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In a post-apocalyptic future, a woman in prison awaits her punishment, where she will be cast out of her community and into the mysterious world above. Though she is sure the process will kill her, when her mother reminds her of the prophecy that her people will reunite with survivors in the world above, she begins to feel a glimmer of hope.

In a future where "Precogs" predict crimes before they happen, allowing for preemptive arrests, the head of the Precrime Division finds himself slated for a future crime and must grapple with issues of fate, free will, and the system he's upheld.

In a dystopic future on Earth, as a woman comes home from vacation, she hears about a continent emerging from the sea as old ones sink, and returns to find her husband released from Rehabilitation Camp. He and his fellow researchers discover how to make a “sun tap” to channel the sun’s energy into power, but then he is again forced away by the government, into a hospital.

In a futuristic utopia where equality and nonconformity are celebrated, the social bliss is complicated when criminals attempt to access the society’s dark past.

In a faraway future, humans have sunk to the bottom of the food chain, with animals leading society and taking charge of the world. Despite animals' hatred for humans, a smart, observant horse becomes interested in a strange human girl, one who doesn't seem to fit in with her group.

Aboard a human city ship headed for Proxima b, shadows begin to haunt the sleeping passengers. An engineer commits suicide, and a psychotherapist finds that these apparitions feed on human guilt. The only way to survive is to master and confront the mounds of guilt that each human passenger carries inside herself.

A man who goes through life with visions of people from other time periods must answer the question of his purpose with only a cryptic computer printout to guide him.

When a boy is lost in the darkness of a mine, a man resolves to confront his own worst nightmares.

A man and his elderly, mentally-ill mother battle for control of their home's thermostat in a future climate of extremely high temperatures year-round.

In a society where dreams are taboo, one man who has recurring dreams tries to find a place where he will fit in. He attends a therapy group, but there is something eerie about this bunch of people and Solar soon disappears.