A solitary young hotel clerk finds himself enticed by a mysterious, sophisticated writer. Both desire intimacy, but find their romance obstructed by unspeakable kinds of loneliness.

An eerie description of characteristic fairy tale elements and how they are embodied in characters.

After the death of his estranged father, a man becomes increasingly more disillusioned and paranoid as he ventures home for the settling of the estate.

A middle-aged woman looks forward to growing old because she believes older people are less beholden to other's expectations, but her friend disagrees.