Ten stories confront the dark side of human life as characters are challenged by crisis and pathology, including how a couple faces the disfigurement of cancer in the bedroom, the rationalizations of a wife beater, or the mind of a teenage killer.

Facing the music -- Kubuku rides (This is it) -- The rich -- Old Frank and Jesus -- Boy and dog -- Julie -- Samaritans -- Night life -- Leaving town --The end of romance.