A successful gentleman whose ventures have recently failed goes on a miserable quest to find a seam of ore, following a questionable character who claims to have found it.

A group of working class people run a dangerous path toward a promised Elysium, and those who survive are rewarded with nothing they can appreciate or comprehend.

A man in pursuit of gold comes to learn how an obsession with wealth can tear away all your meaningful connections.

When a programmer creates a new type of empathy-based cryptocurrency that disrupts the workings of a charity run by her old roomate, the two are drawn into conflict over rationality, morality and justice.

A wealthy woman's ploy to flaunt her wealth is foiled by her old friend's seeming indifference to opulence - until they part, and the friend asks for money. The afternoon is ruined when the woman realizes that her obsession with money has ruined her outlook on life.

An older man goes off on a quest through the desert to find a fortune despite there seeming to be no hope.

A man tricks a salesman into chasing buried treasure in order to purchase a new machine he wants.

A humble cambist's life is upended when a local noble decides to use him for party tricks.

A Scottish Foreign Scholar tries to help the beggars he encounters at his university in India, but finds his outlook on life greatly changed by the sincerity of those he once looked down upon.

A narcissistic cattle trader experiences the fall that inevitably accompanies pride.