An old woman reminisces about her twenties in NYC and her relationship with the family down the hall after she meets the younger daughter on a plane one day.

A Black boy living in Harlem, NY finds a boy's "spex" — technology to enter a virtual world —and uses it to safely attend a good school. After he is caught, his teacher helps sneak him into the spex system by disguising him as an upper middle-class boy.

A monstrous girl is helped by her mother to lure people in so that she can eat them. After her mother dies, she must take on the responsibility herself, but is met by another woman who turns the tables on her.