Ray and Ken, two hit men, are in Bruges, Belgium, waiting for their next mission. While they are there they have time to think and discuss their previous assignment. When the mission is revealed to Ken, it is not what he expected.

A guy who danced with what could be the girl of his dreams at a costume ball only has one hint at her identity: the Zune she left behind as she rushed home in order to make her curfew. And with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity in front of him, he sets out to find his masked beauty.

The suicide of his expatriate uncle draws Englishman and poet Dennis Barlow into California's booming funeral industry.

College and high school serve as the backdrop for two stories about dysfunction and personal turmoil.

Two young women and their friends spend spare time at an exclusive nightclub in 1980s New York.