A newscaster recently arrived in space receives ominous advice from a jaded engineer: whatever you do, leave space because getting attracted to aliens will be the death of us all.

While on a near-future mission in Afghanistan, a soldier must scrounge up a quorum and receive enough upvotes from the American public before he can execute an important kill.

Back in his teenage days, a boy encountered a man with a plan to murder his cheating wife and her lover. Now an old man, he replays the incident in his mind with alternate endings.

A violent murder takes place in a small town in Arkansas, culminating in rumors of satanic rituals, debauched conspiracies, and the accusations of three boys.

A depressed son and his father living in New York struggle to communicate to one another about the son’s fears for the future and the father’s concerns for his son.

A New York-based family of four, distracted by their own minor inconveniences in life, ignore much more dire situations in the world around them.

When the 1979 June 4th Revolution in Ghana spreads across the country, the people of a small town quickly change from hopeful to fearful as life becomes violent. To cope, they must turn to the most powerful presence in their lives.

A man reflects on his time as a newspaper boy during World War I. Overwhelmed by the horror of the headlines, he must confront harsh truths about morality during wartime.

On his morning hike, a fifty-five-year-old man in Indiana encounters a severely injured college-aged woman by her boyfriend. As the police investigation unfurls, the boyfriend tries to use his wealth to shield him from justice.

After a man loses his wife in a car crash, he decides to hibernate through the winter. Soon, the rest of the town follows suit.