Two men have been locked underground somewhere in Utah, Montana, or Idaho with instructions to wait for a monitor's signal then each turn a key in a lock simultaneously to fire a "bird" at an unknown target city. They also have guns and instructions to shoot the other if the other behaves strangely.

A Black teenage boy in Illinois becomes obsessed with the idea of owning a gun–until he realizes that with the gun comes a level of adult responsibility he isn’t ready to assume.

After being grazed by the bullet of a stalker's rifle, a man questions why everyone in town acts so calmly about the incident and wishes he had gotten shot properly.

A elementary school gym teacher must think quickly when he and his students hear a gunshot from within the school.

Upon seeing the image of his friend shot dead in the newspaper, a man reflects on their childhood experience with police corruption and criminals to understand the moment his friend turned to a life of crime.

Several men become involved in a suspicious gambling ring where secret messages are being anonymously sent out about the race's winners. When one of the men suspects another of cheating, he sends someone to kill him, but the hitman struggles to complete the job as he becomes distracted by drugs and various women.

When a pair of hitmen enter a saloon looking for their latest victim, the saloon’s staff and customers must find a way to prevent a murder from taking place.

Back in his teenage days, a boy encountered a man with a plan to murder his cheating wife and her lover. Now an old man, he replays the incident in his mind with alternate endings.

When an English teacher learns a former student has gone on a shooting spree, she finds the story he wrote in her class, and begins to wonder if she should have seen the signs of what was to come.

Two layabouts