A teacher on the Lower East side meets a friendly man with a presence resembling a dead English poet.

A man meets two women on a train and is occupied by the talkative one, but enamored by the quiet one.

A man tells his assistant about his first marriage when they go on a business trip to Chicago after the company opens up a new branch in the building he used to live in with his first wife.

A son tells a series of stories, most of them about his father and stepfather. As the son describes a robbery that took place at his house in high school and his experiences with his father, a former Jehovah's Witness and current alcoholic, he begins to recall details from his childhood.

A group of friends realize they have been living vicariously through one of their friend's travel stories for their entire lives.

A middle-aged New York editor becomes entranced by a young female writer whose work he rejects. As they meet more and more frequently for coffee, the editor endlessly analyzes whether or not the young woman shares his interest in becoming more than friends.

A creative writing teacher sits through a conference with one his favorite students. He takes us on a journey through the characters in the story, and in his life.

While narrating a story, a woman suppresses some details while highlighting others, to expose the injustice she witnesses in her neighbor's irresponsible behavior.

A writer struggles to craft a story and begins to lose his own sanity when an idea finally comes to him.

A nameless person tells a story of when they had an intimate conversation over dinner with a former schoolmate whom they idealized.