Some time in the near future, people begin mysteriously disappearing near a dangerously polluted river in Detroit. As these instances continue to occur, a local middle-aged woman begins to question whether the water itself may be to blame.

On a business trip to Detroit, a naïve Swede catches feelings for a woman during a one-night stand, but her involvement with a cult prevents any potential future between them.

Compiling notes for an English essay, a sixteen-year-old girl recounts her middle-class upbringing, kleptomania, and eventual coercion into prostitution and assisting with drug use. After she suffers violence and abuse, she is eventually rescued — but the experience traumatizes her.

Present day New York City has grown and aged to the extent that it must be “birthed” with the help of an avatar, as all great cities of the past have been. A Black man leads the city through this transformation, fighting against an ancient enemy who would otherwise have it vanquished.

A Black woman recently moved to Michigan's desolate, unfriendly Upper Peninsula to pursue a post-doc takes comfort in an unlikely relationship.

In an ethereal city located between the world of the living and the afterlife, residents grapple with the effects of a deadly pandemic on Earth— and the mass disappearance of souls from their transitory world.

A man travels around Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, in a trio of crooks. He and the woman he is in love with ditch the leader of the group.

A man recounts his life experience in New York, covering the various people near and dear to him, as well as the growth of the city itself.

When a young Black woman shows up at her crazy dead aunt's apartment in New York City with her on-again, off-again boyfriend, she finds none of the money she'd been hoping to inherit. Instead, in a hidden treasure chest, they discover a dead body, a shotgun, and a machete, sealed with a tempting offer from the Devil. The couple takes the deal and, hungry for blood, sets off to wreak havoc on the blue suits that have violently policed their communities for so long.

"Zimmer Land" is a theme park that lets adults explore themes of justice and crisis management through live role-playing simulations, such as foiling a terrorist plot to bomb a train. A young black employee of the park begins to think something is amiss when some of the patrons come back again and again just to "kill" him.