Aliens land in an 1890 south Texas town and attack, leaving the town's sherif no choice but to motivate the townspeople to defend their home.

In modern-day Texas, a teenage boy navigates a world in which teens can take out virtual loans on a whim, big corporations sponsor everything from housing to church services, and consumerism runs rampant. As high school graduation approaches, he grows apart from his girlfriend and family — and becomes increasingly attached to an unsponsored, unbranded, humble little church.

A Wyoming native unsuccessfully jumps between jobs over his lifetime to support his large family. Through bankruptcy and loss, he perseveres and continues to look forward to his next venture.

Two sisters host an environmental activist who is conspiring with one of the sister’s husbands to unlawfully destroy ranch property and free cattle in Wyoming.

On the 4th of July, a small Texas diner receives new customers from all over the nation. One family arrives to the small town in search for an old war buddy, Bill, who offered the husband a job, but the townspeople insist that Bill's work is not accepting any new workers.

A twelve-year-old living in Texas is diagnosed with tuberculosis and goes to a tanning salon.

A former Texas Ranger, now in his late 60s, now works as a PI and serves subpoenas on the side. One day, he finds himself accidentally entangled in a brutal murder in a small Texan town and does his best to bring the murderer to justice.

A judge in Texas tries to get the signature of an undocumented Mexican immigrant, who goes to great lengths to avoid doing so due to his fear of the American legal system.

A fourteen-year-old farming girl is set to marry her twenty-year-old Air Force boyfriend next week. Her father disapproves and tries to convince her not to go while they shelter from a storm.

When an ambiguous small US town must welcome recently-landed aliens into the mix, the townspeople experience a range of emotions: sexual attraction, curiosity, disgust, sympathy, ambivalence.