A four-year-old Southern boy can read novels but has never spoken a word in his life. When he goes to his family's Fourth of July picnic, he must decide whether it is the appropriate moment to speak—or if there ever will be one.

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

When a mysterious new member joins a group of struggling authors, the friends discover that they may have a supernatural creature in their midst, who can grant a single author success above all the others—but at a cost.

A boy tries to bring his parents back, but at what cost?

The ex-wife of a famous male writer considers a story he wrote about a neighbor they once had.

A maid, silently and in thought alone, contemplates her own position in a house full of opulent, decadent lives.

A woman embarks on a treacherous, snowy journey to help her friend.

Years after facing abuse from the hermit overseeing a nature preserve, two children—now adults—enact their revenge.