After a middle-aged murderess is pardoned and released from prison early, she goes to live with a friend in Wisconsin who helps her begin her new life, until the local doctor shows interest in the murderess and threatens to come between the two women.

A Japanese businessman reflects on his experience with Chinese people and longs to visit China.

When a sixteen-year-old boy from Indiana visits his uncle to learn more about the family newspaper, he learns about the true life of his deceased father and goes to the spot where he died.

The monotony of an accountant's life seems to be broken when he is interviewed for his favorite newspaper section.

A young boy's frank essay on moral principles is erroneously published in the local paper, and the resulting fallout is mayhem for both the boy's family and the paper's editors.

A man working for a theater company puts out an ad for actors, which is answered by a throng of homeless men.

A year after a city council in a small Tokyo town votes to support an abandoned elephant, the old animal and its long-time caretaker mysteriously disappear. A local PR agent attempts to track the pair down.

A young woman struggles to reenter her life after she returns from the Fae world: everywhere she looks, she sees signs of them and the pain they cause. Eventually she must decide whether to rejoin them or to stay where she is in Seattle.

Two men who work for a newspaper in Paris escape the gloomy weather to take a fishing trip in the south of France.