A heartwarming tale with a brief, sad beginning, and a full happy ending. Wendel buys his mother a pair of high-heel shoes. A hint of magical realism encourages them to dance.
Stephie's Daddy has a new mistress and hasn't been paying attention to Stephie, who has run a little wild. When he catches Stephie being bad, he and his new mistress Katie teach her a lesson.
Due to an accident and an illness a teen's best friend dies and he wakes up and finds out that his brain has been transplanted into her body. The new young lady has to figure out how to live her life and how much time to spend with the family of her body and brain.
Being the reliable member of a shitty family means responsibilities, and only few occasional perks. Everybody counts on you and needs your help and sometime they do whatever you want to get your help.
Dead people live again only when some descendant is having sexual intercourse. Ancestors can talk with each other during the act, but the living have no clue. Then Adam dies and can talk to his living descendants. There are interesting implications.
Darryl dreads his annual trip back home to spend Thanksgiving with his parents, and his sister Becky is fed up with them and her life in general. A coincidence leads them to become closer than ever.
Gary hated moving, and here he was, moving again for the second time in just ten months. He would never guess what awaited him in his new neighborhood!