Two men at the barbecue try to outdance each other with the funkiest stunts, but one move turns the whole party into catastrophe.

In downtown Houston, a teenage boy hustles for an older pimp and navigates an increasingly intimate relationship with one of his clients. He also keeps the pimp’s HIV diagnosis a secret from the rest of their crew.

In desperate times, a couple considers a risky gig to make money.

An art curator in Seattle leaves his wife for a goth mom he met through an online BDSM community and has been having an affair with for three years. He remains hesitant to be public about his relationship, which he worries would jeopardize his career. On a trip to KinkFest, the couple visits his cousin, and the different spheres of his life collide.

Al Roosten, a local business owner always second-best to his competitor, Larry Donfrey, contemplates returning to an anti-drug charity event to ensure that Donfrey is able to help his disabled daughter.

A car dealer’s deal with a drug dealer goes horribly wrong.

In the suburbs of LA, a brother-sister duo hope to reach fame through appropriating Black hip hop culture. While at first successful, a series of missteps cause them to confront the tensions between their Asian identity and the Black people they seek to emulate.

One of the few Asians at her startup, Yumi, struggles to say no to her white female coworker, who takes advantage of her helpfulness and uses Yumi as her personal assistant. Yumi tries to engage a Black coworker, Martha, in her quest for workplace fairness and inclusivity, but finds that their situations are not so similar.

After an explosive argument with his father, a teenager runs away. His brother suspects he is staying with a friend in Brooklyn and goes to retrieve him.

In this excerpt from a longer piece of work, multiple characters' lives intersect near an interplanetary brothel.