A catalog of the tools different alien species use to read and write, leading to fundamental questions about what it means to make patterns of knowledge against the noise of the universe.

A complex web of human relationships is presented in the form of an algebraic expression.

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

A woman, living with her husband, is overcome with a strange, inexplicable ailment to her body.

A woman embarks on a treacherous, snowy journey to help her friend.

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

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