A Game of Checkers A father and daughter burdened by caregiving duties can't seem to find time to play a game of checkers.

Senior Portrait » It's 1976. A senior girl in high school has spent her entire life as a tomboy. Rarely wearing a dress. Never wearing makeup. Almost never varying her hairdo. So what happens when she shows up the day of the school yearbook portraits with a new hairdo, a new dress, and wearing makeup for the first time ever? A portrait of a lost era.

1 Kitty Take a Walk A disabled elderly woman and the daughter who cares for her find unexpected joy in a strange little game involving a small cat figurine that was once a perfume bottle.

1 Darwin's Feast A politician who preaches rugged self-reliance to poor people gets a taste of the dog-eat-dog society that he advocates.

The Fears of Albert Weik At family reunions, a petty, mean-spirited man spews his political "worst fears." They always come true.

3 A Christmas Eve Story On a snowy Christmas Eve, a waitress in a shabby restaurant in the poor side of town receives an extraordinary tip from a mysterious customer.

How Chief Sly Fox Became President of the US How a Hopi Indian Chief became President of the U.S. A fable in the style of Aesop.

The Lost Vision of Walter Will An affluent newspaper pundit purchases an antique mirror and takes a trip through Alice's Looking Glass - or so he thinks.

The Eye of a Needle The owner of a small restaurant wakes up one morning to find that almost all of the world's people have disappeared. It's not the Rapture.

4 Chess Lessons A love story, of sorts.