In the depths of his mind, a writer tries to uncover the autonomous, nefarious motivations of his own characters.

When a mysterious new member joins a group of struggling authors, the friends discover that they may have a supernatural creature in their midst, who can grant a single author success above all the others—but at a cost.

A depressed, middle-aged San Francisco writer gives his artificially intelligent alter ego permission to assume his personality in public, resulting in an unexpected boom for the washed-up man.

A writer struggles to craft a story and begins to lose his own sanity when an idea finally comes to him.

After being recruited for a so-called neurological study, man meditates on the imaginary city he sees in his dreams.

Unable to sleep, a famous musician watches television and consults his friends and family in the middle of the night as a mystery torments him: who is the man calling his girlfriend and spreading lies about him, and what does he want?

In New York, a young woman befriends her quirky roommate, who is trying to make it as an actor. While she watches her roommate attempt to accomplish her dreams, the woman reflects on her own life’s direction and what possibilities (or lack of) lie ahead.

This sci-fi tale explores the question of what do our dreams mean. The answer: dreams are sent to us by workers in a dream factory, actors to entertain our subconscious.

A young boy grows up believing that he is a detective in an imaginary city, and he quickly grows suspicious of his new neighbor. As he grows older, he ruminates on his imaginary city.

When a woman talks to a man in bed, their conversation reminds her of a short story she read earlier, and she wonders if she is stupid like the story's character.