A brief but ill-fated spark flares between an earth-roaming Spacer and a local frelk.

A human and a giant millipede learn to overcome their differences as they flee a warzone together.

An Indian American woman wishes to reconnect with a childhood friend, but all does not go as planned.

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.

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

Two childhood best friends have trouble reconciling the nature of their friendship—and the different worlds they now live in—after having grown up together.

When a far-away planet requests the return of two fugitive queer extraterrestrials, a closeted man finds the empathy necessary to enable their escape.

Assuming that they were here to invade, mankind massacred the aliens whose ships landed on Earth. Now, the aliens and humans have an uneasy peace together. The aliens who landed on earth love to fly kites. One kite-maker sells them despite harassment from skinheads who hate the aliens and anyone who does business with them.

A group of friends realize they have been living vicariously through one of their friend's travel stories for their entire lives.

When Enn and Vic go to a party to try to talk to girls, they find themselves flirting with highly intelligent alien life forms.