When confronted by the king, the lives of two girls forever change.

Two elderly sisters who have lived in near isolation finally leave their house and enter society after one sister is tricked by the king of their medieval kingdom into leaving their secluded palace. The king transforms one sister into a beautiful young woman, but the process goes terribly wrong when he attempts to beautify the other sister as well. As both sisters are tortured and ridiculed by the townspeople for the way that they look, they quickly regret their decision to ever leave the safety of their home and fall into despair at their equally botched transformations.

A young kitchen maid working in a castle in the mountains believes a woman seeking refuge one late night is a disguised princess. But as she helps the supposed princess head to the ball to meet her prince, the young maid will need to reckon with the possibility that this is not quite the fairytale she believes it to be.

In the near future, people are born with the ability to shape shift, and those with the ability quickly rise to fame in the modeling industry. One model sees injustice directed toward her black peers and devises a plan to showcase black beauty at the biggest event of the year, Fashion Week.

A King receives refuses to listen to claims from his barons and other powerful members of his kingdom that his thirty-three daughters are wicked, for they are clever and outspoken, and they work hard to elevate the status of women and the poor, acts which the barons find threatening. When the barons kidnap all thirty-three daughters, the kind but dimwitted king must figure out how to rescue them.

Monica and Di, a teenage mother and a unique child, become targets of Monica's parents and protesters all over the world who demand that child like Di be eradicated.

Three girls in three different worlds, ranging from New York City to a fantasy kingdom, all grow diamonds in their bodies when they are sad, and each is exploited for this in a different way. As they grow older, this ability determines the shape and outcome of their lives.

A princess prophecied to bring about the downfall of her father, the king, must endure years of hardship and risk everything to be with her one true love.

On a planet far from Earth where people move so that they can change their bodies, discrimination against genetically engineered individuals pushes a woman to reexamine an old friendship and her dream of being a mother.

As a teenage girl stumbles upon a mysterious portal leading her to a utopian, magical world, her storyline converges with that of the author—a middle-aged, married mother of two who has come out as asexual to her husband—leading both to a reckoning with their unfulfilling romantic relationships and deepest desires.