A lonely and financially unstable middle-aged man tries and fails to sell Everlasting Beauty kitchenware to a family on the Black side of town in order to pay for his daughter's schooling.

A 23-year-old man falls deeply in love with bull riding even as the sport destroys his body.

A debt collector is one of the only people not affected by a mysterious disease that leaves its victims with long rat tails and an uncharacteristically cheerful attitude. She must navigate through life with her now-rat husband, only to discover she's better off alone.