A husband and wife have a bizarre conversation as they grapple with the reality of leaving each other.

A man walks with a writer around London who tells him about the novel he wrote that was lost which can never be matched in beauty by any other.

Two men from the same small town share stories about a pivotal moment from their past, revealing a decades-old coincidence that explains their drastically different paths.

Six days after getting married, a man discovers that his wife has stolen money from their family and friends, leading him to reflect on many other strange behaviors of hers. He ultimately decides that he will stay and spend his life taking the blame for her and smoothing over her mistakes.

A man recalls his intimate friendship with his former English professor, who resolved to fuel his unsatisfied desire for playwriting during the time they were apart. In their reunion decades later, instead of the brilliant play he promised, the professor shows his former student a disturbing product of his mental instability.

A young gay man attends the wedding of an ex-hookup, and suspects the ex has a fetish for Koreans.

A professor conceives a plan with a magician where he can be transported into the world of fictional characters. He tries to have an affair with Emma from Madame Bovary, but when he brings her into New York, things go awry.

While attempting to convince an older man that his son has not gone to the devil, a professor engages in discussion about the shape of the earth.

A woman on a grand jury hears the case of an older woman who was brutally raped by one of her former students. She attempts to understand the different ways the story disturbs her.

A man trying to find meaning in life has an affair with a girl. He struggles with whether he should tell his wife.