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An assassin begins to question the king's authority after they are forced to kill someone innocent. The assassin must decide if they will still protect the king, who is their brother, against a legendary murderer of royal figures.

In a Wonderland where Alice is now the Red Queen, her maid walks a dangerous line between absolute loyalty and treason to the crown.

A person driven mad by a voice in their head tries everything to stop it, but the voice is quite persistent.

A man recalls his intimate friendship with his former English professor, who resolved to fuel his unsatisfied desire for playwriting during the time they were apart. In their reunion decades later, instead of the brilliant play he promised, the professor shows his former student a disturbing product of his mental instability.

In a near future world, a famous computerized drama director is pushed beyond his artistic limits when a random science fiction writer asks him to adapt his novel for the digital stage—for the alluring incentive of real gold payment.

A minorly successful writer allows his insecurities to drive him to dramatic actions.

The tyrannical Traitor King employs a baker that creates pastries which trigger memories. The baker's wife serves as the royal taster for this same king who tortured and hung her sister.

In discussing the altercations witnessed over the course of the day, Stephen Elwin and his family grapple with question of whether the downtrodden and those burdened by prejudice are nonetheless responsible for their own breeding and behavior. Elwin’s earnest and idealistic daughter Margaret valiantly defends their maid, who happens to be Black and also named Margaret, until she witnesses 'the other Margaret' breaking a piece of artwork.

A group of high-class Polish Jews raucously enjoy a stunning rendition of Macbeth until German police descend upon them.

A man suddenly realizes that he hates his wife, and resolves to free himself.