On a road trip from Ann Arbor to Buffalo, a young man stops in Cleveland and meets a whole host of characters who, like the pseudonyms they've chosen, aren't quite what they seem.

A brother-in-law lives with a family, but his presence in the house slowly fades away.

A cursed man and others like him struggle to be accepted by their village, but as they maneuver to gain their community's favor, they discover something important about their condition which shifts their perspectives.

A trio of small people invade a man’s home and work spaces for a week, bringing non-functional TV sets in with them.

An author discusses with his friend the best way to write about a poor aunt. Their words take on a new power when he manifests a literal poor aunt on his back and draws in spectators.

During the buildup to the Cuban missile crisis, a sixth-grade boy in upstate New York accidentally interrupts a mechanical man from the future on a mysterious mission to prevent nuclear annihilation. The man entrusts this mission to the boy, who learns that to save the world he must kill a US Senator.

During the buildup to the Cuban missile crisis, a sixth-grade boy in upstate New York accidentally interrupts a mechanical man from the future on a mysterious mission to prevent nuclear annihilation. The man entrusts this mission to the boy, who learns that to save the world he must kill a US Senator.

When his cowriter of many years vanishes into thin air, a TV writer realizes he may not know his closest companion at all.

An ill man and disabled woman, both caught up in the business of a vicious mobster, reveal what had happened to them in the same cafe.

In 1980s Massachusetts, two high school friends investigate a mysterious neighbor who they believe is an infamous fugitive.