A young boy comes of age in front of a television screen playing monster movies in 1970s America.

In a world populated by monsters of various shapes and sizes, a small monster escapes from its hungry parent only to be feasted upon by other predatory creatures. When the small monster meets a friend that teaches it about the transformative power of art, it gives the monster confidence to finally fight back.

A boy finds a mysterious caterpillar-like creature in the forest one day. He brings it home and kills it to add to his wildlife collection, but becomes haunted by creatures he can no longer control.

A stint locked in the basement saves a young boy from unexpected danger. Living in his aunt's basement, a young boy imagines monsters coming to attack--until something much deadlier happens.

A teenage girl befriends a solitary bookworm who summers in her lakeside town, hoping he can help her learn about a lake monster she believes she saw. Over the course of a few summers, the two fall in love. The girl eventually learns the boy is the lake monster, granted human form for three months of the year.

When a series of mysterious deaths threaten a small town, two young boys discover that the culprit is even more terrifying than they had imagined.

A little girl tells the story of how her ceramic figurines come from glazing little people that live in the walls of all houses.

After seeing a horrifying creature in the forest surrounding their home, a husband and wife try to plan an escape, leaving their three terrified children hidden inside and anxiously awaiting their return.

A man recalls his childhood near the woods and the creature which lurked within it.

A twelve-year-old boy has grown up his entire life being taught how to restrain his mother, who experiences monstrous transformations that leave her unrecognizable. When his father gets trapped in a room intended to restrain the mother, the boy has to quickly mature, lest he lose both his parents.