A widower helps a fellow widow with spilled groceries in a parking lot and is invited to her home for a meal that leads to intimate comfort.
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An alien-human hybrid family navigates telepathic communication and impending second pregnancy as John recovers and the Miacarians approach.
A banished elven sorceress with an unusual condition encounters a mysterious half-human dancer at a seedy establishment, sparking a connection between two outcasts.
A probe returning to Earth with data from a vastly different alien world leads humanity toward an unprecedented attempt at communication.
A self-conscious woman with unusually thick body hair struggles with deep-seated embarrassment from her youth during a vacation encounter that finally pushes her to let someone see her.
A heartbroken American woman on a solo vacation in Naples unexpectedly finds connection with a charming local who helps her rediscover joy after a painful breakup.
A plus-sized saleswoman struggling with self-image and loneliness meets a longtime business client face-to-face for the first time.
A young lesbian woman from small-town Kentucky arrives in San Francisco seeking acceptance, a fresh start, and romance in the Castro.
A heartbroken woman, still reeling from discovering her husband in their neighbor's bed, makes a pact with the sun to venture outside and rediscover herself through a long bike ride.
A lonely woman on the verge of her twenty-seventh birthday catches the attention of her recently divorced new neighbor.
A plus-sized woman in Los Angeles arrives late to a doctor's appointment she believes will finally fulfill her dream of becoming thin.
After a terrorist attack leaves a woman stranded at an airport, she joins two businessmen on a shared journey home and discovers comfort in unexpected human connection.
A couple's amateur videos go viral on an adult site, leading to offers from production companies wanting to sign them to a studio contract.
A hermaphrodite midget narrator, struggling with body image and a recent breakup, tries to take the next physical step with a new boyfriend who already knows her secret.
A young woman on the bridge of a great ship watches as they enter the hidden interior of an artificial moon called New Eden, beginning a new chapter for her community.
A husband describes his attempts to convince his pregnant wife to try watersports, sparked by a conversation at the local pool.
A husband estranged from his wife seeks unconventional spiritual help to restore intimacy to their twenty-year marriage.
A mother watches from orbit as her winged daughter harnesses nuclear explosions to carve a defensive trench against an approaching army.
A grieving man plagued by a recurring dream of his winged lost love wakes to find her suddenly and impossibly real beside him.
A man who lost his job seeks to reconnect with a woman after realizing he misdialed her number, meeting her downtown after a rough day.