A young soldier suffering from flatulence provides comic relief as a means of coping with the traumas of war while recounting his most recent battle against the Zulus.

In Vietnam War-era America, a young boy fills his days playing a “game” in which he reenacts his father’s battlefield death in Vietnam. But fun and games soon put his loved ones in real danger.

In a town where much of the population has magically vanished, a teenage girl mourns the disappearance of her mother and nurses a crush on her female best friend. Together, the two girls navigate their differing stances on religion, grief, and love.

In a contemporary American town, a middle aged woman takes a magical trip through the past upon hearing that her mysterious childhood friend has recently died.