Arlen is dropped outside the U.S. boarder where American law no longer applies. She awakens chained up captured by cannibals, who first remove first her arm, then her leg. In response Arlen covers herself in feces and uses this to escape on a skateboard. She is picked up and taken to a makeshift town named Comfort. Five months later, Arlen heads out to the desert, where she finds a woman and a young girl scavenging among waste. Realizing they are cannibals, Arlen shoots the mother but takes the girl back with her to Comfort. After Arlen drops acid she wanders out into the desert where she meets the Miami Man, the father of the child she took. Arlen and Miami Man grow closer on their journey to Comfort. Arlen finds her in Dream's harem and eventually manages to extract Miami Man's daughter. Arlen returns Miami Man's daughter to him before saying she wants to stay with him.

Ben Smith discovers a dead body in the wilderness, and things get strange when the identity of that body is an older version of himself. Now, Ben must make certain difficult choices knowing what the end result may be.

A man and woman wake to find themselves tied and gagged in the trunk of a pick-up truck and it soon becomes clear that they have been kidnapped and taken as hostages. Their two kidnappers have their own agenda, and it's not a pleasant one.

After discovering he might die soon, a timid young man along with his estranged and outrageous childhood friends, embark on a quest for closure on why the love of his life left.

Kenneth Feinberg, a powerful D.C. lawyer appointed Special Master of the 9/11 Fund, fights off the cynicism, bureaucracy, and politics associated with administering government funds and, in doing so, discovers what life is worth.