A young, Black woman clings desperately to a friendship and a relationship which both ended long ago. Through clashes with a "godmother" who appears as an apparition in her apartment, the woman finally resolves to move on.

After a mother is brought back from the dead by a group of young Korean adoptees, she possesses them each and tries to make them better people.

A husband signs up to have his wife's eyes inserted after her death, only to find that the world from her perspective is unbearable to him.

A mother, upon helping a girl at a playground one day, contemplates the nature of her marriage and the daughter who came from it.

Amongst problems with her ungrateful children and ex-husband, a middle-aged mother deals with a burgeoning mid-life crisis — until she realizes that she has become miraculously pregnant.

One night while visiting his mother, a man contends with the nature of faith and family.

After a tumultuous and difficult upbringing, a woman contemplates whether or not she should give up her newborn child for adoption.

An encounter with a little boy and his abusive mother at an airport causes an old woman to reflect upon her relationship with her children and her late, depressive, and abusive ex-husband.

The impact of an absent father emerges in the gruesome stories of a young daughter as her alcoholic mother listens and reflects on the struggles of raising her alone.

An author discusses with his friend the best way to write about a poor aunt. Their words take on a new power when he manifests a literal poor aunt on his back and draws in spectators.