In a near-future world, a civilian is caught in a strange criminal investigation when his AI device—which gives him advice about acts of kindness to perform—leads him to be a pawn in a software pirate's revenge scheme.

For a nine-year-old boy, a visit from his uncle, an alcoholic Irish bachelor, means surprising gifts and drama between his parents.

A motherless young girl sent to boarding school by her single father is rattled by two women who begin to appear in her life in strange ways.

After imagining his single mother would marry the wealthy engineer she was previously dating, the young, silent son of a Mexican-American immigrant finds himself irrationally disliking the kind, doting, and very average man she thinks she might marry. When an opportunity comes to sabotage the relationship, will he take it?