In a small American village, anticipation builds for an annual event dubbed "The Lottery," where villagers select a member of the community at random to suffer an irrational and inhumane fate.

In a future where "Precogs" predict crimes before they happen, allowing for preemptive arrests, the head of the Precrime Division finds himself slated for a future crime and must grapple with issues of fate, free will, and the system he's upheld.

A user tries to wrap her head around all the rules and regulations concerning simulation.

When a deadly infection strikes the world, a girl and her family must make and live through difficult choices.

When a former air force pilot’s friend goes missing for 32 days, he recalls a dangerous but tempting deal he was offered months ago and assumes the worst for his more gullible and perhaps unlucky friend.

A gambling miner faces a massive twist of fate when he must gamble for his own life.

After a husband and wife team up to use quantum physics to cheat a casino out of hundreds of thousands of dollars, they make a shady deal with the casino's owner to avoid jail time.

In a future where death is volunteered and the population is controlled, a soon-to-be father waits for his triplets to be born—and he must find three volunteers to die in order for them to live.

A patient landlady and her peculiar tenant share a curious financial relationship, resulting in an act of generosity that spells freedom for one and ruin for the other.

A city employs people to act strangely to order to make others feel normal.