When an upstart young man dreams of bigger things than his job at the local mine, he finds his connection between his father and his best friend in peril.

Through three tales of impossible machines with abilities to manipulate the physical world, travel through time and space, and bestow telepathy onto an entire community, candidates of an engineering exam in the far future are asked to ponder fantastical implications of technology.

A typical nice-guy colleague with a toxically positive attitude delivers an exhortation to his colleagues about eliminating self-doubt so as to increase work performance.

A young girl decides to run away with her best friend to a strange city only known in stories with the help of her talking dog after he loses everything in a world where success is scored to determine social status. But can they actually escape the controlling society they're running from?

Passengers remain on a bus that may never reach its destination.

A creative writing teacher sits through a conference with one his favorite students. He takes us on a journey through the characters in the story, and in his life.

Two rich, arrogant men working in tech find themselves climbing Mount Everest. But as the dangers of the mountain, both natural and supernatural, encroach they must fight to survive.

A middle-aged man attends a self-help seminar in hopes of finding the resolve to confront his quirky and off-putting sister and ask her to move out of his home.

In a future where technology has advanced to the point where humans can undergo "optimization" to rid themselves of emotions and increase their mental functions, one man decides to cling to his humanity in an effort to atone for his sins and appreciate the beauty of being human.

A mathematic equation is developed that has the ability to solve the issues in human's lives, but those who can use the equation to help others must first learn to deal with their own lives.