Presents a series of interconnected stories in which a young woman struggles to come to terms with her roommate's murder, in-laws confess their indiscretions in an unlikely place, and two middle-aged friends discover a comedic attraction.

William and Clare -- Your borders, your rivers, your tiny villages -- I love to see you coming, I hate to see you go -- The old impossible -- Compassion and mercy -- Between here and here -- Permafrost -- Lionel and Julia -- Sleepwalking -- Night vision -- Light into dark -- Fort useless and fort ridiculous -- By-and-by -- Where the God of love hangs out.