Six poems written by six young prisoners animated to tell their stories, thoughts, fears and hopes.

When a young boy makes a wish at a carnival machine to be big, he wakes up the following morning to find that it has been granted and his body has...

Five young Europeans (German, English, and Irish) try to find answers to life's questions in India and Thailand.

Simon Watterman, a space archaeologist, discovers the "Munchies" in a cave in Peru. Cecil Watterman, Simon's evil twin brother and snack food...

After her much older husband forces a move to a suburban retirement community, Pippa Lee engages in a period of reflection and finds herself heading...

After learning of her husband's infidelities, a housewife invites an itinerant lesbian to move in with them. None of their lives will ever be the...

Aboard a spaceship where souls of the deceased are readied for reincarnation, a lone crew member's rigid existence is disrupted by a spry new...

Eriko married the heir of a businessman and was living happily ever after. One day, even though it was Sunday, her husband Yoshiki went to work. She...

A woman is assaulted on a train, later becoming a model for an artist.

A group of soldiers stumble across an abandoned field hospital and find much more than supplies,

Some fifty years in the future, a mother and daughter are held captive in a refugee compound, their lives in imminent danger.

Fifteen-year-old Sarah has returned to Colmar, where she has taken up high-performance figure skating and competition. The rivalry between the girls...

More interested in partying and flirting with young musicians than work, veteran rock journalist Ellie Klug has one last chance to prove her value to...

In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring...

The elder one of each generation in the Furlong family is equipped with an extraordinary capacity. James discovers the nature of his at the time of...

A young woman who is determined to maintain her independence finds herself at odds with her family who wants her to tame her wild side and get...

The story of a young writer's transformation when her past invades her present.

All her life, Aurora has been taught by her mother that the superhuman abilities they possess, the abilities that make them unique, also make them...

A psychotherapist helps a law student cope with schizophrenia in one of five interconnected tales dealing with mental illness.

A poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her...

When her rather explicit copy is rejected, magazine journalist Kate is asked by her editor to come up with an article on loving relationships...

Tony is admitted to a rehabilitation center after a serious ski accident. Dependent on the medical staff and pain relievers, she takes time to look...

Years after her son's suicide, a woman longs to confront both the past and a friend of his who took his business idea.

Young Violetta and her mother Hannah are a peculiar couple. Ten-year-old Violetta lives a quiet life with her grandmother, while her mother Hannah is...