day of that girls become mermaids, one girl in particular finally figures out why she's so different from the rest.

Three boys, discriminated against at their boarding school, find a consequential way to commune with the boarding school's founder.