Vignettes of a number of relationships, most of them troubled, are glimpsed through the descriptions of creatures in this bestiary of the imaginary.

When seeds fall from the sky and cause human beings to transform into animals, two people try to understand how they met.

When a sick, human-eating reptile knocks on a man's front door, the man must reconcile his fear with his desire to help the creature.

When a St. Louis health surveillance drone is without purpose due to CDC budget cuts, it finds new friendships in a flock of crows and a human scientist, and beings to work with them to combat the outbreak of disease.

All across the contemporary world, space whales are falling from the sky. They seem to be trying to deliver a message to the Earth — but as an American grassroots movement attempts to communicate with these creatures, it will face challenges from the government as well as the possible dangers of interacting with these interstellar beings.

After his dog falls ill, a socially awkward middle-aged man struggles to navigate his day-to-day life without her.

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

An alien race uses humans to host their parasitic offspring. After a human boy witnesses the birth of these parasites, he is horrified by the symbiotic agreement and realizes why the alien has nourished him so much better than his siblings all his life.

Animal whisperer Kerry, terrified of water, reluctantly accepts Homeland Security's request that she fly to an island prison and attempt communication with their captives, a horde of proto-human sea creatures.

Creatures of the animal kingdom bicker for their place on the throne in a post-apocalyptic world void of the human race, but soon realize they're slowing transforming into their old human masters. When mankind disappears from the face of the Earth, creatures of the animal kingdom gather to discuss who will replace them on the throne. But soon, the animals realize they're slowly adopting human traits.