On a cold Seattle night, deep in the heart of winter, a woman walks into a bar and finds the beautiful and animal-like woman she has been waiting for. She chases the woman into the night and finds the stranger is not what she seems—but neither is the protagonist.

A man attends a classical music concert and uses it as a surrealistic form of escape as he copes with the news of his mother's death.

Decades after a woman's marriage fell apart, she watches her home movies and remembers everything that came to pass and her own role in events.

In the South, a volunteer fireman and his second wife cling to the intoxicating dangers of his work to stave off an unsatisfying family life.