A woman reflects on her time in the Bay Area—and the two women she knew from there.

A writer is drawn into a dangerous love triangle with a haunting, immortal spirit in contemporary San Francisco.

A man moving to San Francisco finds himself dragged into conversation with his neighbor on the plane, a woman who is fleeing New Jersey after her affair with her sister's husband.

A couple of Angelenos realize in the middle of the night that the world is ending, decide to enjoy their last night together.

A young adolescent gang leader steals a flashlight, which helps him find a new way to see the gang activity in his city.

A man, uprooting from his life in San Fransisco, takes on a rider on his long drive towards Denver, but finds they don't get along.

In an apocalyptic future where Earth has been ravaged, a lonely man studies the stars until, one day, they come to him.

A young and pristinely beautiful woman in San Francisco lives a loose and carefree lifestyle, financially supported by a married man. When tells her that she needs to sober up, she resists, and disaster ensues.

In a dance hall in San Fransisco, a young man is confronted by a massive older sailor who wishes to win over one of the dancing girls. When the dancer rejects the sailor yet again, the young man recognizes her power over the sailor and daydreams about his own romantic fantasies.

A man recounts his life experience in New York, covering the various people near and dear to him, as well as the growth of the city itself.