'Starfish' follows Leeroy, a man deeply infatuated with a librarian he calls Starfish. Despite never having spoken to her, Leeroy believes they share a silent, profound connection through eye contact, convinced that they understand and love each other. However, every time Leeroy visits the library, Starfish's boyfriend Frank is always present. Leeroy is certain that Starfish doesn't truly love Frank; she told him with her eyes.

'Secondhand Sunshine' centers on Chester, a retired detective who returns to work for the Syndicate to uncover the mystery of the stolen sun. Chester's daughter, Joanna, suffers from dark-sickness, and the opiate-laced sunshine pills no longer alleviate her condition. In a world where the rain never stops, and the towering neon-trees exhale only plastic, filmy air, even the Unified I of the People cannot cure dark-sickness in the Forever Night, despite their easy distribution of sunshine pills. Desperate to save Joanna, Chester seeks answers from Safe, the wealthiest man on the Sunshine Strip.

Functional heroin addict PI, Junkie Jack, supports his junk habit by inspecting a world of phantoms and jazz clubs in an alternate version of Chicago where the sky is always red from the breath of a chained demon larger than the Sears Tower. Jack is hired by Tony Twofingers to investigate Tony's daughter, Whinnie, whose saxophone performances make Jack hallucinate.

I write this from the endorphin ship Caelziax, named for my dear friend's dead demon. I hope that, in the recording of this account, I can begin to understand the fractured pieces of my mind, and my time spent as a puppet.

Failed self-published author, Collie Lonergan, quit his job to be a writer. His wife, Kate, has supported them the past four years with her real estate business, but now that interest rates are spiking, the stress is weighing in. Collie starts to suspect Kate is cheating as a distance grows between them, and Kate spends long hours at the office.

One evening when Kate doesn't come home, Collie is scrolling Instagram and comes across an influencer who swears by these sock puppets for her writing process. Collie buys them in a desperate attempt to change his career, and perhaps his marriage, forever.