When a strange boy arrives in her small town of Little Nova to live with the local Hmong shaman, a young girl thinks she might finally have a friend to confide in. After the boy gets a mysterious illness and other inexplicable things start to happen around them, the girl isn't so sure the stories she was told as a child are just stories after all.

A woman moves into a new housing development at the insistence of her married lover but finds herself bitter and unhappy with the life she is living. Things begin to fall apart after the death of her lover's son, leaving her alone to face the consequences of her immoral love affair and an ancient curse.

In an effort to uncover the truth about their great-great grandfather, a brother and sister in Iowa explore their grandfather's memories and the memories of others in his generation.

Margaret and Grandfather Nanapush, two Chippewa elders, are captured and shamed by younger reservation inhabitants for their refusal to sign a controversial treaty. Nanapush and Margaret’s stepdaughter Fleur enact revenge through snares and old magic, respectively.

A young mother in the rural Northeast writes magical children's books based on her daughter's adventures. Years later, the mother dies, and her daughter returns to her childhood house to find out whether or not the magical world she played in as a child really exists.

A Native American woman reminisces on the story her great-grandfather would tell about running away with her great-grandmother. The woman draws parallels between the story and her own first love.

A scrivener sends his three daughters one-by-one into the forest in search of a witch who can make them into talented authors. Each of the girls finds something unexpected in the forest instead.

A lineage of women born of the First Mother who escaped slavery survive in a swamp for several generations until some of the women begin to consider life outside the swamp.

A young girl stays with a bizarre family that has magical powers. As strange things happen to the family members, the girl starts to believe that the family lineage will die out.

While college student Isobelle is staying with her Congolese immigrant uncle over summer break, she hears strange sounds coming from the room that used to belong to her now missing cousin. Behind that door lie a rotting corpse, a vengeful spirit, and dark family secrets Isobelle’s uncle thought he left behind in Congo.