Zoot celebrates her coming of age at a party organised for her. As she watches Uranus orbit above her, Zoot has to choose who will be privileged to initiate her into the adult world. Will it be her mother, her best friend or someone totally different? It is a tense choice as she can only ever once celebrate the Coming of Age.
A young man attempts to break off the intimate relationship he has had with his mother in his desire to grow up and leave home - she seduces him, again, by changing into a woman she knows he wants.
Marian had had a scary experience with a Ouija board when she was younger, so finding her young son Jimmy and his friends, apparently frightened witless by playing with one, didn't surprise her at all. She quickly shut it all down, and thought no more about it. Until Jimmy's behavior began to change. At times it was like he was a different person.