A boy is invited to a hogs hunt and dinner party and encounters the quirky members of the host's family.

When an old nurse and two children go out for a perfect afternoon walk, they are distraught to return home and find that something is out of place.

A boy comes to live at an Indian reservation after being orphaned when his grandmother dies.

When four members of a spacecraft finally land on a distant planet, they fall victim to terrible and inexplicable pain around their ears.

When a tragedy occurs at a construction site on Good Friday, the devout foreman's religion fails to save him or his men.

A man does various jobs on a nearby farm owned by an old man as he struggles with problems with his wife. One night, the old man asks him to kill a skunk who has been eating his hens, and the hunt has unexpected consequences.

A beautiful, recently divorced mother recounts to her date the story of her turbulent marriage in San Francisco with her border patrol ex-husband.

Compiling notes for an English essay, a sixteen-year-old girl recounts her middle-class upbringing, kleptomania, and eventual coercion into prostitution and assisting with drug use. After she suffers violence and abuse, she is eventually rescued — but the experience traumatizes her.

Stationed in Tokyo, Japan, Lieutenant Merriam goes on a brief visit to his family friend's home to ask about how they are maintaining his home. The encounter is polite but laced with tension and bitterswee tlonging.

A young daughter muses about her lovely life on a cow farm, despite encountering some unsettling moments on the farm grounds.