A family begins a new life in a college town where the father will coach the college's JV football team.

After several months of too-quiet work at his first job in Tennessee, a young man finds himself inches from unexpected violence.

In this modern retelling of the Faust legend, an American baseball player stuck in the minor leagues spends years of his life striving for a .368 lifetime batting average. A series of bets with his manager brings his bargain -- and the meaning of his career -- to the fore.

An elderly, childless, former soccer player watches a team of young girls play against a team that appears much older and stronger. He allows himself to be invested in the game, rooting for the underdogs, as he yearns for his past All-American title and for a child.

A man in charge of the instructors who teach English is proud of his college's football team. However, when one of the football players can't play because of a failing grade in an English class, the man tries to convince the professor to change the footballer's grade.

The laborers at a gas plant use all means to evade company rules and withdraw their money as they please.

In an epistolary-like work, a father must choose between a job he loves and his relationship with his son.

A jobless father attempts his best to care for his family, but when he begins to take his young son to play games and music at pubs, the son develops a destructive habit.

A teenage boy unexpectedly discovers a love for chess and sets out to make a name for himself, only to hit the ceiling between passion and genius.

As a member of the defense industry, a man recalls his memories throughout his work life. He encounters a former management and realizes how he and his employees are part of the greater picture in the world.