A show arrives in a small town, promising the performance of a lifetime, in which a small, mute woman will dive into a shallow pool surrounded by flames from a diving board that reaches the sky.

After his wife leaves him, taking their kids, a man realizes that his vivid nightly dreams have disappeared with her.

A good-hearted cop obsessed with the game of pool is exposed as a thrill-seeker who loves abusing the power that comes with his job

A New York family embarks on an island vacation which quickly turns disastrous. In an effort to prove she belongs in the family, the stepmother saves the children from certain death on multiple occasions, but she is unable to spare them from all injuries.

Four teenage boys escape the Brooklyn summertime heat at their local swimming pool. After their swim, the boys are ravenous, and they imagine all the foods they'd like to eat.

On a Saturday, a young physician and his wife visit a bankrupt couple at their house. The conversation shifts from tension to excitement to anger and in the end everyone leaves somewhat alone.