Humanity has eliminated all plants and animals in a futuristic world that isn't meant for human consumption. One man refuses to kill his pet animals and plants, and the government tries to convince him to comply.

Professor gives a talk about the human appetite for death

In the distant future, a female steward aboard a ship traveling through space attempts to save the lives of the crew members who ostracized her.

In a world where immortality has become the norm for humans, two men attempt to introduce an old-fashioned tribe to eternal life.

In the midst of an interplanetary war, two women meet an alien who is hoping to retrieve the body of his dead brother, whom he honors by consuming his remains.

A creature driven to extinction by human violence tries to survive and exact vengeance for his fallen people.

Three myths from human groups on other planets describe the origin of humanity, and the necessity of respecting nature.

In a future where death is volunteered and the population is controlled, a soon-to-be father waits for his triplets to be born—and he must find three volunteers to die in order for them to live.

In an alternate world, a hermit staves off death by jumping from body to body. He is one of the last of his kind.

In a patriarchal village threatened by demons, Asvi, a widow, takes the sacrificial place of a widowed mother who is too poor to evade becoming a female offering.